US 12,302,738 B2
Bonding device and method of manufacturing display device using the same
Kisang Yoo, Asan-si (KR); Kyungrok Ko, Suwon-si (KR); Youngsu Kim, Gunpo-si (KR); Jaesuk Yoo, Seoul (KR); and Jeong-Seop Choi, Cheonan-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 8, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/436,887.
Application 18/436,887 is a continuation of application No. 17/355,612, filed on Jun. 23, 2021, granted, now 11,930,689.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0114287 (KR), filed on Sep. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0188405 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
Int. Cl. B32B 37/00 (2006.01); B32B 38/18 (2006.01); H10K 50/84 (2023.01); H10K 71/00 (2023.01); H10K 59/12 (2023.01); H10K 102/00 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 71/00 (2023.02) [B32B 37/003 (2013.01); B32B 37/0046 (2013.01); B32B 38/1866 (2013.01); H10K 50/841 (2023.02); B32B 2457/20 (2013.01); H10K 59/12 (2023.02); H10K 2102/311 (2023.02); Y10T 156/1028 (2015.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of manufacturing a display device, the method comprising:
preparing a diaphragm disposed on a support to cover the support and a pressing pad disposed on the diaphragm over a top surface of the support;
arranging a display panel on side surfaces of the diaphragm and the pressing pad, wherein the side surfaces of the diaphragm are adjacent to side surfaces of the support;
arranging a window in a groove of a window fixing chuck disposed above the pressing pad;
arranging the diaphragm and the pressing pad in the groove;
bonding a first bent portion of the display panel to a second bent portion of the window, which is adjacent to the first bent portion, by moving the window fixing chuck in a direction toward the pressing pad to press the pressing pad, wherein the first bent portion is disposed on the pressing pad; and
bonding first flat portions of the display panel to second flat portions of the window by expanding the diaphragm, wherein each of the first flat portions extends from the first bent portion in a direction the window fixing chuck moves and is adjacent to the side surface of the diaphragm, and the second flat portions are adjacent to the first flat portions.