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Granted Patent B2
US 11,304,318 · App. 17/367,661 · Granted Apr 12, 2022

Light-emitting device

Inventors: Yoshiharu Hirakata (Ebina, JP); Yasuhiro Jinbo (Isehara, JP); Shunpei Yamazaki (Setagaya, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H05K5/0017G06F1/1616G09F9/301H01F1/14708H01F1/14791H01L27/3262H01L51/0097H01L51/5237H05K5/0086H01L27/323H01L27/3227H01L51/5246H01L51/5253H01L51/5259H01L2227/326H01L2251/5338Y02E10/549
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Patent No.
US 11,304,318
App. No.
17/367,661
Granted
Apr 12, 2022
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 (29)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a light-emitting panel;

a protective layer fixed to a back surface of the light-emitting panel; and

a first member and a second member which are less flexible than the light-emitting panel,

wherein, in a plan-view, the light-emitting panel and the protective layer have a region overlapping a gap between the first member and the second member,

wherein the electronic device is configured to be foldable by bending the light-emitting panel and the protective layer in the region,

wherein a sensor configured to determine whether the electronic device is in a folded state or not is provided, and

wherein, in the folded state, the light-emitting panel does not emit light.

2. An electronic device comprising:

a light-emitting panel;

a protective layer fixed to a back surface of the light-emitting panel; and

a first member and a second member which are less flexible than the light-emitting panel,

wherein, in a plan-view, the light-emitting panel and the protective layer have a region overlapping a gap between the first member and the second member,

wherein the electronic device is configured to be foldable by bending the light-emitting panel and the protective layer in the region,

wherein the first member and the second member comprise magnets in regions facing each other when the light-emitting panel and the protective layer are folded,

wherein the folded state is fixed by magnetic force of the magnets embedded in the regions facing each other,

wherein a sensor configured to determine whether the electronic device is in a folded state or not is provided, and

wherein, in the folded state, the light-emitting panel does not emit light.

3. An electronic device comprising:

a light-emitting panel;

a protective layer fixed to a back surface of the light-emitting panel; and

a first member and a second member which are less flexible than the light-emitting panel,

wherein, in a plan-view, the light-emitting panel and the protective layer have a region overlapping a gap between the first member and the second member,

wherein the electronic device is configured to be foldable by bending the light-emitting panel and the protective layer in the region,

wherein a plurality of magnets is embedded in the first member,

wherein magnets embedded in the second member are provided in regions facing the plurality of magnets when the light-emitting panel and the protective layer are folded,

wherein the folded state is fixed by magnetic force of the magnets embedded in the regions facing each other,

wherein a sensor configured to determine whether the electronic device is in a folded state or not is provided, and

wherein, in the folded state, the light-emitting panel does not emit light.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-181758 · Sep 3, 2013 · national
Continuity (6)
Continuation 17084810 · Oct 30, 2020
Continuation 16694048 · Nov 25, 2019
Continuation 16364730 · Mar 26, 2019
Continuation 15264771 · Sep 14, 2016
Continuation 14471686 · Aug 28, 2014
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