US 12,455,646 B2
Display device
Nayun Kwak, Cheonan-si (KR); Jongseok Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Chiwook An, Hwaseong-si (KR); and Yong-hwan Park, Cheonan-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on May 24, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/674,723.
Application 18/674,723 is a continuation of application No. 18/126,931, filed on Mar. 27, 2023, granted, now 11,995,261.
Application 18/126,931 is a continuation of application No. 17/827,787, filed on May 30, 2022, granted, now 11,614,818, issued on Mar. 28, 2023.
Application 17/827,787 is a continuation of application No. 17/343,664, filed on Jun. 9, 2021, granted, now 11,347,341, issued on May 31, 2022.
Application 17/343,664 is a continuation of application No. 16/544,041, filed on Aug. 19, 2019, granted, now 11,036,340, issued on Jun. 15, 2021.
Application 16/544,041 is a continuation of application No. 15/653,202, filed on Jul. 18, 2017, granted, now 10,409,433, issued on Sep. 10, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2016-0097484 (KR), filed on Jul. 29, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0310939 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G02F 1/35 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0412 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04164 (2019.05); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0443 (2019.05); G06F 3/0446 (2019.05); G02F 1/3501 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04102 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04112 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a base layer comprising a bending area configured to bend around a bending axis;
a buffer layer on the base layer;
a display element layer on the buffer layer and comprising a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels comprising an anode electrode, a cathode electrode, and a light emitting layer between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode;
an encapsulation layer on the display element layer and covering the pixels;
a plurality of touch sensors directly on the encapsulation layer, each of the touch sensors comprising a plurality of sensor parts and a plurality of connection parts respectively connected to the sensor parts; and
a plurality of signal lines respectively connected to the touch sensors,
wherein:
each of the connection parts comprises a plurality of mesh lines defining a plurality of mesh openings;
each of interior angles of one of the mesh openings is greater than 90 degrees;
the one of the mesh openings comprises at least five of inner lines;
two of the mesh openings adjacent to each other have different areas from each other; and
the two of the mesh openings are arranged in a repeating manner along a direction.