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Granted Patent B2
US 10,274,653 · App. 15/938,497 · Granted Apr 30, 2019

Display device

Inventor: Kyuhyeong Cheon (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
G02B5/20B32B7/12B32B17/064B32B2307/4023B32B2307/41B32B2457/208G02B6/0011
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Patent No.
US 10,274,653
App. No.
15/938,497
Granted
Apr 30, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a display panel and a window cover disposed on the display panel. The window cover includes an active area and a non-active area including an icon area. The window cover includes a window base substrate, a first color layer which is disposed on the window base substrate and covers the icon area, a second color layer which is disposed on the first color layer and in which a first opening overlapping with the icon area is defined, a light-blocking layer which is disposed on the second color layer and in which a second opening overlapping with the first opening is defined, and an icon layer filling the first opening and the second opening.

Claims (39)

1. A display device comprising:

a display panel; and

a window cover that is disposed on the display panel and includes an active area and a non-active area including an icon area,

wherein the window cover comprises:

a window base substrate;

a first color layer which is disposed on the window base substrate and covers the icon area;

a second color layer which is disposed on the first color layer and in which a first opening overlapping with the icon area is defined;

a light-blocking layer which is disposed on the second color layer and in which a second opening overlapping with the first opening is defined; and

an icon layer filling the first opening and the second opening.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a width of the second opening is smaller than a width of the first opening.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein each of the first and second color layers has a first color, and

wherein the icon layer has a second color different from the first color.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the first color and the second color complement each other.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a portion of the light-blocking layer covers at least a portion of an inner sidewall of the first opening.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein a portion of the light-blocking layer is in contact with the first color layer.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a portion of the icon layer is disposed on the light-blocking layer.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the icon layer comprises:

a first sub-icon layer filling the first opening;

a second sub-icon layer filling the second opening; and

a third sub-icon layer disposed under the second sub-icon layer and on a bottom surface of a portion of the light-blocking layer.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein a width of the third sub-icon layer is greater than a width of the first sub-icon layer and a width of the second sub-icon layer.

10. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a third color layer disposed between the first color layer and the second color layer.

11. The display device of claim 10 , wherein a third opening overlapping with the first opening is defined in the third color layer.

12. The display device of claim 11 , wherein a width of the third opening is equal to a width of the first opening and greater than a width of the second opening.

13. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a sub-substrate layer disposed between the window base substrate and the first color layer; and

an adhesive layer disposed between the window base substrate and the sub-substrate layer.

14. The display device of claim 13 , further comprising:

an ultraviolet (UV) pattern layer disposed between the sub-substrate layer and the first color layer.

15. The display device of claim 14 , further comprising:

a reflection pattern layer covering at least a portion of the UV pattern layer.

16. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the light-blocking layer has a black color.

17. The display device of claim 1 , wherein each of the first and second color layers includes at least one of a metal particle, a pearl pigment, or a mirror ink.

18. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

an icon backlight unit disposed on the light-blocking layer and the icon layer.

19. The display device of claim 18 , wherein the icon backlight unit is fixed to the window cover.

20. The display device of claim 18 , wherein the icon backlight unit comprises a light source, and

wherein the light source does not overlap with the display panel when viewed in a plan view.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2019
From: CHEON, KYUHYEONG
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0062962 · May 22, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180335552A1 · Nov 22, 2018
Cited By (1)
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