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US 11,963,436 B2Granted
Bending area side surface protective layer and display device having the same
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorsSeung Wook Kwon, Jeong Seok Lee, Chan Ho Moon, Woo Yong Sung
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Abstract
A display device includes a display panel including a main area, a bending area at which the display panel is bendable, and a sub area, in order. The main area includes a display area and a non-display area which is adjacent to the display area. The bending area connects the sub area to the main area at the non-display area thereof, and is recessed from outer side surfaces of the main area and the sub area, to define a recess portion of the display panel at the bending area.
Claims11
A display device comprising:
- a display panel including:
- a main area including a display area, a bending area at which the display panel is bendable, and a sub area, in order, and
- each of the main area, the bending area and the sub area including an upper surface, a lower surface which is opposite to the upper surface, and an outer side surface connecting the upper surface to the lower surface;
- a protective layer facing the lower surface and the outer side surface of the display panel, the protective layer including a protrusion portion facing the outer side surface of the bending area and extended outwardly from the outer side surface of the bending area;
- and
- a coating layer extended along an outer surface of the protrusion portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.