ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,572, issued on Oct. 7, 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. The display device includes a display panel including a folding area and non-folding areas, a back plate disposed under the display panel, a first support layer disposed under the back plate and having an opening pattern in a portion thereof corresponding to the folding area, and an impact absorbing layer disposed under the first support layer. The impact absorbing layer ...