ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,436, issued on May 27, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).
"Display device" was invented by Sung Sang Ahn (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Young Min Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes: a display module slid in a first direction; and a panel storage container including a guide rail guiding a sliding operation of the display module in the first direction. The display module is engaged with the guide rail in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and the guide rail includes: a first flat portion adjacent to an upper surface of the panel storage co...