Display apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018026223-A1
Application number	US-201715604450-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 24, 2017
Priority date	Jul 19, 2016
Publication date	Jan 25, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

Provided is a window of a display apparatus. The window includes a front surface part including first short sides extending in a first direction to face each other in a second direction crossing the first direction, first long sides extending in the second direction to face each other in the first direction, and first rounded portions respectively extending from both sides of the first long sides and respectively connected to both sides of the first short sides disposed adjacent to the first long sides, side surface parts respectively extending from the first long sides and bent in a third direction crossing a plane parallel to the first and second directions, and a rear surface part extending from one of the side surface parts to face the front surface part.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A display apparatus comprising:
a display panel; and a window disposed on the display panel, wherein the window comprises: a front surface part comprising first short sides extending in a first direction to face each other in a second direction crossing the first direction, first long sides extending in the second direction to face each other in the first direction, and first rounded portions respectively extending from both sides of the first long sides and respectively connected to both sides of the first short sides disposed adjacent to the first long sides; side surface parts respectively extending from the first long sides and bent in a third direction crossing a plane parallel to the first and second directions; and a rear surface part extending from one of the side surface parts to face the front surface part.

2 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the display panel is disposed in a space defined by the front surface part, the side surface parts, and the rear surface part.

3 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a first length defined as a length between the first short sides in the second direction is greater than a second length defined as a length between the side surface parts in the second direction.

4 . The display apparatus of claim 3 , wherein a third length defined as a length between the first long sides in the first direction is greater than a fourth length defined as a length of each of the first short sides in the first direction and less than the first length.

5 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each of the first rounded portions has a convexly curved quarter-circular shape.

6 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the rear surface part has the same shape as the front surface part and is bent from one of the side surface parts in the first direction to overlap the front surface part.

7 . The display apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the rear surface part comprises:
second short sides extending in the first direction to face each other in the second direction; second long sides extending in the second direction to face each other in the first direction; and second rounded portions respectively extending from both sides of each of the second long sides and respectively connected to both sides of each of the second short sides disposed adjacent to the second long sides, wherein each of the second rounded portions has a convexly curved quarter-circular shape.

8 . The display apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the display panel is disposed on a bottom surface of the window on the front surface part between first boundary lines defined as lines each of which connects both sides of each of the first long sides, the side surface parts, and the rear surface part between second boundary lines defined as lines each of which connects both sides of each of the second long sides parallel to face each other in the first direction.

9 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each of the side surface parts has a rectangular shape having short sides in the first direction and long sides in the second direction.

10 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the front surface part further comprises:
a front display area disposed up to the first long sides, having a length less than that of each of the first long sides in the second direction, and disposed between first boundary lines defined as lines each of which connects both sides of each of the first long sides parallel to face each other in the first direction; and front non-display areas disposed with the front display area therebetween in the second direction.

11 . The display apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the side surface parts comprise:
a first side surface part extending from one first long side of the first long sides; and a second side surface part extending from the other first long side of the first long sides, wherein the rear surface part extends from the second side surface part.

12 . The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the first side part comprises:
a first side display area extending from the front display area; and a first side non-display area extending from the front non-display areas and disposed around the first side display area.

13 . The display apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the second side surface part comprises:
a second side display area extending from the front display area; and second side non-display areas extending from the front non-display areas, wherein the second side non-display areas are disposed with the second side display area therebetween in the second direction, and the second side display area is disposed up to both boundary lines of the second side surface part in the first direction.

14 . The display apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the rear surface part further comprises:
a rear display area extending from the second side display area; and a rear non-display area extending from the second side non-display areas and disposed around the rear display area.

15 . The display apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the display panel comprises:
a display area configured to display an image; and a non-display area surrounding the display area, wherein the display area overlaps the front display area, the first side display area, the second side display area, and the rear display area.

16 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a first support having a rectangular shape having short sides in the first direction and long sides in the second direction; a second support disposed on the first support in the second direction; and a third support disposed under the first support in the second direction, wherein the second support and the third support have shapes symmetrical to each other in the second direction, the second support has a lower portion length greater than an upper portion length thereof, the third support has an upper portion length greater than a lower portion length thereof, and each of both side surfaces of the second support in the first direction and both side surfaces of the third support in the first direction has a convexly curved quarter-circular shape.

17 . The display apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the front surface part is disposed on a front surface of the first support, a front surface of the second support, and a front surface of the third support, the side surface parts are disposed on side surfaces of the first support, the rear surface part is disposed under a rear surface of the first support, a rear surface of the second support, and a rear surface of the third support, and the display panel is disposed between the window and the first support.

18 . The display apparatus of claim 16 , further comprising brackets disposed to cover a top surface of the second support, a bottom surface of the third support, both side surfaces of the second support, and the both side surfaces of the third support.

19 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each of the display panel and the window has flexibility, and the front surface part, the side surface parts, and the rear surface part are integrated with each other.

20 . A display apparatus comprising:
a display panel; and a window disposed on the display panel, wherein the window comprises: a front surface part comprising first short sides extending in a first direction to face each other in a second direction crossing the first direction, first long sides extending in the second direction to face

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Choi Beomgyu

Classifications

• H04M1/0269

  mounted in a fixed curved configuration, e.g. display curved around the edges of the telephone housing · CPC title

• B32B2255/10

  on synthetic resin layer or on natural or synthetic rubber layer · CPC title

• B32B3/26

  characterised by a particular shape of the outline of the cross-section of a continuous layer; characterised by a layer with cavities or internal voids {(foam layer B32B5/18; layer of synthetic resin characterised by fillers that create voids or cavities B32B27/205); characterised by an apertured layer} · CPC title

• B32B2307/412

  Transparent · CPC title

• B32B17/06

  comprising glass as the main or only constituent of a layer, next to another layer of a specific {material} · CPC title