IP Library Granted Patent US 12,473,632
Granted Patent B2
US 12,473,632 · App. 18/094,057 · Granted Nov 18, 2025

Mask assembly and method of manufacturing display apparatus

Inventors: Wonyoung Jang (Yongin-si, KR); Jongdae Lee (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
C23C16/042
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Patent No.
US 12,473,632
App. No.
18/094,057
Granted
Nov 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mask assembly includes: a mask frame having a plurality of sides including a first side extending in a first direction, and an opening area defined by the plurality of sides; a gap portion recessed in the first side in a second direction crossing the first direction; a mask sheet covering the opening area; and a gap adjustment portion tensile-welded to the mask frame across the gap portion.

Claims (20)

1 . A mask assembly comprising:

a mask frame having a plurality of sides including a first side extending in a first direction, and an opening area defined by the plurality of sides;

a gap portion recessed in the first side in a second direction crossing the first direction in a plan view;

a mask sheet covering the opening area; and

a gap adjustment portion tensile-welded to the mask frame across the gap portion.

2 . The mask assembly of claim 1 , wherein the gap portion comprises:

a first portion recessed in the second direction in a plan view; and

a second portion at one end portion of the first portion, and recessed in the second direction, a width of at least part of the second portion being greater than a width of the first portion.

3 . The mask assembly of claim 2 , wherein the second portion has a circular shape in a plan view.

4 . The mask assembly of claim 2 , wherein the width of the first portion in the first direction is less than a length of the first portion in the second direction.

5 . The mask assembly of claim 2 , wherein the width of the first portion in the first direction gradually decreases along the second direction.

6 . The mask assembly of claim 1 , wherein the mask sheet comprises a first mask sheet and a second mask sheet parallel to each other in the first direction, and

the gap portion is spaced from the first mask sheet and the second mask sheet in the second direction, and located between the first mask sheet and the second mask sheet in the first direction.

7 . A mask assembly comprising:

a mask frame having a plurality of sides including a first side extending in a first direction, and an opening area defined by the plurality of sides;

a gap portion recessed in the first side in a second direction crossing the first direction;

a mask sheet covering the opening area; and

a gap adjustment portion tensile-welded to the mask frame across the gap portion,

wherein the mask sheet comprises a first mask sheet and a second mask sheet parallel to each other in the first direction, and

the gap portion is spaced from the first mask sheet and the second mask sheet in the second direction, and overlaps with each of a width of the first mask sheet extending in the first direction and a width of the second mask sheet extending in the first direction in the second direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 9, 2023
From: JANG, WONYOUNG; LEE, JONGDAE
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0035534 · Mar 22, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230304145A1 · Sep 28, 2023
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