Patent 9483081 was granted and assigned to LG on November, 2016 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A mobile terminal includes a flexible display unit configured to be deformed from a first state as an unfolded state to a second state as a folded state or from the second state to the first state, a first body unit configured to support one region of the display unit, a second body unit rotatably connected to the first body unit, configured to support the other remaining region of the display unit, and configured to become away from the first body unit while the flexible display unit is being changed from the second state to the first state, and a hinge unit configured to rotatably connect the first and second body units.