Display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10104788-B2
Application number	US-201715420454-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 31, 2017
Priority date	Apr 12, 2016
Publication date	Oct 16, 2018
Grant date	Oct 16, 2018

Abstract

A display device includes a first housing, a second housing rotatably connected to the first housing, and a first display panel disposed over the first housing and the second housing. An edge of the first display panel may be bent along at least a portion of at least one of an edge of the first housing and an edge of the second housing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device, comprising:
a first housing;
a second housing rotatably connected to the first housing;
a third housing rotatably connected to the second housing
a first display panel disposed over the first housing and the second housing, and
a second display panel separate from the first display panel and installed over the third housing, wherein:
an opaque edge of the first display panel is bent along at least a portion of an edge of the second housing, and
an opaque edge of the second display panel is bent along at least a portion of an edge of the third housing, the opaque edge of the second display panel facing the opaque edge of the first display panel when the second housing and the third housing are parallel to each other in an unfolded state.

2. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first display panel is folded when the first housing and the second housing are folded together.

3. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first display panel includes:
a first display portion disposed over the first housing and the second housing; and
a first non-display portion surrounding an edge of the first display portion, the first non-display portion including the opaque edge of the first display panel.

4. The display device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein:
the first non-display portion is installed in the second housing, and
at least a portion of the first non-display portion is bent along at least a portion of the edge of the second housing.

5. The display device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the edge of the second housing is rounded.

6. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first display panel is flexible.

7. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of a first polarization layer and a first touch panel is disposed over the first display panel.

8. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a first protection layer disposed over a lower surface of the first display panel.

9. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the third housing is rotatably connected to the second housing so as to be folded between the first housing and the second housing.

10. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second display panel includes:
a second display portion disposed over the third housing; and
a second non-display portion surrounding an edge of the second display portion, the second non-display portion including the opaque edge of the second display panel.

11. The display device as claimed in claim 10 , wherein:
the second non-display portion is installed in the third housing, and
the second non-display portion is bent along at least a portion of the edge of the third housing.

12. A display device, comprising:
a first housing;
a second housing movably connected to the first housing;
a third housing movably connected to the second housing;
a first display panel installed over the first housing and the second housing, and
a second display panel separate from the first display panel and installed over the third housing, wherein:
an edge of the first display panel provides a tensile force to the first display panel,
an edge of the second display panel provides a tensile force to the second display panel, and
the edge of the first display panel faces the edge of the second display panel.

13. The display device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the edge of the first display panel providing the tensile force to the first display panel is an opaque non-display area, and the edge of the second display panel providing the tensile force to the second display panel is an opaque non-display area.

14. A display device, comprising:
a first housing;
a second housing rotatably connected to the first housing; and
a first display panel disposed over the first housing and the second housing,
wherein an edge of the first display panel is bent along at least a portion of at least one of an edge of the first housing and an edge of the second housing,
wherein at least one of the edge of the first housing and the edge of the second housing is round.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Choi Jinhwan
• Kim Taewoong
• Park Boik
• Seo Taean

Classifications

• G02B5/30

  Polarising elements (light-modulating devices with active elements G02F1/00) · CPC title

• H01L27/323

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/5237

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L2251/5338

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/5281

  Electricity · mapped topic