Samsung Display Co., Ltd.

Samsung Displayco., Ltd.

Kile Park Reed & Houtteman Pllc

Min-Hoon Choi

Sanghoon Kim

Sang-Il Park

Hye-Jin Oh

Seongjin Hwang

Jeoung Sub Lee

Kyung-man Kim

Hyun Joon Oh

Seungho Kim

Yuri Kim

Heonjung Shin

Boa Kim

Sang Hoon Kim

Jeoungsub Lee

Minsang Koo

Sunghoon Kim

Hyunjoon Oh

Kyungtae Kim

Heon Jung Shin

Dawoon Kim

In Sun Hwang

Bo A Kim

Junghoon Han

Byunghoon Kang

Kyung-Man Kim

Hyun-Joon Oh

Jeoung-Sub Lee

Kyung Tae Kim

In-Sun Hwang

Seong Jin Hwang

Sang-Hoon Kim

Kyu Young Kim

Dohoon Kim

Seung Ho Kim

Sung Hoon Kim

Yu Ri Kim

Kyungman Kim

Da Woon Kim

Min Sang Koo

Sang-il Park

Seongtaek Lee

Jeongsub Lee

Junhyuk Cheon

Sang-II Park

Bo-A Kim

Heon-Jung Shin

A window includes a substrate including a folding portion foldable with respect to a folding axis extending in a first direction. A plurality of groove patterns are defined in the folding portion. The folding portion includes a center portion and an outer portion, and the plurality of groove patterns include a first groove pattern disposed in the center portion and a second groove pattern disposed in the outer portion. The first groove pattern includes a first upper groove pattern and a first lower groove pattern, and the second groove pattern includes a second upper groove pattern and a second lower groove pattern. The first upper groove pattern and the first lower groove pattern partially overlap in the second direction, and the second upper groove pattern and the second lower groove pattern do not overlap in the second direction.

Window and display device including the same

A display device includes a substrate including a first surface from which a pattern including an end portion is defined and a second surface which is parallel to the first surface. When an inner radius from a reference line positioned above the end portion and parallel with the first surface of the substrate to a surface of the pattern defining about 90 degrees is referred to as a first inner radius and an inner radius from the reference line to the surface of the pattern defining about 45 degrees is a second inner radius, a ratio of the second inner radius to the first inner radius is about 0.7 or more.

Display device including substrate including patterns and patterning method of substrate

A window includes a window layer that includes a first section, a second section, and a folding section that is disposed between the first section and the second section and is foldable with respect to a folding axis extending in a direction. The folding section includes at least one opening pattern, and in a plan view, a maximum distance between two points on an inner line of the folding section that defines the at least one opening pattern is about 10 micrometers to about 200 micrometers.

Window and display device including same

A window includes a first folding portion foldable about a first folding axis extended in a first direction, and including upper and lower surfaces facing each other, and a second folding portion foldable about a second folding axis extended in a second direction crossing the first direction, including the upper and lower surfaces, and including a portion of the first folding portion. First upper grooves extended in the first direction and recessed from the upper surface and first lower grooves extended in the first direction and recessed from the lower surface are defined in the first folding portion, and second upper grooves extended in the second direction and recessed from the upper surface and second lower grooves extended in the second direction and recessed from the lower surface are defined in the second folding portion. The portion is defined as a crossing portion in which the grooves are defined.

A member for a window module includes a base layer which is foldable and in which a groove defined. The base layer includes a first dam structure in which the groove is defined. The member further includes a filler filled in the groove.

Member for window module and method of manufacturing window module using the same

A foldable display device includes a window. The window includes a first sub window, a second sub window, and an adhesive layer for coupling the first sub window and the second sub window to each other. The first sub window includes a first base layer having light transmittance of 90% or more and a first anti-fingerprint layer disposed on an upper surface of the first base layer, and the second sub window includes a second base layer disposed on the first sub window. A contact angle of a folding area of an upper surface of the first sub window is less than a contact angle of a peripheral area of the upper surface of the first sub window.

Foldable display device

A glass window includes a first non-folding area, a folding area, and a second non-folding area disposed in a first direction, a first filling layer, a pattern glass disposed below the first filling layer and including an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface, and a second filling layer disposed below the pattern glass, the pattern glass includes at least one first pattern part including a groove pattern disposed on an upper surface of the folding area, a first non-pattern part adjacent to the at least one first pattern part of the folding area, at least one second pattern part including a groove pattern disposed on a lower surface of the folding area, and a second non-pattern part adjacent to the at least one second pattern part of the folding area.

Glass window and display device including the same

A window includes: a folding part foldable around a virtual folding axis extending in a first direction, and first and second non-folding parts spaced apart from each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction with the folding part therebetween. A plurality of groove patterns extending in the first direction and arranged in the second direction are defined in the folding part. The folding part includes a first part adjacent to the folding axis, a third part adjacent to one of the first and second non-folding parts and a second part between the first part and the third part. widths of the first to third parts in the second direction are the same. A volume of the first part is greater than a volume of the second part, and the volume of the second part is greater than a volume of the third part.

An electronic device and a window include a folding part, and a first non-folding part and a second non-folding part spaced apart from each other with the folding part disposed between the first non-folding part and the second non-folding part, wherein the folding part includes a base portion, main protruding portions disposed on the base portion, each of the main protruding portions having a first thickness, and spaced apart from each other, and at least one sub-protruding portion having a second thickness less than the first thickness of each of the main protruding portions and disposed between the main protruding portions on the base portion.

Window and electronic device including the same

A display device includes a window, a display panel disposed below the window, and an adhesive layer disposed between the window and the display panel. The window includes a glass portion, and a synthetic resin portion overlapping at least a side surface of the glass portion and exposing the upper surface of the glass portion.

Display device and method of manufacturing the same

A display device including: a display module including a display folding portion and a display curved portion adjacent to the display folding portion, wherein the display curved portion has a curvature when the display folding portion is folded; and a window disposed on the display module, the window including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and having first grooves overlapping the display folding portion and second grooves overlapping the display curved portion, wherein the first grooves are formed in the first surface of the window and the second grooves are formed in the second surface of the window.

Display device

A window includes a folding portion foldable with respect to an imaginary folding axis extending in a first direction, a first non-folding portion, and a second non-folding portion spaced apart from the first non-folding portion in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction with the folding portion interposed therebetween. The folding portion includes a base portion and a plurality of protrusion portions disposed on the base portion and spaced apart from each other in the second direction. A width, in the first direction, of the folding portion is smaller than a width, in the first direction, of each of the first non-folding portion and the second non-folding portion.

Provided is a window including a glass substrate, an impact absorbing layer disposed on the glass substrate and having a first storage modulus, and at least one coating layer disposed on at least one of top and bottom surfaces of the impact absorbing layer, respectively, and having a second storage modulus that is greater than the first storage modulus, wherein a ratio between a first thickness of the impact absorbing layer and a second thickness of at least one of the at least one coating layer is about 1:0.0002 to about 1:0.05.

A window includes a first cover layer, a second cover layer, and a first adhesive part. The first cover layer includes a first non-folding area, a folding area, and a second non-folding area that are arranged in a first direction, and a plurality of first recessed portions recessed from a top surface of the folding area and extended in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The second cover layer is disposed on the first cover layer. The first adhesive part is disposed between the first cover layer and the second cover layer, and includes protrusions disposed in the plurality of first recessed portions of the first cover layer.

A cover window includes a glass substrates, a first coating layer disposed on a first surface of the glass substrate, and a second coating layer disposed on the first coating layer, where a thickness of the glass substrate is equal to or less than about 100 micrometers (μm), and a thickness of each of the first coating layer and the second coating layer ranges from about 50 angstroms (Å) to about 400 Å.

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Min-Hoon Choi