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Granted Patent B2
US 10,454,047 · App. 15/428,566 · Granted Oct 22, 2019

Flexible display device

Inventor: Minsoo Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,454,047
App. No.
15/428,566
Granted
Oct 22, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A flexible display device includes a display panel, the display panel including a display surface and a rear surface opposite each other, and a plurality of adhesive films on at least one of the display surface and the rear surface, each of the plurality of adhesive films including at least one hole, wherein the plurality of adhesive films have a decreasing density, as a distance from a neutral plane of the flexible display device increases.

Claims (53)

1. A flexible display device, comprising:

a display panel, the display panel including a display surface and a rear surface opposite each other; and

a plurality of adhesive films on at least one of the display surface and the rear surface, each of the plurality of adhesive films including at least one hole,

wherein the plurality of adhesive films have a decreasing density, as a distance from a neutral plane of the flexible display device increases, the neutral plane being a plane where a compressive stress and an opposing tensile stress have a net stress of zero, and

wherein the plurality of adhesive films have a greater number of holes, as the distance from the neutral plane of the flexible display device increases.

2. The flexible display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

at least two of the plurality of adhesive films have different densities from one another due to the at least one hole, and

the plurality of adhesive films have a higher hole density, as the distance from the neutral plane of the flexible display device increases.

3. The flexible display device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein each of the holes of the plurality of adhesive films has substantially a same size.

4. The flexible display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of adhesive films includes:

a first adhesion surface;

a second adhesion surface; and

a base portion between the first adhesion surface and the second adhesion surface.

5. The flexible display device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the at least one hole passes through the first adhesion surface, the base portion, and the second adhesion surface in each one of the plurality of adhesive films.

6. The flexible display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the neutral plane is positioned in the display panel.

7. The flexible display device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising an adhesive inserted into the at least one hole in each one of the plurality of adhesive films.

8. The flexible display device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the adhesive has a refractive index different from that of a corresponding adhesive film of the plurality of adhesive films.

9. The flexible display device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the adhesive has a substantially same size as that of the hole.

10. The flexible display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of adhesive films have adhesion surfaces of a smaller planar area, as the distance from the neutral plane of the flexible display device increases.

11. The flexible display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one hole in each one of the plurality of adhesive films extends through an entirety of a thickness of a corresponding adhesive film.

12. The flexible display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one hole in each one of the plurality of adhesive films extends only partially through a thickness of a corresponding adhesive film to define a groove.

13. The flexible display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one hole in each one of the plurality of adhesive films is a pore embedded within a corresponding adhesive film.

14. A flexible display device, comprising:

a display panel, the display panel including a display surface and a rear surface opposite each other; and

a plurality of adhesive films on at least one of the display surface and the rear surface, each of the plurality of adhesive films including at least one groove,

wherein the plurality of adhesive films have a decreasing density, as a distance from a neutral plane of the flexible display device increases, the neutral plane being a plane where a compressive stress and an opposing tensile stress have a net stress of zero, and

wherein the plurality of adhesive films have a greater number of grooves, as the distance from the neutral plane of the flexible display device increases.

15. The flexible display device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein:

at least two of the plurality of adhesive films have different densities from one another due to the at least one groove, and

the plurality of adhesive films have a higher groove density, as the distance from the neutral plane of the flexible display device increases.

16. The flexible display device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein each of the plurality of adhesive films includes:

a first adhesion surface;

a second adhesion surface; and

a base portion between the first adhesion surface and the second adhesion surface.

17. The flexible display device as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the at least one groove passes through only one of the first adhesion surface and the second adhesion surface.

18. The flexible display device as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the at least one groove includes:

a first groove passing through the first adhesion surface; and

a second groove passing through the second adhesion surface.

19. The flexible display device as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the first groove and the second groove oppose each other.

20. The flexible display device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the plurality of adhesive films have adhesion surfaces of a smaller planar area, as the distance from the neutral plane of the flexible display device increases.

21. A flexible display device, comprising:

a display panel, the display panel including a display surface and a rear surface opposite each other; and

a plurality of adhesive films on at least one of the display surface and the rear surface, each of the plurality of adhesive films including at least one pore,

wherein the plurality of adhesive films have a decreasing density, as a distance from a neutral plane of the flexible display device increases, the neutral plane being a plane where a compressive stress and an opposing tensile stress have a net stress of zero, and

wherein the plurality of adhesive films have a greater number of pores, as the distance from the neutral plane of the flexible display device increases.

22. The flexible display device as claimed in claim 21 , wherein:

at least two of the plurality of adhesive films have different densities from one another due to the at least one pore, and

the plurality of adhesive films have a higher pore density, as the distance from the neutral plane of the flexible display device increases.

23. The flexible display device as claimed in claim 21 , wherein each of the plurality of adhesive films includes:

a first adhesion surface;

a second adhesion surface; and

a base portion between the first adhesion surface and the second adhesion surface.

24. The flexible display device as claimed in claim 23 , wherein the at least one pore is positioned within the base portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 9, 2017
From: KIM, MINSOO
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041216/0149 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0048496 · Apr 21, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170309843A1 · Oct 26, 2017
Cited By (1)
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