Flexible display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12433147-B2
Application number	US-202217839124-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 13, 2022
Priority date	Jul 16, 2021
Publication date	Sep 30, 2025
Grant date	Sep 30, 2025

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a flexible display device, and more particularly a flexible display device includes a display panel, a back plate disposed below the display panel; and a plate bottom disposed below the back plate, and the back plate includes a base member and a hard coating layer disposed on at least one surface of the base member. The present disclosure provides a flexible display device which minimizes dent or puncture failures and reduces a rigidity difference between the folding area and the non-folding area without including a plate top or an impact absorption layer to have excellent durability.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A flexible display device, comprising:
a display panel;
a back plate disposed below the display panel; and
a plate bottom disposed below the back plate,
wherein the back plate includes a base member and a hard coating layer disposed on an upper surface or a lower surface of the base member, and
wherein the hard coating layer includes a silicon-based resin.

2. The flexible display device according to claim 1 , wherein the base member is selected from the group consisting of a polyethylene terephthalate film, a polyimide film, and a polyamideimide film.

3. The flexible display device according to claim 1 , wherein the silicon-based resin is formed from an epoxy modified siloxane oligomer.

4. The flexible display device according to claim 3 , wherein the silicon-based resin is formed by polymerizing a composition including a first epoxy modified siloxane oligomer and a second epoxy modified siloxane oligomer having a different epoxy equivalent from that of the first epoxy modified siloxane oligomer.

5. The flexible display device according to claim 4 , wherein the composition further includes one or more types selected from the group consisting of a urethane acrylate-based linker, an acrylate-based linker, and an epoxy-based linker.

6. The flexible display device according to claim 4 , wherein a thickness of the hard coating layer is 30 μm to 60 μm.

7. The flexible display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first adhesive layer which is disposed between the back plate and the plate bottom to bond the back plate and the plate bottom; and
a second adhesive layer which is disposed between the back plate and the display panel to bond the back plate and the display panel.

8. The flexible display device according to claim 1 , wherein the flexible display device includes a folding area and a non-folding area, and the plate bottom has an opening pattern formed to correspond to the folding area.

9. The flexible display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel includes a flexible substrate and a device layer on the flexible substrate,
the flexible substrate includes a display area, a first non-display area enclosing the display area, a bendable area extending from the first non-display area, and a second non-display area extending from one side of the bendable area and
the bendable area is bent toward a rear surface of the flexible substrate so that the second non-display area of the flexible substrate overlaps at least a part of the first non-display area.

10. The flexible display device according to claim 9 , further comprising:
an auxiliary back plate disposed below the plate bottom so as to correspond to the first non-display area.

11. The flexible display device according to claim 10 , wherein the auxiliary back plate is disposed on a same surface as the back plate and is spaced apart from one side of the back plate.

12. The flexible display device according to claim 10 , wherein the auxiliary back plate includes an auxiliary base member and an auxiliary hard coating layer disposed on an upper surface or a lower surface of the auxiliary base member.

13. The flexible display device according to claim 12 , wherein the auxiliary base member is formed of a same material as the base member and the auxiliary hard coating layer is formed of a same material as the hard coating layer.

14. The flexible display device according to claim 10 , wherein the second non-display area of the flexible substrate is disposed so as to overlap at least a part of the auxiliary back plate.

15. The flexible display device according to claim 10 , further comprising:
a third adhesive layer which is disposed between the flexible substrate and the auxiliary back plate to bond the flexible substrate and the auxiliary back plate; and
a fourth adhesive layer which is disposed between the auxiliary back plate and the plate bottom to bond the auxiliary back plate and the plate bottom.

16. A flexible display device, comprising:
a display panel;
a back plate disposed below the display panel; and
a plate bottom disposed below the back plate,
wherein the back plate includes a base member and a hard coating layer disposed on an upper surface or a lower surface of the base member, and
wherein the base member is selected from the group consisting of a polyethylene terephthalate film, a polyimide film, and a polyamideimide film.

Assignees

• Lg Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Youngjoo
• Roh Eun
• Kwak Taehyoung

Classifications

• Y02E10/549

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• H10K2102/311

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• H10K50/844

  Encapsulations · CPC title

• H10K59/873

  Encapsulations · CPC title

• G09F9/301 Primary

  flexible foldable or roll-able electronic displays, e.g. thin LCD, OLED · CPC title