ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,286, issued on May 12, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Supporting element including fiber reinforced plastics and foldable display device including the same" was invented by Geunwoo Yug (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable display device includes a display panel including a foldable area folded based on a folding axis, and a supporting member positioning under the display panel and including a folding portion corresponding to the foldable area. The supporting member includes a fiber reinforced plastic, through-holes are defined in the folding portion, each of the throu...