Patent ID: 9274560
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: G06F,Y02E

Claim Text:
1. A flexible display device, comprising: a housing including a central plate, a first wing plate, and a second wing plate, the first and second wing plates, connected to the central plate, moveable with respect to the central plate, and being arranged on edges of the central plate, respectively; a supporting plate on a surface of the housing, the supporting plate being combined with the central plate and the first and second wing plates; a flexible panel directly fixed to the supporting plate; and a locking device that fixes positions of the first and second wing plates with respect to the central plate, a flat state and a bending state of the flexible panel being provided according to different positions of the first and second wing plates with respect to the central plate, wherein the first, second, and central plates being present as distinct plates in each different position, and wherein the locking device includes: protrusions protruding from the first and second wing plates, respectively, towards the central plate, groove members that are movably installed in the central plate, the groove members including grooves in which ones of the protrusions are selectively inserted, and springs that elastically bias the groove members toward the protrusions.