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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11621313 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2020

Display apparatus including multiportion spacer

Applicant:

Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, KR;

Inventors:

Joonik Lee, Yongin-si, KR;

Jongin Ahn, Yongin-si, KR;

Donghyeon Lee, Yongin-si, KR;

Changmoo Lee, Yongin-si, KR;

Assignee:

Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, KR;

Attorney:

Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP

Primary Examiner:

Ida M Soward

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/32 (2006.01); H01L 25/18 (2006.01); H01L 51/00 (2006.01); H01L 51/50 (2006.01); H01L 51/52 (2006.01); G02F 1/13 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G09F 9/30 (2006.01); G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/3276 (2013.01); H01L 25/18 (2013.01); H01L 51/5253 (2013.01); G02F 1/133305 (2013.01); G02F 1/133331 (2021.01); G02F 1/133334 (2021.01); G02F 1/133528 (2013.01); G06F 1/1641 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); H01L 27/3246 (2013.01); H01L 51/0097 (2013.01); H01L 51/5056 (2013.01); H01L 51/5072 (2013.01); H01L 51/5088 (2013.01); H01L 51/5092 (2013.01); H01L 51/529 (2013.01); H01L 51/5246 (2013.01); H01L 51/5284 (2013.01); H01L 51/5293 (2013.01); H01L 2251/301 (2013.01); H01L 2251/5338 (2013.01);
Abstract

A display apparatus includes a bending area and a non-bending area, a display panel including a first panel area, a second panel area, and a panel bending portion that is bent such that at least a portion of the first panel area overlaps a portion of the second panel area, the display panel may have a curvature in the bending area, and a spacer between the first panel area and the second panel area, the spacer including a first portion in the bending area and a second portion in the non-bending area, wherein the first portion of the spacer is different in material from the second portion, and wherein the first portion of the spacer may have a curvature in the bending area substantially equal to a curvature of the display panel in the bending area.

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