US 12,336,375 B2
Display device and method for providing the same
Yong Chan Jeon, Cheonan-si (KR); Hirotsugu Kishimoto, Hwaseong-si (KR); Da Som Gu, Asan-si (KR); Jeong Il Yoo, Seoul (KR); Jang Doo Lee, Hwaseong-si (KR); Chul Ho Jeong, Seoul (KR); and Hyun Been Hwang, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/472,911.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0025304 (KR), filed on Feb. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0271253 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. H10K 102/00 (2023.01); B32B 3/04 (2006.01); H10K 50/84 (2023.01); H10K 59/80 (2023.01); B32B 3/08 (2006.01); B32B 7/022 (2019.01); B32B 7/12 (2006.01)
CPC H10K 50/841 (2023.02) [B32B 3/04 (2013.01); B32B 3/08 (2013.01); B32B 7/022 (2019.01); B32B 7/12 (2013.01); B32B 2307/51 (2013.01); B32B 2457/20 (2013.01); H10K 59/87 (2023.02); H10K 2102/311 (2023.02)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a display area and a non-display area which is adjacent to the display area;
a folding area and a non-folding area which is adjacent to the folding area;
a display panel in both the display area and the non-display area; and
a cover window structure facing the display panel, the cover window structure in both the display area and the non-display area and comprising:
a cover window comprising a first surface, a second surface which is opposite to the first surface and closer to the display panel than the first surface, and a third surface which is in the non-display area and connects the first surface with the second surface; and
a first window protection layer on the cover window,
wherein
the first window protection layer comprises:
a first protection portion on the first surface of the cover window, and
a second protection portion on the third surface of the cover window which is in the non-display area,
the cover window structure extends across both the folding area and the non-folding area.