Window panel and window panel integrated type touch screen panel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10248230-B2
Application number	US-201615054014-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 25, 2016
Priority date	Dec 6, 2010
Publication date	Apr 2, 2019
Grant date	Apr 2, 2019

Abstract

A window panel for a display apparatus is provided comprising a first reinforced layer formed at a first predetermined depth from entire upper and lower surfaces, a second reinforced layer formed at a second predetermined depth from a side surface connecting an edge of the upper surface and an edge of the lower surface, and a non-reinforced portion formed at at least a portion of the side surface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A window panel for a display apparatus, comprising a window area and a peripheral area surrounding the window area and integral with the window area,
wherein the window panel includes:
a top surface including an upper reinforced layer;
a bottom surface including a lower reinforced layer; and
a side surface including a first portion composed of a side reinforced layer and a second portion composed of a non-reinforced portion,

wherein the first portion and the second portion of the side surface each connect an edge of the top surface of the window panel to an edge of the bottom surface of the window panel, and
wherein the upper reinforced layer, the lower reinforced layer, and the side reinforced layer each have a higher surface density than the non-reinforced portion.

2. The window panel of claim 1 , wherein the top surface and the bottom surface of the window panel each have a rectangular shape with at least one curved corner.

3. The window panel of claim 2 , wherein the first portion of the side surface connects a straight edge of the top surface to a corresponding straight edge of the bottom surface, and
wherein the second portion of the side surface connects the curved corner of the top surface to the curved corner of the bottom surface.

4. The window panel of claim 3 , wherein the first portion of the side surface includes:
a front surface composed of a front reinforced layer;
a rear surface composed of a rear reinforced layer;
a left surface composed of a left reinforced layer; and
a right surface composed of a right reinforced layer,
wherein the side reinforced layer includes the front reinforced layer, the rear reinforced layer, the left reinforced layer, and the right reinforced layer.

5. The window panel of claim 4 , wherein the second portion of the side surface includes a curved corner surface connecting the curved corner of the top surface to the curved corner of the bottom surface, and connecting together two of the front surface, the rear surface, the left surface, and the right surface, and
wherein the curved corner surface is composed of the non-reinforced portion.

6. The window panel of claim 1 , wherein the upper reinforced layer and the lower reinforced layer are formed to a predetermined thickness at the entire top surface and the entire bottom surface, respectively, of the window panel.

7. The window panel of claim 1 , wherein the window panel is transparent and includes:
a window area through which an image from the display apparatus can be viewed, and
a peripheral area surrounding the window area.

8. The window panel of claim 7 , further comprising an ornament layer on the upper reinforced layer in the peripheral area.

9. A touch screen panel comprising the window panel of claim 1 as a substrate, and a touch electrode layer on the bottom surface of the window panel.

10. The touch screen panel of claim 9 , wherein the window panel is transparent, and
the window area of the window panel is configured to display an image from the display apparatus and to receive a touch input.

11. A window panel for a display apparatus, comprising a window area and a peripheral area surrounding the window area and integral with the window area, the window panel including:
a first reinforced layer composing a top surface of the window panel;
a second reinforced layer composing a bottom surface of the window panel;
a third reinforced layer composing a first portion of a side surface of the window panel; and
a non-reinforced portion composing a second portion of the side surface of the window panel,
wherein the first portion and the second portion of the side surface each connect an edge of the top surface of the window panel to an edge of the bottom surface of the window panel, and
wherein the first reinforced layer, the second reinforced layer, and the third reinforced layer each have a higher surface density than the non-reinforced portion.

12. The window panel of claim 11 , wherein the first reinforced layer and the second reinforced layer each have a rectangular shape with at least one curved corner.

13. The window panel of claim 12 , wherein the third reinforced layer connects a straight edge of the first reinforced layer to a corresponding straight edge of the second reinforced layer, and
wherein the non-reinforced portion is integrally disposed between the curved corner of the first reinforced layer and the curved corner of the second reinforced layer to form a curved corner surface of the window panel.

14. The window panel of claim 13 , wherein the third reinforced layer includes:
a front reinforced layer composing a front surface of the window panel;
a rear reinforced layer composing a rear surface of the window panel;
a left reinforced layer composing a left surface of the window panel; and
a right reinforced layer composing a right surface of the window panel,
wherein the first portion of the side surface includes the front surface, the rear surface, the left surface, and the right surface of the window panel.

15. The window panel of claim 14 , wherein the second portion of the side surface includes the curved corner surface of the window panel, the curved corner surface connecting the one curved corner of the first reinforced layer to the one curved corner of the second reinforced layer, and
wherein the curved corner surface is disposed between one of the front surface and the rear surface, and one of the left surface and the right surface.

16. The window panel of claim 11 , wherein the first reinforced layer and the second reinforced layer are formed to a predetermined thickness at the entire top surface and the entire bottom surface, respectively, of the window panel.

17. The window panel of claim 11 , wherein the window panel is transparent, and
the window area of the window panel is configured to display an image from the display apparatus.

18. The window panel of claim 17 , further comprising an ornament layer on the first reinforced layer in the peripheral area.

19. A touch screen panel comprising the window panel of claim 11 as a substrate, and a touch electrode layer on the bottom surface of the window panel.

20. The touch screen panel of claim 19 , wherein the window panel is transparent, and
the window area of the window panel is configured to display an image from the display and to receive a touch input.

Assignees

• Lg Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Sangdae

Classifications

• G06F3/041 Primary

  Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means · CPC title

• G06F2203/04103

  Manufacturing, i.e. details related to manufacturing processes specially suited for touch sensitive devices · CPC title

• G06F3/0412

  Digitisers structurally integrated in a display · CPC title

• Y10T428/239

  Complete cover or casing · CPC title

• G06F1/1643

  the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads (details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615) · CPC title