Patent ID: 9603271
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: G06F,G09F,H04M,H05K

Claim:
1. A foldable display apparatus comprising: a display panel configured to include a display area including a first display area, a second display area, and a bending area which is defined between the first and second display areas; a first panel supporting member configured to support the first display area; a second panel supporting member configured to support the second display area; and a folding part connected between the first and second panel supporting members to overlap the bending area, and configured to guide the display panel to be folded or unfolded to a plane state with respect to the bending area, wherein the folding part adjusts a distance between the first and second panel supporting members for the display panel to be folded or unfolded, wherein, when the display panel is folded, the folding part causes inner parts of the first and second panel supporting members facing each other to overlap each other, and when the display panel is unfolded, the folding part separates the inner part of the first panel supporting member from the inner part of the second panel supporting member for the bending area to be unfolded to a plane state, and wherein the folding part comprises: a first rotation shaft provided at an inner surface of the first panel supporting member, a second rotation shaft provided at an inner surface of the second panel supporting member to cross the first rotation shaft, and a cam link part connected between the first and second rotation shafts, and configured to overlap the first rotation shaft with the second rotation shaft.