US 12,436,417 B2
Method of manufacturing a display device having a 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., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Mar. 12, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/602,767.
Application 18/602,767 is a division of application No. 16/854,845, filed on Apr. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,951,673.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0047751 (KR), filed on Apr. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0217163 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. B29C 53/04 (2006.01); B29C 53/80 (2006.01); G02F 1/13 (2006.01); B29L 31/34 (2006.01)
CPC G02F 1/1303 (2013.01) [B29C 53/04 (2013.01); B29C 53/80 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3475 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of manufacturing a display device, the method comprising the steps of:
coupling a display panel to a first portion of a window member; and
coupling a protective film to a first portion of the display panel, the step of coupling of the protective film further comprising the steps of:
bending first portions, second portions, and third portions of the protective film to an angle of 90 degrees or more; and
disposing the bent protective film on the lower portion of the display panel,
wherein the first portions extend along an edge of the protective film in a second direction, the second portions extend along an edge of the protective film in a first direction that is normal to the second direction, and the third portions are disposed between the first portions and the second portions,
wherein a height, after bending, of the first portions and the second portions in a third direction normal to the first direction and the second direction is greater than a height of the third portions in the third direction.