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Granted Patent B2
US 10,826,025 · App. 16/710,869 · Granted Nov 3, 2020

Flexible display device

Inventors: Keun-Young Kim (Paju-si, KR); Young-Sub Shin (Paju-si, KR)
Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 10,826,025
App. No.
16/710,869
Granted
Nov 3, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A flexible display device includes: a display panel; a back cover on a rear surface of the display panel; and an optical adhesive layer between the display panel and the back cover, the optical adhesive layer including first and second hard layers and a soft layer between the first and second hard layers, at least one of the first and second hard layers having a first modulus and the soft layer having a second modulus less than the first modulus.

Claims (32)

1. A flexible display device, comprising:

a display panel;

a back cover on a rear surface of the display panel; and

an optical adhesive layer between the display panel and the back cover, the optical adhesive layer including first and second hard layers and a soft layer between the first and second hard layers, at least one of the first and second hard layers having a first modulus and the soft layer having a second modulus less than the first modulus.

2. The flexible display device of claim 1 , wherein the first hard layer includes a first lens layer protruding toward the second hard layer, and

wherein the first lens layer includes a plurality of first lenses having a convex portion and a concave portion and disposed along a first direction.

3. The flexible display device of claim 2 , wherein the second hard layer includes a second lens layer protruding toward the first hard layer, and

wherein the second lens layer includes a plurality of second lenses having a convex portion and a concave portion and disposed along a second direction crossing the first direction.

4. The flexible display device of claim 3 , wherein the optical adhesive layer includes a first region corresponding to an active area of the display panel and a second region corresponding to a non-active area surrounding the active area, and

wherein at least one of the plurality of first lenses and the plurality of second lenses in the first region has a first width, and at least one of the plurality of first lenses and the plurality of second lenses in the second region has a second width less than the first width.

5. The flexible display device of claim 4 , wherein the second width is equal to or less than half of the first width.

6. The flexible display device of claim 4 , wherein the first and second widths are within a range of 50 μm to 150 μm.

7. The flexible display device of claim 4 , further comprising:

a touch pattern in the active area on a front surface of the display panel; and

first and second routing lines in the non-active area on the front surface of the display panel, the first and second routing lines connected to the touch pattern.

8. The flexible display device of claim 4 , wherein the display panel comprises:

a substrate including the active area and the non-active area;

a driving thin film transistor and a light emitting diode in the active area on the substrate; and

a protecting film on the driving thin film transistor and the light emitting diode.

9. The flexible display device of claim 8 , wherein the display panel further comprises a dam surrounding the active area.

10. The flexible display device of claim 3 , wherein at least one of the plurality of first lenses and the plurality of second lenses includes a lenticular lens having a cross-sectional shape of a half circle.

11. The flexible display device of claim 1 , wherein the first modulus is within a range of 50 mPa to 100 mPa, and the second modulus is within a range of 1 mPa to 10 mPa.

12. The flexible display device of claim 1 , further comprising;

a polarizing plate over a front surface of the display panel; and

a cover window on the polarizing plate.

13. The flexible display device of claim 1 , wherein an oxide film of a black color is disposed on a surface of the back cover.

14. A flexible display device, comprising:

a display panel;

a polarizing plate over a front surface of the display panel;

a cover window on the polarizing plate; and

an optical adhesive layer between the display panel and the cover window, the optical adhesive layer including first and second hard layers and a soft layer between the first and second hard layers, at least one of the first and second hard layers having a first modulus and the soft layer having a second modulus less than the first modulus.

15. The flexible display device of claim 14 , wherein the optical adhesive layer is disposed between the display panel and the polarizing plate or between the polarizing plate and the cover window.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 11, 2019
From: KIM, KEUN-YOUNG; SHIN, YOUNG-SUB
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0172128 · Dec 28, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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