Display device having cover glass

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12366890-B2
Application number	US-202117476095-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 15, 2021
Priority date	Sep 18, 2020
Publication date	Jul 22, 2025
Grant date	Jul 22, 2025

Abstract

A display device having a cover glass according to an example of the present disclosure includes a display panel, and a cover glass located on the display panel and including a folding area and a non-folding area, wherein the cover glass can include a glass layer including a glass having one or more slits disposed in the folding area in a width direction of the glass and formed in a shape passing through the glass in a height direction thereof, and a filler filled in each slit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device comprising:
a display panel; and
a cover glass disposed on the display panel and comprising a folding area and a non-folding area,
wherein the cover glass comprises:
a glass layer comprising a glass having slits disposed in the folding area, the slits extending in a width direction of the glass, a filler filled in each of the slits, and each of the slits extending through opposite sides of the glass layer;
a lower coating layer disposed under the glass layer and on the display panel; and
an upper coating layer disposed on the glass layer,

wherein each of the slits has a parallelepiped shape that is inclined in a height direction and a length direction of the parallelepiped shape to tilt toward a same first side of the glass layer and inclined in a height direction and a width direction of the parallelepiped shape to tilt toward a same second side of the glass layer that is perpendicular to the first side of the glass layer, the parallelepiped shape having six faces including two rectangle shaped faces and four parallelogram shaped faces,
wherein a first pair of parallelogram shaped faces among the four parallelogram shaped faces are disposed on opposite sides of the parallelepiped shape in the width direction and a second pair of parallelogram shaped faces among the four parallelogram shaped faces are disposed on opposite sides of the parallelepiped shape in the length direction,
wherein material of the lower coating layer is introduced into the slits so that the filler is formed,
wherein the lower coating layer is formed of a transparent material and comprises an adhesive component,
wherein the lower coating layer has a transmittance of 80% or more, a reflectance of 20% or less, and a refractive index of 1.45 to 1.55,
wherein the upper coating layer has a transmittance of 80% or more, a reflectance of 20% or less, and a refractive index of 1.45 to 1.55, and
wherein a distance between one of the slits and a slit adjacent thereto in a length direction of the glass is in a range of 0.5 mm to 10 mm.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the filler is formed of a flexible material.

3. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one bridge disposed between two adjacent slits among the slits.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the display device is configured to fold in opposite directions.

5. The display device of claim 3 , wherein a width of each of the slits in a length direction of the glass is approximately 10 mm or less,
a width of the bridge in the width direction is approximately 1.0 mm or less, and
a distance between the bridge and a bridge adjacent thereto in the width direction is approximately 15 mm or less.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the lower coating layer is formed of a flexible material,
the filler is formed of a same material as a material of the lower coating layer.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the filler has a transmittance of 80% or more, a reflectance of 20% or less, a refractive index of approximately 1.45 to 1.55, and an elongation rate of 30% or more, and
wherein each of the lower coating layer and the upper coating layer has an elongation rate of 30% or more.

8. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:
an upper film disposed on the upper coating layer,
wherein the upper film has a thickness of approximately 0.15 mm or less and is a material based on a PET or PI.

9. The display device of claim 1 , wherein each of the slits has a non-symmetrical shape relative to a vertical axis of the corresponding slit.

10. A display device comprising:
a display panel;
a cover glass disposed on the display panel and including a folding area and a non-folding area, the cover glass including slits extending through the cover glass and filler disposed in each of the slits;
a lower coating layer disposed between the cover glass and the display panel;
an upper coating layer disposed on the cover glass, the cover glass being disposed between the upper coating layer and the lower coating layer; and
at least one bridge disposed between two adjacent slits among the slits, the at least one bridge including a portion of the cover glass,
wherein the slits include at least two rows of slits offset from each other,
wherein a thickness of the lower coating layer is 100 μm or less, a thickness of the cover glass is 70 μm or more, and a thickness of the upper coating layer is 100 μm or less,
wherein each of the slits has a width of 0.3 mm in a length direction of the cover glass, a length of 15 mm or less in a width direction of the cover glass perpendicular to the length direction, and a depth of 70 μm or more,
wherein a width of the at least one bridge disposed between the two adjacent slits is 0.5 mm or less in the width direction of the cover glass,
wherein the filler in each of the slits has a refractive index of 1.45 to 1.55,
wherein each of the slits has a parallelepiped shape that is inclined in a height direction and a length direction of the parallelepiped shape to tilt toward a same first side of the cover glass and inclined in a height direction and a width direction of the parallelepiped shape to tilt toward a same second side of the cover glass that is perpendicular to the first side of the cover glass, the parallelepiped shape having six faces including two rectangle shaped faces and four parallelogram shaped faces, and
wherein a first pair of parallelogram shaped faces among the four parallelogram shaped faces are disposed on opposite sides of the parallelepiped shape in the width direction of the parallelepiped shape and a second pair of parallelogram shaped faces among the four parallelogram shaped faces are disposed on opposite sides of the parallelepiped shape in the length direction of the parallelepiped shape,
wherein material of the lower coating layer is introduced into the slits so that the filler is formed,
wherein the lower coating layer is formed of a transparent material and comprises an adhesive component,
wherein the lower coating layer has a transmittance of 80% or more, a reflectance of 20% or less, and a refractive index of 1.45 to 1.55,
wherein the upper coating layer has a transmittance of 80% or more, a reflectance of 20% or less, and a refractive index of 1.45 to 1.55, and
wherein a distance between one of the slits and a slit adjacent thereto in a length direction of the cover glass is in a range of 0.5 mm to 10 mm.

11. The display device of claim 10 , wherein the upper coating layer, the filler and the lower coating layer include a same material.

12. The display device of claim 10 , wherein each of the slits has a non-symmetrical shape relative to a vertical axis of the corresponding slit.

Assignees

• Lg Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kuon Ikhyun
• Park Chan
• Kim Yongsoo
• Park Eungchul
• Kim Moongoo

Classifications

• B32B3/30

  characterised by a layer formed with recesses or projections, e.g. {hollows, grooves, protuberances, ribs (apertured layer B32B3/266; layer with cavities or internal voids B32B3/26)} · CPC title

• B32B2457/20

  Displays, e.g. liquid crystal displays, plasma displays · CPC title

• B32B17/10

  of synthetic resin · CPC title

• B32B2255/26

  Polymeric coating · CPC title

• H10K2102/311

  Flexible OLED · CPC title