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Granted Patent B2
US 9,645,422 · App. 14/267,280 · Granted May 9, 2017

Window for display device, display device including the same, and manufacturing the same

Inventors: Jee-Seok Oh (Yongin, KR); Sang Gu Kim (Yongin, KR); Jeong Ho Hwang (Yongin, KR); Joo Il Kim (Yongin, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 9,645,422
App. No.
14/267,280
Granted
May 9, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a curved window, a method for manufacturing the same, and a display device including the same. The curved window for a display device includes a curved polymer resin layer, a high-hardness film over the curved polymer resin layer, and a curved metal film under the curved polymer resin layer.

Claims (42)

1. A curved window for a display device, comprising:

a curved polymer resin layer;

a high-hardness film over the curved polymer resin layer; and

a curved metal film under the curved polymer resin layer, wherein the curved metal film has a thickness of about 0.1 mm to about 0.2 mm.

2. The curved window as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the curved metal film is a stainless steel film.

3. The curved window as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

the curved metal film further includes a protrusion, and

the protrusion covers an exposed bottom surface of the curved polymer resin layer.

4. The curved window as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the curved polymer resin layer has a thickness of about 1 mm or less.

5. The curved window as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising an adhesive film between the high-hardness film and the curved polymer resin layer.

6. A curved window for a display device, comprising:

a curved polymer resin layer;

a high-hardness film over the curved polymer resin layer; and

a curved metal film under the curved polymer resin layer, wherein:

the curved metal film includes a plurality of coupling grooves formed at both sides thereof, and

the curved metal film and the curved polymer resin layer are coupled through the coupling grooves.

7. The curved window as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the coupling grooves are positioned at even intervals.

8. A method for manufacturing a curved window, comprising:

preparing a curved metal film; and

injection-molding a curved polymer resin layer over the prepared curved metal film; stacking a high hardness film over the curved polymer resin layer,

wherein

the curved metal film has a thickness of about 0.1 mm to about 0.2 mm.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein preparing the curved metal film further includes:

cutting the metal film; and

pressurizing the cut metal film.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein both ends of the pressurized metal film are curved.

11. The method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein pressurizing the cut metal film is performed through press molding.

12. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the curved metal film is a stainless steel film.

13. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein:

the curved metal film includes a plurality of coupling grooves formed at both sides thereof, and

a part of the polymer resin is positioned in the coupling grooves through injection molding.

14. The method as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the coupling grooves are positioned at even intervals.

15. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein:

the curved metal film further includes a protrusion, and

the protrusion covers an exposed bottom surface of the curved polymer resin layer.

16. The method as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising forming an adhesive film between the high-hardness film and the curved polymer resin layer.

17. A display device, comprising:

a display panel; and

a curved window over the display panel, wherein the curved window comprises:

a curved polymer resin layer, a high-hardness film over the curved polymer resin layer, and

a curved metal film under the curved polymer resin layer, and

wherein the curved metal film has a thickness of about 0.1 mm to about 0.2 mm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 1, 2014
From: OH, JEE-SEOK; KIM, SANG GU; HWANG, JEONG HO; KIM, JOO IL
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 032801/0296 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2013-0080299 · Jul 9, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150017393A1 · Jan 15, 2015