US 12,135,586 B2
Display device and method for manufacturing the same
Young Myung Lee, Hwaseong-si (KR); Jong Nam Lee, Hwaseong-si (KR); Jin Hyuk Park, Hwaseong-si (KR); and Wook Jae Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/869,341.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0145338 (KR), filed on Oct. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0139381 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G02F 1/13357 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1652 (2013.01) [G02F 1/133608 (2013.01); G06F 1/1616 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device in which a flat area, a first bent area positioned on a side in a first direction of the flat area, and a second bent area positioned on a side in a direction opposite to the first direction of the flat area are defined, the display device comprising:
a display panel comprising portions respectively overlapping the flat area, the first bent area, and the second bent area, each of the portions of the display panel including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; and
a support film disposed on the second surface of the display panel,
wherein a portion of the support film overlapping the flat area has a first thickness,
wherein a portion of the support film overlapping each of the first bent area and the second bent area has a second thickness smaller than the first thickness, and
wherein the support film includes a first support film on the second surface of the display panel overlapping the flat area, and a second support film between the first support film and the display panel.