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US 9,869,892 B2Granted
Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorsJoo-Suc Kim, Min-Gwan Hyun
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Abstract
A display apparatus includes a display panel and a mold frame. The display panel includes a display area, a peripheral area surrounding the display area, an alignment mark on the peripheral area, and a cover element overlapping the alignment mark to cover the alignment mark. The mold frame has a frame shape configured to receive the display panel. The mold frame includes a panel guide protrusion protruding from an inner surface of the mold frame, and the panel guide protrusion is adjacent to the alignment mark.
Claims20
A display apparatus, comprising:
- a display panel comprising:
- a display area, and a peripheral area surrounding the display area,
- an alignment mark on the peripheral area;
- and
- a cover element overlapping the alignment mark to cover the alignment mark;
- and
- a mold frame having a frame shape and configured to receive the display panel,
- the mold frame comprising a panel guide protrusion which protrudes from an inner surface of the mold frame and is adjacent to the alignment mark.
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A method of manufacturing a display apparatus, comprising:
- providing an alignment mark on a peripheral area of a display panel, the display panel comprising a display area, and the peripheral area surrounding the display area;
- combining the display panel with a mold frame having a frame shape, to receive the display panel in the mold frame;
- and
- providing a cover element on the display panel to cover the alignment mark,
- wherein the mold frame comprises a panel guide protrusion which protrudes from an inner surface of the mold frame and is adjacent to the alignment mark.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.