IP Library Granted Patent US 10,429,893
Granted Patent B2
US 10,429,893 · App. 14/575,469 · Granted Oct 1, 2019

Flexible display device, foldable electronic device including the same, and method of manufacturing flexible display device

Inventors: Jun-hyung Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Won-ho Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Ho-seong Seo (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 10,429,893
App. No.
14/575,469
Granted
Oct 1, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A flexible display device that may fold so that a neutral surface has a radius of curvature is provided. The flexible display device includes a plurality of panel layers that are sequentially stacked on one another and comprise a display panel layer configured to display an image and a transparent protective panel layer; and adhesive layers that sequentially adhere the plurality of panel layers to one another. An elastic modulus and a thickness of each of the adhesive layers and the plurality of panel layers are determined so that a neutral surface is located on a layer other than the display panel layer.

Claims (10)

1. A flexible display device that is foldable so that a neutral surface thereof has a radius of curvature, the flexible display device comprising:

a plurality of panel layers that is sequentially stacked on one another, wherein the plurality of panel layers comprises a display panel layer configured to display an image, and a transparent protective panel layer; and

a plurality of adhesive layers that sequentially adhere the plurality of panel layers to one another,

wherein, based on an elastic modulus and a thickness of each of the plurality of adhesive layers and the plurality of panel layers, the neutral surface is located on a layer other than the display panel layer, and

wherein a position of the neutral surface is determined so that when the flexible display device is in a folding state, the transparent protective panel layer and the display panel layer simultaneously reach a yield strain.

2. A flexible display device that is foldable so that a neutral surface thereof has a radius of curvature, the flexible display device comprising:

a plurality of panel layers that is sequentially stacked on one another, wherein the plurality of panel layers comprises a display panel layer configured to display an image, and a transparent protective panel layer; and

a plurality of adhesive layers that sequentially adhere the plurality of panel layers to one another,

wherein, based on an elastic modulus and a thickness of each of the plurality of adhesive layers and the plurality of panel layers, the neutral surface is located on a layer other than the display panel layer, and

wherein the elastic modulus and the thickness of each of the plurality of adhesive layers and the plurality of panel layers are determined so that when the flexible display device is in a folding state, the transparent protective panel layer and the display panel layer simultaneously reach a yield strain.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 18, 2014
From: KIM, JUN-HYUNG; LEE, WON-HO; SEO, HO-SEONG
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2013-0167014 · Dec 30, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150185782A1 · Jul 2, 2015
Cited By (1)
US 12,484,420