# US 2019/0377447 A1 · Display device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0377447 A1 - Document ID: US20190377447A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/402,136 - Filed: 2019-05-02 - Published: 2019-12-12 - Earliest claimed: 2018-06-08 - Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Ah-ram LEE; Seongsik AHN - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190377447A1 ## CPC - G02F 1/133305: {Flexible substrates, e.g. plastics, organic film} - G06F 3/0412: {Digitisers structurally integrated in a display} - G02F 1/13338: {Input devices, e.g. touch panels} - G06F 1/1643: {the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads (details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615)} - G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text - G02F 1/133322: {Mechanical guidance or alignment of LCD panel support components} - G02F 1/133388: {with constructional differences between the display region and the peripheral region} - G02F 2201/50: Protective arrangements - G02F: OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A display device includes a window member, a display panel, a first adhesive member, and a reinforcing member. The display panel is disposed below the window member. The first adhesive member is disposed between the window member and the display panel. The first adhesive member overlaps the display panel. The reinforcing member is disposed below the display panel such that the display panel is disposed between the window member and the reinforcing member. On a plane of the window member, a first minimum distance from an outermost portion of the window member to an outermost portion of the display panel is equal to a second minimum distance from the outermost portion of the window member to an outermost portion of the first adhesive member. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display device comprising: a window member; a display panel disposed below the window member; a first adhesive member disposed between the window member and the display panel, the first adhesive member overlapping the display panel; and a reinforcing member disposed below the display panel such that the display panel is disposed between the window member and the reinforcing member, wherein, on a plane of the window member, a first minimum distance from an outermost portion of the window member to an outermost portion of the display panel is equal to a second minimum distance from the outermost portion of the window member to an outermost portion of the first adhesive member. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein, on the plane of the window member, the first minimum distance is less than a minimum distance from the outermost portion of the window member to an outermost portion of the reinforcing member. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the display panel comprises: a first non-bending area disposed above the reinforcing member and entirely overlapping the first adhesive member; a second non-bending area disposed below the reinforcing member; and a bending area connecting the first non-bending area to the second non-bending area. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The display device of claim 3, wherein, on the plane of the window member, the first minimum distance is a distance from the outermost portion of the window member to an outermost portion of the first non-bending area. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The display device of claim 3, wherein an entire area of the first adhesive member entirely overlaps the first non-bending area and partially overlaps the second non-bending area. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The display device of claim 3, wherein a plurality of display elements are disposed on the first non-bending area. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The display device of claim 3, further comprising: a protection member disposed between the display panel and the reinforcing member, wherein the protection member comprises: a first protection member disposed on the first non-bending area; and a second protection member disposed on the second non-bending area, and wherein an entire area of the reinforcing member entirely overlaps the first protection member. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, further comprising: an input sensing unit disposed between the window member and the display panel; and a second adhesive member disposed between the window member and the input sensing unit, wherein the first adhesive member is disposed between the input sensing unit and the display panel. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein, on the plane of the window member, a minimum distance from the outermost portion of the window member to an outermost portion of the reinforcing member is equal to or greater than the first minimum distance. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the reinforcing member comprises a metallic material. ### Claim 11 A display device comprising: a window member; a display panel disposed below the window member; a first adhesive member disposed between the window member and the display panel; and a reinforcing member disposed below the display panel such that the display panel is disposed between the window member and the reinforcing member, wherein, on a plane of the window member, a first minimum distance from an outermost portion of the window member to an outermost portion of the display panel is equal to or greater than a second minimum distance from the outermost portion of the window member to an outermost portion of the reinforcing member. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The display device of claim 11, wherein, on the plane of the window member, the first minimum distance is less than a minimum distance from the outermost portion of the window member to an outermost portion of the first adhesive member. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The display device of claim 12, wherein the display panel comprises: a first non-bending area disposed above the reinforcing member and entirely overlapping the reinforcing member; a second non-bending area disposed below the reinforcing member and partially overlapping the reinforcing member; and a bending area connecting the first non-bending area to the second non-bending area. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The display device of claim 13, wherein, on the plane of the window member, the reinforcing member has an area greater than that of the first non-bending area. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The display device of claim 13, further comprising: a first protection member disposed between the first non-bending area and the reinforcing member; and a second protection member disposed on the second non-bending area. ### Claim 16 A display device comprising: a window member; a display panel disposed below the window member; an adhesive member disposed between the window member and the display panel; a protection member disposed below the display panel such that the display panel is disposed between the window member and the protection member, the protection member comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, and a side surface connecting the top surface to the bottom surface; and a reinforcing member disposed on the bottom surface of the protection member, wherein: the bottom surface of the protection member comprises an edge area recessed toward the top surface of the protection member; the protection member comprises a main area surrounded by the edge area; and an outermost portion of the reinforcing member overlaps the edge area. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The display device of claim 16, wherein, in a thickness direction of the window member, a thickness of the edge area is smaller than a thickness of the main area. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The display device of claim 16, wherein the display panel comprises: a first non-bending area disposed on the top surface of the protection member; a second non-bending area disposed below the reinforcing member; and a bending area connecting the first non-bending area to the second non-bending area. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The display device of claim 18, wherein: the protection member comprises a first protection member disposed on the first non-bending area and a second protection member disposed on the second non-bending area; and a thickness of the second protection member is equal to a thickness of the main area of the first protection member. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The display device of claim 16, wherein, on a plane of the window member, a minimum distance from an outermost portion of the window member to an outermost portion of the protection member is less than a minimum distance from the outermost portion of the window member to the outermost portion of the reinforcing member.