Patent ID: 9173287
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: G06F,H04M,H05K

Abstract:
1. A foldable display apparatus comprising: a display panel configured to include a display area which includes a first area, a second area, and a bending area, and folded or unfolded with respect to the bending area; a first housing configured to support the first area of the display panel; a second housing configured to support the second area of the display panel; and a link assembly connected between the first and second housings to support the bending area, and configured to guide bending of the bending area, wherein the link assembly comprises: a plurality of bending guide members configured to support the bending area; a plurality of link parts connected to both ends of each of the plurality of bending guide members; a plurality of link connecting members respectively provided between the plurality of link parts, and configured to connect two adjacent link parts; a first link coupling part configured to couple a first link part of the plurality of link parts to the first housing; and a second link coupling part connected to a last link part of the plurality of link parts, and coupled to the second housing, wherein each of the plurality of link parts comprises: a first shaft member and a second shaft member coupled to a side of a corresponding bending guide member to be adjacent to each other; a first link supported by the first and second shaft members; and a second link supported by the first and second shaft members to cross the first link, and wherein each of the first and second links rotates with the first shaft member as a rotation axis.