Patents Assigned to AUFLEX CO., LTD.
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Patent number: 11892881Abstract: A display device includes: a bendable display panel including a flat area and bendable areas; and a support module disposed on the display panel, wherein the support module supports the display panel, wherein the support module includes a support plate and joints, wherein the support plate overlaps the flat area and the bendable areas and includes lattice pattern areas including lattice patterns, and wherein the joints are disposed on the support plate, are disposed to overlap with the bendable areas, and are spaced apart from one another in the first direction. Each of the joints has a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the top surface is disposed on the support plate, and the bottom surface is opposite to the top surface, and a width of each of the top surfaces of the joints is less than a width of each of the bottom surfaces of the joints.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignees: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., AUFLEX CO., LTD.Inventors: Sung Sang Ahn, Hyun Min Park, Tae An Seo, Tae Hoon Yang
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Patent number: 11831796Abstract: In a mobile communication terminal in which a flexible display panel is provided in two body portions which are foldably connected to each other, a plurality of rotation supports are provided in a central joint that connects the two body portions and two sliding panels sliding in the respective body portions together and the rotation supports are directly connected to the two body portions to support rotation of the body portions such that the body portions do not rotate over 180 degrees when the two body portions are fully unfolded, whereby damage of the flexible display panel provided on the surfaces of the two body portions is prevented.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: AUFLEX CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyun Min Park, Seoung Jun Lee
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Patent number: 11616866Abstract: An in-folding type hinge structure having a flexible display panel installed thereon for a mobile communication terminal is provided. In the in-folding type hinge structure, a flexible display panel is provided in two panel portions which are foldably connected to each other, in which folding units can perform a stable folding operation while the two panel portions are being folded or unfolded and the two panel portions are supported such that the panel portions do not rotate over 180 degrees when the two panel portions are fully unfolded, whereby damage of the flexible display panel provided on the surfaces of the two panel portions can be prevented.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2019Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: AUFLEX CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyun Min Park, Seoung Jun Lee
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Patent number: 11596074Abstract: Provided is an in-folding type hinge structure having a flexible display panel installed therein in a mobile communication terminal in which a flexible display panel is provided in a pair of panel portions which are foldably connected to each other, in which a stable folding operation can be performed while the panel portions are being folded or unfolded and the panel portions do not rotate over 180 degrees when the panel portions are fully unfolded, whereby damage of the flexible display panel provided on the surfaces of the panel portions can be prevented.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: AUFLEX CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyun Min Park, Seoung Jun Lee
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Patent number: 11516324Abstract: A hinge structure for a mobile communication terminal that is foldable in two opposite directions is provided. The hinge structure for a mobile communication terminal having a flexible display panel installed therein is foldable inward and outward in a fully unfolded state such that the flexible display panel is disposed inside and outside and a screen on which an image such as a moving image is displayed is invisibly disposed inside or visibly disposed outside in a state in which the mobile communication terminal is folded.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2019Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: AUFLEX CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyun Min Park, Seoung Jun Lee
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Patent number: 11392179Abstract: Provided is an in-folding type hinge structure having a flexible display panel installed therein in a mobile communication terminal in which a flexible display panel is provided in a pair of panel portions which are foldably connected to each other, in which rotation supports are provided in a pair of panel portions and a folding portion that connects the pair of panel portions such that the rotation supports are located between an inside close contact portion and an outside close contact portion which are fixed to the bottom surfaces of the panel portions, and the rotation supports are configured to perform a stable folding operation of the folding portion while the two panel portions are being folded or unfolded and to support the panel portions such that the two panel portions do not rotate over 180 degrees when the two panel portions are fully unfolded.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: AUFLEX CO., LTDInventors: Hyun Min Park, Seoung Jun Lee
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Patent number: 11265408Abstract: In a mobile communication terminal in which a flexible display panel is provided in two body portions which are foldably connected to each other, a plurality of rotation supports are provided in a central joint that connects the two body portions and two sliding panels sliding in the respective body portions together and the rotation supports are directly connected to the two body portions to support rotation of the body portions such that the body portions do not rotate over 180 degrees when the two body portions are fully unfolded, whereby damage of the flexible display panel provided on the surfaces of the two body portions is prevented.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: AUFLEX CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyun Min Park, Seoung Jun Lee
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Patent number: 10855824Abstract: In a mobile communication terminal in which a flexible display panel is provided in two body portions which are foldably connected to each other, a plurality of rotation supports are provided in a central joint that connects the two body portions and two sliding panels sliding in the respective body portions together and the rotation supports are directly connected to the two body portions to support rotation of the body portions such that the body portions do not rotate over 180 degrees when the two body portions are fully unfolded, whereby damage of the flexible display panel provided on the surfaces of the two body portions is prevented.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2017Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: AUFLEX CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyun Min Park, Seoung Jun Lee