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Granted Patent B2
US 10,510,980 · App. 14/983,460 · Granted Dec 17, 2019

Display module

Inventors: Taehoon Yang (Yongin-si, KR); Jaewan Jung (Hwaseong-si, KR); Kiyong Lee (Cheonan-si, KR); Sangwol Lee (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H01L51/5237G06F1/1643H01L2251/5338
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Patent No.
US 10,510,980
App. No.
14/983,460
Granted
Dec 17, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display module includes a window member including a display area and a bezel area, a display panel including a display part corresponding to the display area, and an edge part corresponding to the bezel area and bent from the display part to extend away from the window member, and a protective frame accommodating the display panel and coupled to the window member.

Claims (49)

1. A display module comprising:

a flat window member comprising a display area and a bezel area;

a display panel configured to produce an image, and comprising a display part for producing the image and overlapping the display area, and an edge part overlapping the bezel area and bent from the display part to extend away from the flat window member;

a dummy member on the display panel, and comprising:

a flat part overlapping the display part; and

a bending part overlapping the edge part; and

a protective frame accommodating the display panel and coupled to the flat window member,

wherein the edge part is bent in accordance with a first curvature from the display part, and

wherein the bending part is bent in accordance with the first curvature from the flat part.

2. The display module of claim 1 , wherein the edge part comprises:

a first edge part bent from a first side of the display part; and

a second edge part opposite the first edge part and bent from a second side of the display part.

3. The display module of claim 2 , wherein the bending part comprises a first bending part corresponding to the first edge part, and a second bending part corresponding to the second edge part.

4. The display module of claim 3 , wherein the display panel comprises:

a base layer;

a circuit layer on the base layer;

a display element layer on the circuit layer; and

an encapsulation layer on the display element layer.

5. The display module of claim 4 , wherein each of the first and second edge parts comprises a neutral plane, and

wherein the circuit layer at the first and second edge parts is applied with a compressive stress.

6. The display module of claim 5 , wherein each of the first and second bending parts is applied with a tensile stress.

7. The display module of claim 4 , wherein each of the first and second bending parts comprises a neutral plane, and

wherein the circuit layer of the first and second edge parts is applied with a compressive stress.

8. The display module of claim 4 , wherein the circuit layer comprises a thin film transistor.

9. The display module of claim 4 , wherein the display element layer comprises an organic light emitting diode.

10. The display module of claim 1 , further comprising a touch panel between the display panel and the flat window member.

11. The display module of claim 1 , further comprising a support member between the display panel and the protective frame.

12. A display module comprising:

a first flat window member comprising a display area and a bezel area;

a display panel comprising a display part comprised of pixels overlapping the display area, and an edge part overlapping the bezel area and bent from the display part to extend away from the first flat window member; and

a second flat window member facing the first flat window member and being spaced apart from the first flat window member such that the display panel is between the first and second flat window members,

wherein the first and second flat window members are configured to concurrently display different respective images therethrough, the different images being produced by different, respective portions of the pixels.

13. The display module of claim 12 , wherein the edge part comprises:

a first edge part bent from a first side of the display part; and

a second edge part opposite the first edge part and bent from a second side of the display part.

14. The display module of claim 13 , further comprising a dummy member attached to the display panel and comprising a flat part corresponding to the display part, a first bending part corresponding to the first edge part, and a second bending part corresponding to the second edge part.

15. The display module of claim 14 , wherein the display panel comprises:

a base layer;

a circuit layer on the base layer and comprising a thin film transistor;

a display element layer on the circuit layer and comprising an organic light emitting diode; and

an encapsulation layer on the display element layer.

16. The display module of claim 15 , wherein each of the first and second edge parts comprises a neutral plane, and

wherein the circuit layer of the first and second edge parts is applied with a compressive stress.

17. The display module of claim 15 , wherein each of the first and second bending parts comprises a neutral plane, and

wherein the circuit layer of the first and second edge parts is applied with a compressive stress.

18. The display module of claim 15 , wherein the organic light emitting diode provides light to the first and second flat window members.

19. The display module of claim 12 , further comprising a first touch panel between the display panel and the first flat window member.

20. The display module of claim 12 , further comprising a second touch panel between the display panel and the second flat window member.

21. The display module of claim 1 , wherein the edge part has a same top surface and a same bottom surface as the display part.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2016
From: YANG, TAEHOON; JUNG, JAEWAN; LEE, KIYONG; LEE, SANGWOL
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0053972 · Apr 16, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160307973A1 · Oct 20, 2016