ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,240, issued on July 29, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Support structure and display device having the same" was invented by Dongwon Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Jonghwa Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jiyeon Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Taewoong Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Tae-Ho Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Jin Hwan Choi (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a display module rollable in a rolling direction, and a support member facing the display module and rollable together with the display module. The support member includes a plurality of su...