# US 2017/0256599 A1 · Display apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0256599 A1 - Document ID: US20170256599A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/411,810 - Filed: 2017-01-20 - Published: 2017-09-07 - Earliest claimed: 2016-03-02 - Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yangwan Kim; Sunja Kwon; Byungsun Kim; Hyunae Park; Sujin Lee; Jaeyong Lee - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170256599A1 ## CPC - H10D 86/441: {Interconnections, e.g. scanning lines} - G09G 3/3291: in which the data driver supplies a variable data voltage for setting the current through, or the voltage across, the light-emitting elements - H10D 86/411: {characterised by materials, geometry or structure of the substrates} - H10D 86/60: wherein the TFTs are in active matrices - H10K 59/131: Interconnections, e.g. wiring lines or terminals - H10K 77/111: {Flexible substrates} - G09G 2300/0426: Layout of electrodes and connections - G09G 2380/02: Flexible displays - H10K 59/1201: {Manufacture or treatment} - H10K 2102/311: {Flexible OLED} - Y02E 10/549: Organic PV cells - H10D: INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract A display apparatus includes a substrate having a bending region between a first region and a second region, the bending region being configured to be bent about a bending axis that extends in one direction; a display unit on the substrate; a first wiring unit at the bending region, the first wiring unit including a first bending portion having a plurality of first holes; and a second wiring unit spaced apart from the first wiring unit and at the bending region, the second wiring unit including a second bending portion having a different shape from the first bending portion. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display apparatus comprising: a substrate comprising a bending region between a first region and a second region, the bending region being configured to be bent about a bending axis that extends in one direction; a display unit on the substrate; a first wiring unit at the bending region, the first wiring unit comprising a first bending portion having a plurality of first holes; and a second wiring unit spaced apart from the first wiring unit and at the bending region, the second wiring unit comprising a second bending portion having a different shape from the first bending portion. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second wiring unit comprises a second bending portion having a plurality of second holes. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The display apparatus of claim 2, wherein a planar shape of each of the plurality of first holes is different from a planar shape of each of the plurality of second holes. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The display apparatus of claim 2, wherein a number of first holes is different from a number of second holes. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The display apparatus of claim 2, wherein a planar shape of each of the plurality of second holes comprises a polygon, a circle, an oval, a portion of a polygon, a portion of a circle, or a portion of an oval. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The display apparatus of claim 5, wherein the planar shape of each of the plurality of second holes comprises a fan shape comprising two straight lines of which respective one ends contact each other at a certain angle and a curved portion connecting other respective ends of the two straight lines to each other. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The display apparatus of claim 6, wherein the plurality of second holes comprises: a (2-1)th hole comprising a first curved portion protruding in a first direction; and a (2-2)th hole comprising a second curved portion protruding in a second direction opposite to the first direction, the (2-1)th hole alternating with the (2-2)th hole in a third direction crossing with the first direction or the second direction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The display apparatus of claim 2, further comprising an insulating layer that covers the first wiring unit and the second wiring unit. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The display apparatus of claim 8, wherein a portion of the insulating layer is at the plurality of first holes and the plurality of second holes. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The display apparatus of claim 2, wherein second holes on an n-th row among the plurality of second holes are apart by a first distance from second holes on an (n-1)th row among the plurality of second holes in a first direction, and a planar shape of each of the plurality of second holes comprises a curve. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The display apparatus of claim 10, wherein the first distance is less than a width of one of the second holes on the (n-1)th row. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The display apparatus of claim 10, wherein an outline of each of the plurality of second holes comprises a first curved portion and a second curved portion that is symmetrical to the first curved portion. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The display apparatus of claim 12, wherein each of the first curved portion and the second curved portion comprises a section rounded clockwise by using an arbitrary reference point on a second axis following a second direction perpendicular to the first direction as a starting point, and a section rounded counterclockwise from the arbitrary reference point as the starting point. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The display apparatus of claim 13, wherein the first curved portion comprises: a first section rounded clockwise to have a first curvature from the second axis; a second section rounded counterclockwise to have a second curvature from the first section; and a third section rounded clockwise to have a third curvature from the second section. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein, when an identical current is applied to the first wiring unit and the second wiring unit, the first wiring unit has a first resistance value and the second wiring unit has a second resistance value that is less than the first resistance value. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first wiring unit comprises a data line configured to provide a data signal to the display unit, and wherein the second wiring unit comprises a power line configured to supply driving power to the display unit. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first bending portion has a pattern bent with a straight line or bent with a curve in a first direction and in a second direction crossing with the first direction. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The display apparatus of claim 17, wherein the first bending portion comprises: a first line; a second line spaced apart from the first line by a first distance to form a pair that are adjacent to each other; and at least one first bridge line between the first line and the second line to electrically connect the first line to the second line. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The display apparatus of claim 18, wherein the first bending portion comprises: a first portion where the first line and the second line are parallel to each other in the first direction; and a second portion where the first line and the second line are parallel to each other in the second direction, and wherein the first bridge line is at each of the first portion and the second portion. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The display apparatus of claim 18, wherein the first bridge line connects the first line to the second line with a smallest distance. ### Claim 21 (depends on 18) The display apparatus of claim 18, wherein the first bending portion further comprises: a third line spaced apart from the second line by a second distance, the second line and the third line being adjacent to each other; and at least one second bridge line between the second line and the third line to electrically connect the second line to the third line. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The display apparatus of claim 21, wherein the first distance and the second distance are identical with each other. ### Claim 23 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second bending portion has a straight line shape. ### Claim 24 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising first pads and second pads on one end of the substrate, wherein the first wiring unit is connected to the first pads and the second wiring unit is connected to the second pads. ### Claim 25 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display unit is in the first region of the substrate.