US 10,960,653 B2 · Apparatus and method for manufacturing display apparatus

Abstract

An apparatus and method of manufacturing a display apparatus are provided. The apparatus for manufacturing a display apparatus includes a support; a first stage arranged on the support, the first stage being configured to move linearly and to receive a film member thereon, a second stage spaced apart from the first stage, and arranged on the support, the second stage being configured to move linearly and to receive a display panel thereon. an adhesive belt spaced from the support, the adhesive belt being configured to selectively adhere to the film member, a tension maintenance portion arranged on the support, the tension maintenance portion being configured to ascend and descend and to maintain a tension of the adhesive belt, and a pressing portion under the tension maintenance portion, the pressing portion being configured to move linearly and to press the adhesive belt toward one of the first stage and the second stage.

Claims7

Dependent claims

A method of manufacturing a display apparatus, the method comprising:

arranging a film member on a first stage;
arranging a display panel on a second stage;
linearly moving the first stage so that the film member is aligned with an adhesive belt;
linearly moving a pressing portion to attach the film member to the adhesive belt;
linearly moving the second stage so that the display panel is aligned with the film member;
and
pressing the adhesive belt toward the display panel via the pressing portion to separate the film member from the adhesive belt, and to attach the film member to the display panel.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/589,994Filed 1 Oct 2019 · division

Priority

KR 10-2016-01132782 Sep 2016

Published

US 2020/0031109 A130 Jan 2020

Granted

30 Mar 2021

Term ends

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Classification20 codes

B32B 37/10
Methods or apparatus for laminating, e.g. by curing or by ultrasonic bonding: characterised by the pressing technique, e.g. using action of vacuum…
B32B 37/025
Characterised by a sequence of laminating steps, e.g. by adding new layers at consecutive laminating stations: transfer laminating
B32B 37/1027
Characterised by the pressing technique, e.g. using action of vacuum or fluid pressure: pressing using at least one press band
B32B 37/12
Methods or apparatus for laminating, e.g. by curing or by ultrasonic bonding: characterised by using adhesives

Family

Application15/693,224Parent of this division · filed 31 Aug 2017

US 2020/0031109 A1Pre-grant publication · published 30 Jan 2020

US 10,457,029 B2Parent of this division

US 2018/0065352 A1Published application

US 10,960,653 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.

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Abstract

Claims7