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Granted Patent B2
US 11,153,980 · App. 17/084,810 · Granted Oct 19, 2021

Light-emitting device

Inventors: Yoshiharu Hirakata (Ebina, JP); Yasuhiro Jinbo (Isehara, JP); Shunpei Yamazaki (Setagaya, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 11,153,980
App. No.
17/084,810
Granted
Oct 19, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting device can be folded in such a manner that a flexible light-emitting panel is supported by a plurality of housings which are provided spaced from each other and the light-emitting panel is bent so that surfaces of adjacent housings are in contact with each other. Furthermore, in the light-emitting device, in which part or the whole of the housings have magnetism, the two adjacent housings can be fixed to each other by a magnetic force when the light-emitting device is used in a folded state.

Claims (41)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a flexible light-emitting panel; and

a housing supporting the light-emitting panel,

wherein the housing consists of a plurality of members,

wherein a first member of the plurality of members covers a portion of a first side, a third side, and a fourth side of a display surface side of the light-emitting panel,

wherein a second member of the plurality of members covers a portion of a second side, the third side, and the fourth side of the display surface side of the light-emitting panel,

wherein a third member of the plurality of members covers a portion of the third side of the display surface side of the light-emitting panel,

wherein a fourth member of the plurality of members covers a portion of the fourth side of the display surface side of the light-emitting panel,

wherein the electronic device is configured to be bendable so that a display surface of the light-emitting panel faces inward, and

wherein the electronic device is configured to hold a bent state by magnetic force of a magnetic material in the housing.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting panel has a touch-panel function.

3. A display device comprising:

a flexible display panel; and

a housing supporting the display panel,

wherein the housing consists of a plurality of members,

wherein a first member of the plurality of members covers a portion of a first side, a third side, and a fourth side of a display surface side of the display panel,

wherein a second member of the plurality of members covers a portion of a second side, the third side, and the fourth side of the display surface side of the display panel,

wherein the display device is configured to be bendable so that a display surface of the display panel faces inward, and

wherein, in a bent state, the display device is configured to be fixable by magnetic force.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the display panel has a touch-panel function.

5. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the magnetic force of a magnet provided in the housing is used to fix the display device in the bent state.

6. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the first member covers a portion of 3 sides of the display panel.

7. The display device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the first member covers a portion of 3 sides of the display panel, and

wherein the second member covers a portion of 3 sides of the display panel.

8. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the first member and the second member cover the same two sides of the display panel and a different side of the display panel.

9. A display device comprising:

a flexible display panel; and

a housing,

wherein the housing consists of a plurality of members,

wherein a first member of the plurality of members covers a portion of a plurality of sides of the display panel,

wherein a second member of the plurality of members covers a portion of the plurality of sides of the display panel,

wherein the display device is configured to be bendable so that a display surface of the display panel faces inward, and

wherein, in a bent state, the display device is configured to be fixable by magnetic force.

10. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein the display panel has a touch-panel function.

11. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein the magnetic force of a magnet provided in the housing is used to fix the display device in the bent state.

12. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein the first member covers a portion of 3 sides of the display panel.

13. The display device according to claim 9 ,

wherein the first member covers a portion of 3 sides of the display panel, and

wherein the second member covers a portion of 3 sides of the display panel.

14. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein the first member and the second member cover the same two sides of the display panel and a different side of the display panel.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-181758 · Sep 3, 2013 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 16694048 · Nov 25, 2019
Continuation 16364730 · Mar 26, 2019
Continuation 15264771 · Sep 14, 2016
Continuation 14471686 · Aug 28, 2014
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