US 12,080,209 B2
Display apparatus
Eunwon Seo, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Mar. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/187,627.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0051656 (KR), filed on Apr. 26, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0343261 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. G09G 3/00 (2006.01); H10K 59/80 (2023.01); H10K 77/10 (2023.01); G09G 3/3208 (2016.01)
CPC G09G 3/035 (2020.08) [H10K 59/80 (2023.02); H10K 77/111 (2023.02); G09G 3/3208 (2013.01); G09G 2300/0426 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display apparatus comprising:
a substrate having a first area, a second area, and a bending area between the first area and the second area;
a display element in the first area;
a mesh layer overlapping the bending area, and defining opening portions comprising a first opening portion and a second opening portion, which have different respective sizes; and
a bending protective layer on the mesh layer, and having a first thickness in the bending area, and a second thickness in the first area and in the second area that is greater than the first thickness.