ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,211,403, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Jonggil Pyo (Seoul, South Korea), Kwaneun Jin (Seoul, South Korea) and Jaeyong Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a display device. The display device includes: a flexible display panel; a panel roller which extends long, and around which the display panel is wound, or from which the display panel is unwound; a driving gear which is located in one side of the panel roller, and rotates together with the panel roller; and a motor which is located inside the panel roller, and provides power ...