ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,325, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).
"Display device" was invented by Kyung-Man Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Chan-Jae Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Sunok Oh (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a display panel that includes a foldable area and a non-foldable area adjacent to the foldable area, and a first support member disposed under the display panel. The first support member includes a fabric that includes a flexible portion that overlaps the foldable area and a rigid portion that overlaps the non-foldable area. The rigid por...