US 12,461,558 B2
Display device
Suchang Ryu, Yongin-si (KR); Hwanjin Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Byeongin Park, Yongin-si (KR); Jin-Hee Bae, Yongin-si (KR); Youngmyung Lee, Yongin-si (KR); and Chulho Jung, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Apr. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/295,686.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0072019 (KR), filed on Jun. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0400880 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1618 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01); H04M 1/0214 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a display panel comprising a first non-folding region, a folding region, and a second non-folding region;
a protective film below the display panel, and overlapping at least a portion of the first non-folding region, at least a portion of the folding region, and at least a portion of the second non-folding region; and
an adhesive layer between the display panel and the protective film,
wherein a cutout portion is defined to pass through the protective film and a portion of the adhesive layer in a thickness direction,
wherein the cutout portion defined in the portion of the adhesive layer has a depth of less than half of a thickness of the adhesive layer.