US 11,812,566 B2
Metal plate and display device including the same
Jin Yong Sim, Seongnam-si (KR); Yun Jae Kim, Cheonan-si (KR); and Jin Hyoung Kim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/961,909.
Application 17/961,909 is a continuation of application No. 17/127,246, filed on Dec. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,470,734.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0048634 (KR), filed on Apr. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0037245 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/0217 (2013.01) [H04M 1/0268 (2013.01); H05K 5/0017 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a display panel including a first area, a second area and a foldable area disposed between the first area and the second area in a first direction; and
a metal plate disposed on a rear surface of the display panel, wherein
the metal plate includes:
a first body that overlaps the first area of the display panel;
a second body that overlaps the second area of the display panel;
a patterned portion that is disposed between the first body and the second body in the first direction and overlaps the foldable area of the display panel; and
a protrusion protruding from an edge of at least one of the first body, the second body, and the patterned portion, wherein
a side surface of the protrusion includes an uneven surface portion.