Display apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10620756-B2
Application number	US-201615058013-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 1, 2016
Priority date	Jul 13, 2015
Publication date	Apr 14, 2020
Grant date	Apr 14, 2020

Abstract

A display apparatus includes a display panel, a window on the display panel including a display part and a non-display part surrounding the display part, and a decoration layer under the non-display part. A lower surface of the non-display part includes a slant surface inclined at a predetermined angle from an outer lower edge of the window towards a portion of the lower surface of the non-display part adjacent to a boundary between the display part and the non-display part.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display apparatus comprising:
a display panel;
a window over the display panel and comprising a display part and a non-display part surrounding the display part; and
a decoration layer under the non-display part,
wherein a lower surface of the non-display part of the window comprises a slant surface inclined from an outer lower edge of the window towards a portion of the lower surface of the non-display part adjacent to a boundary between the display part and the non-display part, and
wherein at least a portion of the decoration layer is under the slant surface of the window, and
wherein a portion of the window at the non-display part is thicker than a portion of the window at the display part.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the decoration layer is substantially parallel to the slant surface of the lower surface of the non-display part.

3. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a base substrate under the window; and
a first adhesive member attaching the base substrate to the window, wherein the decoration layer is under the base substrate to overlap with the non-display part.

4. The display apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the base substrate is a flexible substrate having flexibility.

5. The display apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the first adhesive member is on a lower surface of the window and has a uniform thickness, and the base substrate has substantially the same shape as the lower surface of the window and is attached to the lower surface of the window.

6. The display apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the window has a refractive index greater than a refractive index of the first adhesive member.

7. The display apparatus of claim 3 , wherein a portion of the first adhesive member overlapped with the non-display part and a portion of the base substrate have substantially the same shape as the slant surface of the lower surface of the non-display part.

8. The display apparatus of claim 3 , further comprising a second adhesive member under the decoration layer and the base substrate, wherein the display panel is attached to the decoration layer and the base substrate by the second adhesive member.

9. The display apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the second adhesive member has a lower surface that is flat.

10. The display apparatus of claim 8 , wherein each of the first and second adhesive members is an optical clear adhesive.

11. The display apparatus of claim 8 , further comprising a light absorbing wall on an outer side surface of the window, the base substrate, the decoration layer, and the first and second adhesive members.

12. The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the light absorbing wall comprises a resin having a black color.

13. The display apparatus of claim 3 , further comprising:
a second adhesive member under the decoration layer and the base substrate; and
a touch panel on the display panel, wherein the touch panel is attached to the decoration layer and the base substrate by the second adhesive member.

14. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the display part has a flat shape and an upper surface of the display part and an upper surface of the non-display part are located at a same planar surface.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Hyesog
• Kwon Jaejoong
• DO Yunseon

Classifications

• G06F3/0412 Primary

  Digitisers structurally integrated in a display · CPC title

• G06F3/044 Primary

  by capacitive means · CPC title

• G02F2001/133331

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F3/0416

  Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers · CPC title

• G02F1/133331

  Cover glasses · CPC title