Flexible display device having auxiliary member at bending axis
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorChangmin Park
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Abstract
A flexible display device includes a cover member having a bending area and a non-bending area. The non-bending area is disposed on opposite sides of the bending area. The bending area is bent or folded about a bending axis. A display panel is disposed under both the bending area and the non-bending area of the cover member. The display panel has a smaller area than that of the cover member. An auxiliary member is disposed alongside the display panel, and under the bending area of the cover member, such that a width of the cover member is substantially equal to a width of the display panel plus a width of the auxiliary member.
Claims20
A flexible display device comprising:
- a cover member comprising a bending area and a non-bending area, the non-bending area disposed on opposite sides of the bending area, the bending area being bent or folded about a bending axis;
- a display panel disposed under both the bending area and the non-bending area of the cover member, the display panel having a smaller area than that of t:he cover member;
- and
- an auxiliary member disposed alongside the display panel, and under the bending area of the cover member, such that a width of the cover member is substantially equal to a width of the display panel plus a width of the auxiliary member.
An electronic device, comprising:
- a cover including a transparent window;
- a display panel disposed below the cover such that the display panel is viewable though the transparent window;
- a first auxiliary spacer disposed on one side of the display panel;
- and
- a second auxiliary spacer disposed on an opposite side of the display panel,
- wherein the electronic device is bendable about a bending axis,
- wherein the first auxiliary spacer and the second auxiliary spacer are disposed along the bending axis, and
- wherein the first and second auxiliary spacers each have a height that is equal to a height of the display panel.
A flexible display device comprising:
- a flexible substrate;
- a thin film transistor (TFT) disposed on the substrate;
- a planarizing layer disposed over the TFT;
- a pixel electrode disposed over the planarizing layer and making contact with the TFT;
- an opposite electrode disposed over the pixel electrode;
- an organic emission layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode;
- an auxiliary member disposed alongside the flexible substrate;
- a cover member disposed over the flexible substrate such that the TFT, planarizing layer, pixel electrode, organic emission layer, and the opposite electrode are disposed between the flexible substrate and the cover member;
- and
- a support plate disposed under the flexible substrate, wherein the auxiliary member directly contacts the support plate and the cover member,
- wherein the auxiliary member is disposed between the support plate and the cover member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.