IP Library Granted Patent US 8,305,743
Granted Patent B2
US 8,305,743 · App. 12/334,748 · Granted Nov 6, 2012

Curved display panel and method for manufacturing the same

Assignee: Au Optronics Corp.
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Patent No.
US 8,305,743
App. No.
12/334,748
Granted
Nov 6, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A curved display panel includes a display module, a first fixing substrate and an adhering material. The display module has a first glass plate. The first glass plate has a first curved surface. The first fixing substrate has a second curved surface facing the first curved surface. The adhering material is connected between the first curved surface and the second curved surface.

Claims (40)

1. A curved display panel comprising:

a display module having a first substrate and a second substrate, the first substrate having a first glass plate, and the first glass plate having a first curved surface;

a first fixing substrate having a second curved surface facing the first curved surface, the first glass plate being disposed between the first fixing substrate and the second substrate;

an adhering material connected between the first curved surface and the second curved surface; and

a second fixing substrate, wherein the second substrate having a second glass plate, the second glass plate having a third curved surface, the second fixing substrate having a fourth curved surface facing the third curved surface, and the adhering material being further connected between the third curved surface and the fourth curved surface.

2. The curved display panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first fixing substrate is a transparent substrate.

3. The curved display panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first fixing substrate is a flexible substrate.

4. The curved display panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the first glass plate is less than 0.2 millimeters.

5. The curved display panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first fixing substrate has a microstructure disposed thereon.

6. The curved display panel as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the microstructure is formed on a surface of the first fixing substrate far away from the second curved surface.

7. The curved display panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first substrate is a thin film transistor substrate, and the second substrate is a color filter substrate.

8. The curved display panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first substrate is color filter substrate, and the second substrate is a thin film transistor substrate.

9. The curved display panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the second glass plate is less than 0.2 millimeters.

10. The curved display panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second fixing substrate has a microstructure disposed thereon.

11. The curved display panel as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the microstructure is formed on a surface of the second fixing substrate far away from the fourth curved surface.

12. The curved display panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein curvature radiuses of the third curved surface and the fourth curved surface are in the range from 10 millimeters to 500 millimeters.

13. The curved display panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein curvature radiuses of the first curved surface and the second curved surface are in the range from 10 millimeters to 500 millimeters.

14. The curved display panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the adhering material is a transparent adhering material.

15. The curved display panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the adhering material comprises a solid adhesive and a liquid adhesive.

16. The curved display panel as claimed in claim 15 , wherein a refractive index of the solid adhesive and/or the liquid adhesive approximates to a refractive index of a glass.

17. A method for manufacturing a curved display panel, comprising:

providing a display module having a first substrate and a second substrate, the first substrate having a first glass plate;

providing a first fixing substrate;

aligning the first glass plate and the first fixing substrate, the first glass plate being disposed between the first fixing substrate and the second substrate;

adhering the first glass plate to the first fixing substrate; and

bending the first fixing substrate to bend the display module together with the first fixing Substrate;

wherein the second substrate has a second glass plate, the process of providing the first fixing substrate further comprises providing a second fixing substrate, the process of aligning the first glass plate and the first fixing substrate further comprises aligning the second glass plate and the second fixing substrate, the process of adhering the first glass plate to the first fixing substrate further comprises adhering the second glass plate to the second fixing substrate, and the process of bending the first fixing substrate further comprises bending the second fixing substrate, the display module is disposed between the first fixing substrate and the second fixing substrate and the second glass plate is disposed between the second fixing substrate and the first substrate.

18. The method as claimed in claim 17 , further comprising reducing a thickness of the first glass plate before adhering the first glass plate to the first fixing substrate.

19. The method as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the thickness of the first glass plate is reduced to less than 0.2 millimeters.

20. The method as claimed in claim 17 , wherein a curvature radius of the first fixing substrate is in the range from 10 millimeters to 500 millimeters after bending the first fixing substrate.

21. The method as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the first glass plate and the first fixing substrate are adhered by an adhering material, and the adhering material comprises a solid adhesive and a liquid adhesive.

22. The method as claimed in claim 21 , further comprising curing the adhering material connected between the first glass plate and the first fixing substrate after bending the first fixing substrate.

23. The method as claimed in claim 21 , wherein the process of adhering the first glass plate to the first fixing substrate comprises:

applying the solid adhesive to the first fixing substrate; and

applying the liquid adhesive to the solid adhesive.

24. The method as claimed in claim 21 , wherein the process of adhering the first glass plate to the first fixing substrate comprises:

applying the solid adhesive to the first glass plate; and

applying the liquid adhesive to the solid adhesive.

25. The curved display panel as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a second fixing substrate, the display module being disposed between the first fixing substrate and the second substrate.

26. The curved display panel as claimed in claim 25 , wherein the second substrate has a second glass plate, the second glass plate is disposed between the second fixing substrate and the first substrate.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2023
From: AUO CORPORATION
To: OPTRONIC SCIENCES LLC
Reel/Frame 064658/0572 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 25, 2023
From: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
To: AUO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063785/0830 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2008
From: WU, JER-YAO; KUO, HAN-PING; SU, CHENG-YI; CHWU, JONG-WEN; LIU, YU-CHEN; CHEN, CHIH-WEI
To: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
Reel/Frame 021978/0944 →
Priority Claims (2)
TW 97118077 A · May 16, 2008 · national
TW 97139568 A · Oct 15, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
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