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Granted Patent B2
US 12,326,756 · App. 18/371,417 · Granted Jun 10, 2025

Display device

Inventors: Bugyoon Yoo (Hwaseong-si, KR); Yunjae Kim (Cheonan-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
G06F1/1616G06F1/203H04M1/0268
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Patent No.
US 12,326,756
App. No.
18/371,417
Granted
Jun 10, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a display device including a display module in which a folding region and first and second non-folding regions facing each other and a heat dissipation sheet disposed on one surface thereof. The heat dissipation sheet includes a first heat dissipation adhesive layer including a first adhesive portion overlapping the first non-folding region and a second adhesive portion overlapping the second non-folding region, a second heat dissipation adhesive layer including a third adhesive portion overlapping the first adhesive portion and a fourth adhesive portion overlapping the second adhesive portion, a heat dissipation layer including a first heat dissipation portion disposed between the first adhesive portion and the third adhesive portion and a second heat dissipation portion disposed between the second adhesive portion and the fourth adhesive portion, and an auxiliary adhesive layer including a first auxiliary adhesive portion disposed between the first adhesive portion and the third adhesive portion.

Claims (61)

1. A display device comprising:

a display module in which a folding region and a non-folding region adjacent to the folding region are defined; and

a heat dissipation sheet disposed on one surface of the display module and overlapping the non-folding region,

wherein the heat dissipation sheet comprises:

a heat dissipation layer; and

an auxiliary adhesive layer surrounding a plurality of edges of the heat dissipation layer and spaced apart from the heat dissipation layer.

2. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a first heat dissipation adhesive layer; and

a second heat dissipation adhesive layer disposed on the first heat dissipation adhesive layer,

wherein the heat dissipation layer is disposed between disposed between the first heat dissipation adhesive layer and the second heat dissipation adhesive layer.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the non-folding region comprises a first non-folding region and a second non-folding region,

wherein the folding region is disposed between the first non-folding region and the second non-folding region,

wherein the first heat dissipation adhesive layer comprises:

a first adhesive portion overlapping the first non-folding region; and

a second adhesive portion overlapping the second non-folding region,

wherein the second heat dissipation adhesive layer comprises:

a third adhesive portion overlapping the first adhesive portion; and

a fourth adhesive portion overlapping the second adhesive portion,

wherein the heat dissipation layer comprises:

a first heat dissipation portion disposed between the first adhesive portion and the third adhesive portion; and

a second heat dissipation portion disposed between the second adhesive portion and the fourth adhesive portion, and

wherein the auxiliary adhesive layer comprises:

a first auxiliary adhesive portion disposed between the first adhesive portion and the third adhesive portion to surround the first heat dissipation portion on a plane; and

a second auxiliary adhesive portion disposed between the second adhesive portion and the fourth adhesive portion to surround the second heat dissipation portion on the plane.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the first heat dissipation portion is sealed by the first adhesive portion, the third adhesive portion, and the first auxiliary adhesive portion, and

the second heat dissipation portion is sealed by the second adhesive portion, the fourth adhesive portion, and the second auxiliary adhesive portion.

5. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the first heat dissipation portion and the first auxiliary adhesive portion are spaced apart from each other, and

the second heat dissipation portion and the second auxiliary adhesive portion are spaced apart from each other.

6. The display device of claim 3 , wherein each of the first auxiliary adhesive portion and the second auxiliary adhesive portion comprises:

a base layer;

a first adhesive layer disposed between the base layer and the first heat dissipation adhesive layer; and

a second adhesive layer disposed between the base layer and the second heat dissipation adhesive layer.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein each of the first heat dissipation adhesive layer and the second heat dissipation adhesive layer comprises a single adhesive layer.

8. The display device of claim 3 , wherein at least one sensor opening passing through the first adhesive portion, the third adhesive portion, and the first auxiliary adhesive portion is defined.

9. The display device of claim 8 , further comprising at least one cover member disposed between the heat dissipation sheet and the display module,

wherein the sensor opening passes through the at least one cover member.

10. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the first heat dissipation portion comprises a plurality of first openings, which are spaced apart from each other, and the first adhesive portion and the third adhesive portion adhere to each other through the first openings, and

the second heat dissipation portion comprises a plurality of second openings, which are spaced apart from each other, and the second adhesive portion and the fourth adhesive portion adhere to each other through the second openings.

11. The display device of claim 10 , wherein each of the first adhesive portion and the third adhesive portion, which overlap the first openings, has a recessed shape, and

each of the second adhesive portion and the fourth adhesive portion, which overlap the second openings, has a recessed shape.

12. The display device of claim 10 , wherein the heat dissipation layer has a thickness greater than the sum of thicknesses of the first heat dissipation adhesive layer and the second heat dissipation adhesive layer in a thickness direction of the display module.

13. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the first adhesive portion and the second adhesive portion are spaced apart from each other with the folding axis therebetween.

14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the heat dissipation sheet does not overlap the folding region.

15. The display device of claim 13 , wherein at least a portion of each of the first auxiliary adhesive portion and the second auxiliary adhesive portion overlaps the folding region.

16. The display device of claim 15 , wherein at least a portion of each of the first heat dissipation portion and the second heat dissipation portion overlaps the folding region.

17. The display device of claim 13 , wherein each of the first heat dissipation portion and the second heat dissipation portion does not overlap the folding region.

18. The display device of claim 13 , further comprising:

a plate disposed between the display module and the first heat dissipation adhesive layer; and

an insulating film disposed below the second heat dissipation adhesive layer.

19. The display device of claim 18 , wherein the plate comprises a first plate overlapping the first adhesive portion and a second plate spaced apart from the first plate and overlapping the second adhesive portion, and

the insulating film comprises a first insulation film overlapping the first plate and a second insulating film spaced apart from the first insulation film and overlapping the second plate.

20. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the first heat dissipation portion at least partially contacts the first auxiliary adhesive portion.

21. An electronic device comprising:

a display device; and

a camera module disposed in a sensing area of the display device,

wherein the display device comprises:

a display module in which a folding region and a non-folding region adjacent to the folding region are defined; and

a heat dissipation sheet disposed on one surface of the display module and overlapping the non-folding region,

wherein the heat dissipation sheet comprises:

a heat dissipation layer; and

an auxiliary adhesive layer surrounding a plurality of edges of the heat dissipation layer and spaced apart from the heat dissipation layer.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0018561 · Feb 14, 2020 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17536065 · Nov 28, 2021
Continuation 17089701 · Nov 4, 2020
Related Publication 20240012448A1 · Jan 11, 2024
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