ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,346,154, issued on July 1, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).
"Slidable display device" was invented by Man Sik Myung (Seoul, South Korea), Donghyeon Kim (Cheonan-si, South Korea), Ju Yeop Seong (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hee-Kwon Lee (Asan-si, South Korea) and Jae-Soo Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slidable display device includes: a display panel; and a support member supporting the display panel. The support member includes a first portion maintaining a form and a second portion adjacent to the first portion and being transformable, the second portion includes a plurality of b...