US 12,078,778 B2
Display device having bendable area
Yunjae Kim, Cheonan-si (KR); Jinhyoung Kim, Seoul (KR); and Jin Yong Sim, Seongnam-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on May 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/195,356.
Application 18/195,356 is a continuation of application No. 17/103,788, filed on Nov. 24, 2020, granted, now 11,686,883.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0018451 (KR), filed on Feb. 14, 2020; and application No. 10-2020-0026758 (KR), filed on Mar. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0280503 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G09F 9/30 (2006.01); G02B 1/11 (2015.01); G02B 1/14 (2015.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 1/18 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 1/14 (2015.01) [G02B 1/11 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 1/181 (2013.01); G09F 9/301 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a display panel comprising a first area, a second area, and a bendable area between the first area and the second area, wherein the bendable area is bent so that the second area is disposed below the first area;
a driving integrated circuit disposed below the second area;
a window disposed on the first area; and
a window protection layer disposed on the window;
wherein, one side of the window protection layer and one side of the window are spaced apart from a first boundary between the first area and the bendable area in a horizontal direction, and
the one side of the window protection layer and the one side of the window are spaced apart from each other in the horizontal direction.