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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2017
Japan Display Inc., Minato-ku, JP;
Kazuto Tsuruoka, Minato-ku, JP;
Naohisa Andou, Minato-ku, JP;
Takashi Saeki, Minato-ku, JP;
Megumi Senda, Minato-ku, JP;
Yusuke Goto, Minato-ku, JP;
Japan Display Inc., Minato-ku, JP;
Abstract
A flexible display is bent in an intermediate region such that a first region and a second region overlap each other. A spacer is disposed inside a bend of the flexible display. The spacer includes a front-side region overlapping the first region, a back-side region overlapping the second region, and a guide region overlapping the intermediate region and regulating the bend. The spacer includes, in the front-side region, a first step and a first bottom surface recessed below the guide region. The spacer includes, in the back-side region, a second step and a second bottom surface recessed below the guide region. An interval between a second reinforcing film and a second raised surface located at the second step is larger than an interval between a first reinforcing film and a first raised surface located at the first step.