ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,747, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to LG Display Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Foldable display device" was invented by Eunae Cho (Paju-si, South Korea) and Seungkyu Lee (Bucheon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a foldable display device that includes a display panel having a folding area and non-folding areas. The device includes a back plate under the display panel, a first support layer under the back plate and having an opening pattern in a portion thereof corresponding to the folding area, and an impact absorbing layer under the first support layer. The impact absorbing layer includes a first portion ...