IP Library Granted Patent US 10,877,520
Granted Patent B2
US 10,877,520 · App. 16/207,301 · Granted Dec 29, 2020

Electronic device with full-display

Inventors: Dong Hun Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jung Sik Park (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Min Sung Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Chung Ha Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Joo Ho Seo (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Han Gil Song (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Seung Ah Oh (Gyeonggi-do, KR); So Young Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jung Won Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jong Chul Choi (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
G06F1/1652G06F1/1626G06F1/1637G06F1/1647
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Patent No.
US 10,877,520
App. No.
16/207,301
Granted
Dec 29, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device is disclosed herein, including a first face oriented in a first direction, the first face formed having a curvature and disposed as to be visible from an exterior of the electronic device, a body including a second face oriented towards a second direction opposite to the first direction, the second face visible from the exterior, and a display module visible when viewing the first face, the display module including a flexible display disposed under a window, and the window including a central visible area formed in a substantially rectangular shape including first, second, third and fourth visible areas disposed adjacent to four respective edges of the central visible area.

Claims (43)

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a body including a first face oriented in a first direction having a curvature, a second face oriented towards a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a first, second, third, and fourth corner; and

a display module including a flexible display disposed under a window on the first face, the flexible display including a central visible area formed in a substantially rectangular shape,

the flexible display including first, second, third and fourth visible areas disposed adjacent to four respective edges of the central visible area, wherein the first, second, third, and fourth corners of the body are visible between the first, second, third, and fourth visible areas of the display module;

wherein the first, second, third and fourth visible areas each respectively include first, second, third and fourth visible lateral areas extending from a terminal edge of each of the first, second, third and fourth visible areas, and

first, second, third and fourth non-visible corner areas each of which coupling two visible lateral areas adjacent to one another, and

wherein at least one of the first, second, third and fourth non-visible corner areas has at least one hole compensating for an elongation difference.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein when the first face is viewed vertically from above,

the first visible area is disposed at an upper end side of the central visible area,

the second visible area is disposed at a lower end side of the central visible area,

the third visible area is disposed at a left lateral side of the central visible area, and

the fourth visible area is disposed at a right lateral side of the central visible area.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the central visible area includes a display area which is visible when the body is viewed from the first face, and each of the first, second, third and fourth visible areas are visible when the body is viewed from the first face and a lateral face.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein a joining face between the flexible display and the window includes one of a flat plane and a curvature.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein each of the first, second, third and fourth visible areas a uniform width,

wherein the first, second, third and fourth corners of the body have a uniform width.

6. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the first, second, third and fourth visible areas include the uniform width, which the uniform width being a same width as the first, second, third and fourth corners.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein a width of the first, second, third, and fourth corners of the body are non-uniform, and a largest width among widths of the first, second, third, and fourth corners of the body are greater than widths of each of the first, second, third and fourth visible areas.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first face is curved as to extend from a center to each corner portion of the body and to each lateral face.

9. An electronic device, comprising:

a first face oriented in a first direction, the first face formed having a curvature and disposed as to be visible from an exterior of the electronic device;

a body including a second face oriented towards a second direction opposite to the first direction, the second face visible from the exterior;

a display module visible when viewing the first face, the display module including a flexible display disposed under a window, and the flexible display including a central visible area formed in a substantially rectangular shape including first, second, third and fourth visible areas disposed adjacent to four respective edges of the central visible area; and

first, second, third and fourth non-visible corner areas each of which coupling two visible lateral areas adjacent to one another,

wherein the first, second, third and fourth visible areas each respectively include first, second, third and fourth visible lateral areas extending from a terminal edge of each of the first, second, third and fourth visible areas, and

wherein the first, second, third and fourth visible areas are disposed separately from each other.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the first, second, third and fourth visible lateral areas are coupled integrally by means of the first, second, third and fourth non-visible corner areas.

11. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the first, second, third and fourth visible lateral areas have the same width.

12. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein at least one of the first, second, third and fourth non-visible corner areas has at least one hole compensating for an elongation difference.

13. An electronic device comprising:

a window formed in a front face of the electronic device; and

a housing formed in a rear face of the electronic device, the housing at least partially circumferentially surrounding a periphery of the window,

wherein a flexible display of the electronic device is visible through the window, the flexible display including:

a central visible area disposed at a center portion of the flexible display, and having a first curvature, and

first, second, third and fourth visible areas extending towards the housing, the first, second, third and fourth visible areas having a second curvature,

wherein the first, second, third and fourth visible areas respectively include first, second, third and fourth visible lateral areas extending from terminal edges of each of the first, second, third and fourth visible areas,

first, second, third and fourth non-visible corner areas each of which coupling two visible lateral areas adjacent to one another, and

wherein at least one of the first, second, third and fourth non-visible corner areas has at least one hole compensating for an elongation difference.

14. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the first, second, third and fourth visible lateral areas disposed separately from one another at respective corners of the central visible area.

15. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the first, second, third and fourth visible lateral areas integrally coupled with one another.

16. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the first, second, third and fourth visible lateral areas have a third curvature, and are at least partially utilized as a display area.

17. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the front curved as to extend from a center to each corner portion of the housing and to each lateral face.

18. The electronic device of claim 13 , further comprising a Black Matrix Line disposed at an edge of the window and surrounding the window.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 3, 2018
From: KIM, DONG HUN; PARK, JUNG SIK; LEE, MIN SUNG; KIM, CHUNG HA; SEO, JOO HO; SONG, HAN GIL; OH, SEUNG AH; LEE, SO YOUNG; LEE, JUNG WON; CHOI, JONG CHUL
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0164534 · Dec 1, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190171254A1 · Jun 6, 2019
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