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Granted Patent B2
US 10,707,430 · App. 16/364,402 · Granted Jul 7, 2020

Display device

Inventors: Takashi Saeki (Tokyo, JP); Naohisa Ando (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
H01L51/0097H01L27/3276H05K999/99H01L2251/5338Y02E10/549
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Patent No.
US 10,707,430
App. No.
16/364,402
Granted
Jul 7, 2020
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 (41)

1. A display device comprising:

a flexible substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the 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 surface of the first portion; and

a spacer in a backside of the first portion, wherein

the bent portion includes a curved portion, the curved portion has an inner diameter on a side of the second surface of the flexible substrate,

the first portion and the second portion face each other,

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

a distance between the second surface of the first portion and the second surface of the second portion at a region where the spacer is sandwiched by the second surface of the first portion and the second surface of the second portion is smaller than the inner diameter.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a second spacer, wherein

the second spacer has a curved surface along the curved portion, and

the curved portion is in contact with the curved surface.

3. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein

the second spacer has a projecting portion projecting outward from the curved surface, 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 surface in a direction tangential to a cylindrical column of the curved surface,

the second plane portion extends from another end of the curved surface in a direction tangential to the cylindrical column of the curved surface, 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 2 , wherein

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

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 2 , wherein

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

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 an another bent portion,

the first portion is between the bent portion and the another bent portion,

the flexible substrate includes an another second portion, and

the another bent portion is between the first portion and the another second portion.

10. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising 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 comprising 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 (4)
Continuation 16150392 · Oct 3, 2018
Continuation 15702793 · Sep 13, 2017
Continuation 15082047 · Mar 28, 2016
Related Publication 20190221762A1 · Jul 18, 2019
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