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Granted Patent B2
US 11,937,385 · App. 18/078,666 · Granted Mar 19, 2024

Display device

Inventors: Seong Sik Ahn (Yongin-si, KR); Min Ki Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR); Ah-Ram Lee (Cheonan-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H05K5/0017
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Patent No.
US 11,937,385
App. No.
18/078,666
Granted
Mar 19, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a front display area (FDA), side display areas (SDAs), and a corner display area (CDA). The SDAs and the CDA are disposed outside of the FDA. The SDAs include: a first SDA disposed at a first side of the FDA; and a second SDA disposed at a second side of the FDA. The CDA is disposed at a corner of the FDA between the first SDA and the second SDA. The CDA is connected to the first SDA and the second SDA. The FDA has a flat display surface. The first SDA, the second SDA, and the CDA respectively form a bent surface. A shape of the bent surface of the CDA is different from a shape of the bent surface of the first SDA and a shape of the bent surface of the second SDA. The CDA is stretchable and/or shrinkable.

Claims (79)

1. A display device comprising

a front display area; and

a plurality of side display areas; and

a corner display area,

wherein the plurality of side display areas and the corner display area are disposed outside of the front display area,

wherein the plurality of side display areas comprise:

a first side display area adjacent to the front display area in a first direction; and

a second side display area adjacent to the front display area in a second direction generally perpendicular to the first direction,

wherein the corner display area is adjacent to a corner of the front display area between the first side display area and the second side display area, the corner display area being connected to the first side display area and the second side display area, and

wherein:

the front display area has a substantially flat display surface;

the first side display area, the second side display area, and the corner display area respectively form a bent surface, and

wherein:

the front display area comprises a plurality of first display units, and the plurality of first display units respectively have a first side extending in the second direction and a second side extending in the first direction; and

the first side display area comprises a plurality of second display units, and the plurality of second display units respectively have a first side extending in the second direction and a second side extending in the first direction;

in an unbent state of each of the first side display areas, a first pitch, which is a distance between first sides of two of the first display units adjacent each other in the first direction, is greater than a second pitch, which is a distance between first sides of two of the second display units adjacent each other in the first direction, and a third pitch, which is a distance between second sides of two of the first display units adjacent each other in the second direction, is substantially the same as a fourth pitch, which is a distance between second sides of two of the second display units adjacent each other in the second direction; and

in a bent state of each of the first side display areas, the first pitch is substantially the same as the second pitch, and the third pitch is substantially the same as the fourth pitch.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the bent surface of the corner display area has a shape different from that of the bent surface of the first side display area and that of the bent surface of the second side display area.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein

each of the first side display area, the second side display area, and the corner display area is stretchable and/or shrinkable.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein:

the first side display area comprises a first edge;

the corner display area comprises a second edge connected to the first edge;

in an unbent state of the first side display area, the second side display area, and the corner display area:

the second display units has a pitch in a first direction generally perpendicular to the first edge of the first side display area smaller than a pitch of the first display units in the first direction; and

the third display units has a pitch in a second direction generally perpendicular to the second edge is smaller than a pitch of the first display units in the first direction.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein, in an unbent state of the first side display area, the second side display area, and the corner display area:

the pitch of the second display units in the first direction is gradually reduced toward the first edge; and

the pitch of the third display units in the second direction is gradually reduced toward the second edge.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein:

a radius of curvature of the first side display area and a radius of curvature of the corner display area is referred to as r; and

in an unbent state of the first side display area, the second side display area, and the corner display area:

a distance from the first edge to a boundary between the first side display area and the front display area is r; and

a length of the second edge is πr/2.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein:

the first side display area comprises a first edge;

the corner display area comprises a second edge connected to the first edge;

a radius of curvature of the first side display area and a radius of curvature of the corner display area is referred to as r;

an arc length along the bent surface of the first side display area from the first edge of the first side display area to a boundary between the first side display area and the front display area is πr/2; and

an arc length of the second edge is πr/2.

8. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first side display area and the second side display area have a smaller stretching force and/or shrinking force than the corner display area, and have substantially the same stretching force and/or a shrinking force as the front display area.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein:

the corner display area comprises a first edge in an unbent state and a second edge in a bent state in which the bent surface is formed;

a radius of curvature of the corner display area is r;

a distance from a boundary between the corner display area and the front display area to the first edge is r;

a distance on the bent surface from the boundary to the second edge in the bent state of the corner display area is πr/2; and

a length of the second edge is πr/2 in the bent state of the corner display area.

10. The display device of claim 8 , wherein:

the corner display area comprises a first edge in an unbent state and a second edge in a bent state in which the bent surface is formed;

a curvature radius of the corner display area is r;

a distance from a boundary between the corner display area and the front display area to the first edge is πr/2; and

in the bent state of the corner display area:

a distance on the bent surface from the boundary to the second edge is πr/2;

a length of the second edge is πr/2; and

a length of the first edge is (π/2)2r.

11. The display device of claim 10 , wherein, in the bent state of the corner display area, at least a portion of the corner display area is shrunk.

12. The display device of claim 8 , wherein:

the first side display area comprises a first edge;

the corner display area comprises:

a second edge connected to the first edge of the first side display area in an unbent state of the corner display area; and

a third edge connected to the second edge in the unbent state of the corner display area;

each of the second edge and the third edge forms a curved line; and

the third edge is bonded to the second side display area in a bent state of the corner display area in which the bent surface is formed.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein:

a radius of curvature of the corner display area is r; and

a length of the second edge is πr/2.

14. The display device of claim 8 , wherein:

the first side display area comprises a first edge;

the corner display area comprises:

a second edge connected to the first edge of the first side display area; and

a third edge connected to the second edge in an unbent state of the corner display area;

the second edge forms a curved line;

the third edge forms a straight line;

the third edge is stretched in a bent state of the corner display area in which the bent surface is formed such that the straight line is stretched to form a curved line; and

the third edge forming the curved lined is bonded to the second side display area.

15. The display device of claim 14 , wherein:

a radius of curvature of the corner display area is r; and

a length of the second edge is πr/2.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0148256 · Nov 27, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
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