IP Library Granted Patent US 12,594,746
Granted Patent B2
US 12,594,746 · App. 17/346,163 · Granted Apr 7, 2026

Cover window for display device and display device including the same

Inventors: Min-Hoon Choi (Seoul, KR); Heon Jung Shin (Hwaseong-si, KR); Hye-Jin Oh (Asan-si, KR); Jeoung Sub Lee (Seoul, KR); Kyung Tae Kim (Asan-si, KR); Bo A Kim (Icheon-si, KR); Sang Hoon Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR); Sang-Il Park (Yongin-si, KR); Hyun Joon Oh (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
B32B27/06B32B7/12B32B27/08B32B27/34B32B37/12G02F1/133308G06F1/1652H05K5/03H10K59/87H10K77/111B32B2307/42B32B2307/51B32B2307/536B32B2377/00B32B2457/20B32B2457/206G02F1/133331G02F2202/28H10K2102/311Y02E10/549
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,594,746
App. No.
17/346,163
Granted
Apr 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cover window for a display device includes: a first film; a second film on the first film; and an adhesive layer between the first film and the second film. The adhesive layer has a lap shear modulus in a range of 20 kPa to 50 kPa.

Claims (27)

1 . A bendable display device comprising:

a bendable display panel; and

a bendable cover window on the display panel, the cover window comprising:

a first film;

a second film on the first film; and

a first adhesive layer between the first film and the second film;

a coating layer on the cover window;

a second adhesive layer between the display panel and the cover window; and

an optical layer on the display panel,

wherein the cover window has a thickness in a range of 1 μm to 500 μm,

wherein the optical layer contacts the second adhesive layer,

wherein the first adhesive layer has a lap shear modulus in a range of 20 kPa to 50 kPa,

wherein the first adhesive layer has a modulus of elasticity that gradually varies along a thickness direction thereof,

wherein the first adhesive layer includes a first sub-layer, a second sub-layer, a third sub-layer, a fourth sub-layer, and a fifth sub-layer, and

wherein the modulus of elasticity of the first adhesive layer decreases, increases, or increases and then decreases from the first sub-layer to the fifth sub-layer.

2 . The bendable display device of claim 1 , wherein the optical layer comprises at least one of a phase delay layer or a polarization layer.

3 . The bendable display device of claim 1 , wherein the coating layer comprises a hard coating layer.

4 . The bendable display device of claim 1 , wherein the first film and the second film comprise a polyimide-based material.

5 . The bendable display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a third film on the second film; and

a third adhesive layer between the second film and the third film.

6 . The bendable display device of claim 1 , wherein the first adhesive layer has a storage modulus in a range of 100 kPa to 10 MPa.

7 . The bendable display device of claim 6 , wherein the first adhesive layer has a loss modulus in a range of 100 kPa to 10 MPa.

8 . The bendable display device of claim 7 , wherein a ratio of the loss modulus to the storage modulus of the first adhesive layer is in a range of 0.01 to 100.

9 . The bendable display device of claim 1 , wherein the first adhesive layer has an adherence in a range of 500 gf/25 mm to 3000 gf/25 mm.

10 . The bendable display device of claim 1 , wherein the first adhesive layer has a thickness in a range of 1 μm to 50 μm.

11 . The bendable display device of claim 1 , wherein the first adhesive layer has a thickness in a range of 20 μm to 30 μm.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0149513 · Nov 10, 2016 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16852344 · Apr 17, 2020
Continuation 15791935 · Oct 24, 2017
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