US 11,740,661 B2
Flexible display device
Jun Namkung, Asan-si (KR); Soonryong Park, Sejong (KR); and Chulwoo Jeong, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/169,210.
Application 17/169,210 is a division of application No. 15/785,198, filed on Oct. 16, 2017, granted, now 10,915,144.
Application 15/785,198 is a continuation of application No. 15/335,061, filed on Oct. 26, 2016, granted, now 9,811,120, issued on Nov. 7, 2017.
Application 15/335,061 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/298,792, filed on Jun. 6, 2014, granted, now 9,485,858, issued on Nov. 1, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2013-0146426 (KR), filed on Nov. 28, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2021/0165459 A1, Jun. 3, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); H10K 59/12 (2023.01); H10K 102/00 (2023.01)
CPC G06F 1/1652 (2013.01) [G02F 1/133305 (2013.01); H05K 1/028 (2013.01); H05K 2201/055 (2013.01); H05K 2201/09036 (2013.01); H05K 2201/09845 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10106 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10128 (2013.01); H10K 59/12 (2023.02); H10K 2102/311 (2023.02)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flexible display device comprising:
a flexible display panel comprising a first non-bending area, a second non-bending area spaced apart from the first non-bending area, and a bending area between the first non-bending area and the second non-bending area; and
a protective member on a surface of the flexible display panel, and comprising a first protective member overlapping the first non-bending area and a second protective member overlapping the second non-bending area;
wherein each of the first protective member and the second protective member comprises an inclined portion inclined with respect to the surface of the flexible display panel,
a portion overlapping the bending area of the surface of the flexible display panel is exposed between the inclined portions,
the bending area is bent along a virtual bending axis in a bending state, and a space defined by the portion and the inclined portions spaced apart from each other has a trapezoidal shape in a non-bending state, and
respective inclined surfaces of the inclined portions do not physically contact each other in the bending state.