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Granted Patent B2
US 9,306,188 · App. 14/290,966 · Granted Apr 5, 2016

Organic light emitting diode display

Inventors: Min Seop Kim (Cheonan-si, KR); Hwan Jin Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H01L51/5256H01L27/323H01L27/3272H01L51/524H01L51/5237H01L51/0097H01L2251/5338
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Patent No.
US 9,306,188
App. No.
14/290,966
Granted
Apr 5, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light emitting diode display having a flat region having a flat surface, and curved regions disposed at left and right sides of the flat region and formed in curved surfaces, having a display panel including a substrate, which maintains a flat surface in the flat region, and is formed in curved surfaces in the curved regions, and organic light emitting diodes disposed on the substrate, a window disposed in the flat region and the curved regions on the display panel, and a cover member disposed under the display panel, in which the cover member includes a flat cover member disposed in the flat region and curved cover members disposed in the curved regions, and the flat cover member and the curved cover member are formed of different materials or have different thicknesses.

Claims (22)

1. An organic light emitting diode display having a flat region having a flat surface, and curved regions disposed at left and right sides of the flat region and formed in curved surfaces, comprising:

a display panel including a substrate having a flat surface in the flat region, and curved surfaces in the curved regions, and organic light emitting diodes disposed on the substrate;

a window disposed on a top side of the display panel, the window comprising a flat window surface on the flat surface of the display panel and curved window surfaces on the curved surfaces of the display panel; and

a cover member disposed on a bottom side of the display panel such that the display panel is disposed between the window and the cover member,

wherein the cover member includes a flat cover member disposed in the flat region and curved cover members disposed in the curved regions, and

wherein the flat cover member is formed from a first material having a first density and at least one of the curved cover members is formed from a second material having a second density less than the first density.

2. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 1 , wherein at least one selected from the flat cover member and the curved cover members is formed of a cushion or a sponge.

3. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 1 , wherein the flat cover member and the curved cover member are formed of different materials.

4. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 2 , wherein the first density of the flat cover member is larger than the second density of the at least one of the curved cover members by about 3 times to about 10 times.

5. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 4 , wherein the flat cover member and the curved cover members have the same thickness.

6. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 1 , further comprising a touch panel disposed between the display panel and the window.

7. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 6 , wherein the touch panel is disposed in the flat region and the curved regions.

8. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 1 , wherein the curved regions extend from the flat region.

9. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 8 , wherein the flat region and the curved regions are configured to display an image.

10. An organic light emitting diode display having a flat region having a flat surface, and curved regions disposed at left and right sides of the flat region and formed in curved surfaces, comprising:

a display panel including a substrate having a flat surface in the flat region, and curved surfaces in the curved regions, and organic light emitting diodes disposed on the substrate;

a window disposed on a top side of the display panel, the window comprising a flat window surface on the flat surface of the display panel and curved window surfaces on the curved surfaces of the display panel; and

a cover member disposed on a bottom side of the display panel such that the display panel is disposed between the window and the cover member,

wherein the cover member includes a flat cover member disposed in the flat region and curved cover members disposed in the curved regions, and

wherein the flat cover member has a first thickness measured along a direction normal to the flat cover member and each of the curved cover members has a second thickness larger than the first thickness measured along a direction normal to respective ones of the curved cover members.

11. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 10 , wherein the second thickness of each of the curved cover members is larger than the first thickness of the flat cover member by about 1.5 times to about 3 times.

12. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 11 , wherein the flat cover member and the curved cover member are formed of the same material.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2014
From: KIM, MIN SEOP; KIM, HWAN JIN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 033031/0747 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2013-0124226 · Oct 17, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150108439A1 · Apr 23, 2015