US 12,449,855 B2
Anti-corrosion and waterproofing structure and display device having the same
Hirotsugu Kishimoto, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Jun. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/330,671.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0114895 (KR), filed on Sep. 13, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0085954 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G02B 1/14 (2015.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1652 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01); G02B 1/14 (2015.01); H04M 1/0216 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a display panel including a folding region and a non-folding region which is adjacent to the folding region along a first direction;
a first plate facing the display panel;
a second plate facing the non-folding region of the display panel with the first plate therebetween, the second plate including:
a first sub-plate and a second sub-plate spaced apart from each other along the first direction, at the folding region, and
each of the first sub-plate and the second sub-plate including an outer edge;
an adhesive layer protruded from the second plate, in a direction away from the first plate, the adhesive layer including:
a first sub-adhesive layer extended along the outer edge of the first sub-plate, and
a second sub-adhesive layer extended along the outer edge of the second sub-plate; and
an anti-corrosion layer which extends along the outer edge of the first sub-plate and the second sub-plate, and overlaps the first sub-adhesive layer and the second sub-adhesive layer, respectively.