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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2021
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai City, JP;
Takeshi Hirase, Sakai City, JP;
Yoshifumi Ohta, Sakai City, JP;
Takashi Toyoda, Sakai City, JP;
Takashi Ochi, Sakai City, JP;
Akihiro Matsui, Sakai City, JP;
Tohru Senoo, Sakai City, JP;
Ayaka Nakano, Sakai City, JP;
Yoshinobu Miyamoto, Sakai City, JP;
Hideki Nakada, Sakai City, JP;
Kazuteru Sawai, Sakai City, JP;
Ryo Sato, Sakai City, JP;
Tohru Sonoda, Sakai City, JP;
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai City, JP;
Abstract
A display device includes: a through hole provided through a resin layer and all layers that are provided as overlying and underlying layers of the resin layer; and a non-display area including, in an extension of at least one of a plurality of inorganic insulating films from a display area and at least partway through a thickness of the resin layer, a slit formed so as to surround at least a part of the through hole, wherein the slit has two opposing side faces at least either one of which has an upper portion including the at least one of the plurality of inorganic insulating films, and the at least one of the plurality of inorganic insulating films that is shaped like an eave is, in the slit, in direct contact with a first inorganic sealing film covering the display area and the non-display area including the slit.