IP Library Granted Patent US 12,558,871
Granted Patent B2
US 12,558,871 · App. 18/355,503 · Granted Feb 24, 2026

Protective film module and method for manufacturing the same

Inventors: Kitaek Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Jiyoung Wang (Yongin-si, KR); Junghoon Oh (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
B32B7/12B32B17/10018B32B17/10862B32B2307/7376
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Patent No.
US 12,558,871
App. No.
18/355,503
Granted
Feb 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A protective film module includes a first film protecting a first face of a thin-film glass, a first adhesive layer disposed between the thin-film glass and the first film and contacting the first face of the thin-film glass, a second film disposed on the first adhesive layer, and covering the thin-film glass, and having a closed line shape in a plan view of the protective film module, a third film protecting a second face opposite to the first face of the thin-film glass, and a second adhesive layer disposed between the thin-film glass and the third film and in contact with the second film, wherein the thin-film glass is disposed in an inner space defined between the second film, the first adhesive layer, and the second adhesive layer.

Claims (37)

1 . A protective film module comprising:

a first film protecting a first face of a thin-film glass;

a first adhesive layer disposed between the thin-film glass and the first film and contacting the first face of the thin-film glass;

a second film disposed on the first adhesive layer, and covering the thin-film glass, and having a closed line shape in a plan view;

a third film protecting a second face opposite to the first face of the thin-film glass; and

a second adhesive layer disposed between the thin-film glass and the third film and in contact with the second film,

wherein the thin-film glass is disposed in an inner space defined between the second film, the first adhesive layer, and the second adhesive layer.

2 . The protective film module of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the second film is in a range of about 1.3 to about 1.7 times of a thickness of the thin-film glass.

3 . The protective film module of claim 1 , wherein a side face of the thin-film glass is spaced, by a distance, from an inner side face of the second film adjacent to the side face of the thin-film glass.

4 . The protective film module of claim 1 , wherein the first adhesive layer is in contact with the first film.

5 . The protective film module of claim 1 , wherein corresponding side faces of the first film, the first adhesive layer, and the second film are aligned with each other.

6 . The protective film module of claim 1 , wherein an outer side face of the second film protrudes outwardly beyond an outer side face of the second adhesive layer.

7 . The protective film module of claim 1 , wherein the second face of the thin-film glass is spaced apart from the second adhesive layer by a distance.

8 . The protective film module of claim 1 , wherein corresponding side faces of the second adhesive layer and the third film are aligned with each other.

9 . The protective film module of claim 1 , wherein a face of the second adhesive layer facing the second face of the thin-film glass is adhered only to a face of the second film adjacent to the second adhesive layer.

10 . The protective film module of claim 1 , wherein the second film is detachably bonded to the second adhesive layer.

11 . The protective film module of claim 1 , further comprising:

at least one pad disposed between the second adhesive layer and the thin-film glass and having a thickness smaller than a minimum distance between the second face of the thin-film glass and the second adhesive layer.

12 . A method for manufacturing a protective film module, the method comprising:

bonding a first adhesive layer onto a first film;

bonding a second film to an outer portion of the first adhesive layer;

detachably bonding a thin-film glass onto the first adhesive layer;

bonding a second adhesive layer onto the second film;

bonding a third film onto the second adhesive layer; and

pressing the third film with a roller, wherein

the first film protects a first face of the thin-film glass,

the first adhesive layer is disposed between the thin-film glass and the first film and contacts the first face of the thin-film glass,

the second film is disposed on the first adhesive layer, surrounds the thin-film glass, and has a closed line shape in a plan view,

the third film protects a second face opposite to the first face of the thin-film glass,

the second adhesive layer is disposed between the thin-film glass and the third film, and

the thin-film glass is disposed in an inner space defined between the second film, the first adhesive layer, and the second adhesive layer.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein in case that the third film is pressed with the roller, a pressure of the roller is transmitted to the first adhesive layer, the second adhesive layer, the first film, and the second film through a pressing area of the third film overlapping the second film in a plan view.

14 . The method of claim 12 , wherein

in case that the third film is pressed with the roller, the second film is compressed, and

a thickness of the compressed second film is greater than a thickness of the thin-film glass.

15 . The method of claim 12 , wherein in the pressing of the third film with the roller, the second face of the thin-film glass is spaced apart from the second adhesive layer.

16 . The method of claim 12 , wherein a thickness of the second film is in a range of about 1.3 to about 1.7 times of a thickness of the thin-film glass.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2023
From: KIM, KITAEK; WANG, JIYOUNG; OH, JUNGHOON
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Continuity (1)
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