IP Library Granted Patent US 10,283,723
Granted Patent B2
US 10,283,723 · App. 16/150,392 · Granted May 7, 2019

Display device

Inventors: Takashi Saeki (Tokyo, JP); Naohisa Ando (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
H01L51/0097H01L27/3276H01L2251/5338Y02E10/549
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Patent No.
US 10,283,723
App. No.
16/150,392
Granted
May 7, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: an insulating substrate having flexibility and including a bent portion that is bent at 90 degrees or more outside a display area provided with an image display function; and a spacer disposed inside the bent portion and including a curved area around which the bent portion is wrapped and a plane area facing the insulating substrate, wherein the insulating substrate includes a flat portion adjacent to the bent portion and provided so as to face the plane area.

Claims (43)

1. A display device comprising:

a flexible substrate including a first portion, a second portion, and a bent portion between the first portion and the second portion, the bent portion bent at 90 degrees or more;

a display area on the first portion;

a first spacer inside the bent portion; and

a second spacer on a backside of the first portion, wherein

the first spacer has a curved portion along a cylindrical column with a first diameter,

the bent portion is along the curved portion,

the first portion and the second portion are opposed to each other,

the second spacer is sandwiched by the first portion and the second portion, and

a thickness of the second spacer is smaller than the first diameter.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second spacer has a first surface and a second surface at an opposite side from the first surface,

the first surface of the second spacer adheres to the backside of the first portion, and

the second surface of the second pacer adheres to the second portion.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first spacer has a projecting portion projecting outward from the curved portion, the projecting portion having a first plane portion, and

a part of the backside of the first portion is along the first plane portion.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein

the projecting portion has a second plane portion,

the first plane portion extends from one end of the curved portion in a direction tangentical to the cylindrical column,

the second plane portion extends from another end of the curved portion in a direction tangentical to the cylindrical column, and

the second plane portion is at an angle of 90 degrees or less with respect to the first plane portion.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first spacer has a groove in the curved portion so as to extend in a direction parallel to an axis of the cylindrical column,

an adhesive member is in the groove, and

the curved portion and the bent portion are bonded with the adhesive member.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first spacer has a groove in the curved portion so as to extend in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the cylindrical column,

an adhesive member is in the groove, and

the curved portion and the bent portion are bonded with the adhesive member.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the bent portion has a bent angle of 180 degrees or more.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the flexible substrate includes a folded-back portion folded back by the bent portion onto a side opposite to a viewing side of the display area, and

the folded-back portion includes the second portion and is bonded at an inner surface thereof onto the side.

9. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the flexible substrate includes two bent portions arranged so as to have the first portion inserted therebetween,

the flexible substrate includes two second portions arranged so as to have the two bent portions inserted therebetween, and

each of the two bent portions is between the first portion and a corresponding one of the two second portions.

10. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprises a flexible printed circuit board, wherein

the flexible printed circuit board is mounted on an end part of the flexible substrate.

11. The display device according to claim 8 , further comprises a flexible printed circuit board, wherein

the flexible printed circuit board is mounted at the folded-back portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072130/0313 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-069491 · Mar 30, 2015 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15702793 · Sep 13, 2017
Continuation 15082047 · Mar 28, 2016
Related Publication 20190036052A1 · Jan 31, 2019
Cited By (2)
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