US 11,951,673 B2
Protective film for a display device, method of manufacturing the display device having the same, and manufacturing apparatus for the protective film
Wonju Kim, Asan-si (KR); Dohyung Ryu, Yongin-si (KR); Wu Hyeon Jung, Seoul (KR); and Daehyun Hwang, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Apr. 21, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/854,845.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0047751 (KR), filed on Apr. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0338804 A1, Oct. 29, 2020
Int. Cl. B29C 53/04 (2006.01); B29C 53/80 (2006.01); B29L 31/34 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 53/04 (2013.01) [B29C 53/80 (2013.01); H05K 5/0017 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3475 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for manufacturing a bending panel of a display device, the apparatus comprising:
a lower mold having a first member on which a target panel is placed;
an upper mold disposed adjacent the lower mold and comprising a second pressing member having a first surface to press a portion of the target panel and a second surface having a first slope with respect to the first surface; and
side molds disposed at opposite sides of the lower mold and each having a third member having an upper surface supporting an outer portion of the target panel and a side surface to press the target panel, the side surface having a second slope with respect to the upper surface;
wherein each of the first slope and second slope is smaller than 90 degrees, and the second slope is the same as the first slope such that the second and third surfaces are engageable together to press the target panel.