Display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016295176-A1
Application number	US-201514975081-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 18, 2015
Priority date	Apr 6, 2015
Publication date	Oct 6, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A display device includes: a display panel having a first curved portion and a second curved portion; a window on one surface of the display panel; and a circuit board connected to the display panel, wherein the display panel includes a front display portion and a side display portion which are separated by the first curved portion, and wherein the second curved portion includes a pad portion connected to the circuit board.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A display device comprising:
a display panel having a first curved portion and a second curved portion; a window disposed on one surface of the display panel; and a circuit board connected to the display panel, wherein the display panel includes a front display portion and a side display portion which are separated by the first curved portion, and wherein the second curved portion includes a pad portion connected to the circuit board.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the circuit board is on a surface of the second curved portion.

3 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the circuit board is a flexible printed circuit board.

4 . The display device of claim 3 , further comprising a printed circuit board connected to the circuit board and on another surface of the display panel.

5 . The display device of claim 3 , further comprising a printed circuit board on one surface of the circuit board,
wherein the circuit board is on another surface of the display panel.

6 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein the circuit board is on an end portion of the window.

7 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein a housing having at least an aperture is on the window, and
the side display portion is exposed through the aperture.

8 . The display device of claim 7 , wherein the aperture includes a transparent material through which the side display portion is exposed.

9 . The display device of claim 7 , wherein the aperture includes a transparent button member and a biasing member applying a pressure to the transparent button member.

10 . The display device of claim 9 , wherein the transparent button member includes a lens.

11 . A display device comprising:
a display panel having a pair of first curved portions and a pair of second curved portions; a window on one surface of the display panel; and a pair of circuit boards connected to the display panel, wherein the display panel includes a front display portion and a pair of side display portions, both of the side display portions being separated from the front display portion by corresponding ones of the first curved portions, and wherein the pair of second curved portions include pad portions connected to respective ones of the circuit boards.

12 . The display device of claim 11 , wherein the circuit boards are on respective ones of surfaces of the pair of second curved portions.

13 . The display device of claim 12 , wherein the circuit boards are flexible printed circuit boards.

14 . The display device of claim 13 , further comprising a printed circuit board connected to the circuit boards and on the other surface of the display panel.

15 . The display device of claim 13 , further comprising a printed circuit board on a surface of one of the pair of circuit boards,
wherein the circuit boards are on another surface of the display panel.

16 . The display device of claim 15 , wherein the circuit boards are on respective end portions of the window.

17 . The display device of claim 11 , wherein a housing having at least an aperture is on the window, and
the side display portion is exposed through the aperture.

18 . The display device of claim 17 , wherein the aperture includes a transparent material through which the side display portion is exposed.

19 . The display device of claim 17 , wherein the aperture includes a transparent button member and a biasing member applying a pressure to the transparent button member.

20 . The display device of claim 19 , wherein the transparent button member includes a lens.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jeong Seungheui

Classifications

• G06F1/1601

  Constructional details related to the housing of computer displays, e.g. of CRT monitors, of flat displays (constructional details related to flat displays integrated in a portable computer, e.g. laptop, handheld computer G06F1/1637; constructional details related to television receivers H04N5/64) · CPC title

• G09F9/301

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

• G06F1/1652

  the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable · CPC title

• G06F1/16

  Constructional details or arrangements · CPC title