US 12,129,410 B2
Manufacturing method of adhesive layer and display device comprising the adhesive layer manufactured thereby
Hirotsugu Kishimoto, Hwaseong-si (KR); Cheol ho Choi, Asan-si (KR); and Hyun-Been Hwang, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Aug. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/891,232.
Application 17/891,232 is a division of application No. 17/001,936, filed on Aug. 25, 2020, granted, now 11,441,054.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0018820 (KR), filed on Feb. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0002645 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. C09J 7/38 (2018.01); B32B 37/12 (2006.01); B32B 38/10 (2006.01); C09J 5/02 (2006.01); C09J 11/08 (2006.01); G02B 5/30 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01)
CPC C09J 7/381 (2018.01) [C09J 11/08 (2013.01); G02B 5/3033 (2013.01); G02F 1/1335 (2013.01); B32B 37/12 (2013.01); B32B 38/10 (2013.01); C09J 5/02 (2013.01); C09J 2203/318 (2013.01); G02F 2202/28 (2013.01); Y10T 156/1111 (2015.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a supporting member comprising a first supporting member and a second supporting member spaced apart from the first supporting member;
a display panel comprising non-folding areas spaced apart from each other and disposed on the first and second supporting members, and a folding area disposed between the non-folding areas;
wherein in an unfolded state the non-folding areas of the display panel are disposed in a parallel manner in a first mode, and in a folded state the non-folding areas are laid over each other in a second mode,
wherein, in the first mode, the first supporting member and the second supporting member are spaced apart with an open space interposed therebetween, and
an adhesive layer comprising a first area portion corresponding to the non-folding areas and a second area portion corresponding to the folding area, the adhesive layer disposed between the supporting member and the display panel, wherein, in the first mode, a portion of a first surface of the second area portion is exposed through the open space.