US 12,245,457 B2
Display device layer aligned with display panel and display device having the same
Seoin Han, Cheonan-si (KR); Bonjoo Koo, Cheonan-si (KR); and Namseok Baik, Seongnam-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin (KR)
Filed on May 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/749,238.
Application 17/749,238 is a continuation of application No. 16/796,274, filed on Feb. 20, 2020, granted, now 11,342,539.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0020410 (KR), filed on Feb. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0278303 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H10K 50/86 (2023.01); H10K 50/84 (2023.01); H10K 59/12 (2023.01); H10K 59/40 (2023.01); H10K 77/10 (2023.01); H10K 102/00 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 50/86 (2023.02) [H10K 50/841 (2023.02); H10K 59/12 (2023.02); H10K 59/40 (2023.02); H10K 77/111 (2023.02); H10K 2102/311 (2023.02)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device, comprising:
a display panel including:
a flat portion, and
a bending portion extending from the flat portion and at which the display panel is bendable;
a window disposed on the display panel;
a polarization layer disposed between the display panel and the window; and
a protection film disposed facing the window with the display panel therebetween,
wherein
each of the display panel, the window, the polarization layer, and the protection film comprises a first side surface extending in one direction and a plurality of remaining side surfaces except for the first side surface,
the remaining side surfaces of each of the display panel, the window, the polarization layer, and the protection film comprise:
a second side surface extending in the one direction and facing the first side surface in a crossing direction intersecting the one direction;
a third side surface and a fourth side surface each connecting the first and second side surfaces, the third and fourth side surfaces facing each other in the one direction; and
along a thickness direction of the display panel, all of the second side surfaces defined along a same cutting line, all of the third side surfaces defined along a same cutting line and all of the fourth side surfaces defined along a same cutting line,
the first side surface of the display panel corresponds to the bending portion of the display panel, and
the second, third and fourth side surfaces of the display panel correspond to the flat portion of the display panel.