Flexible device
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1. A flexible device, comprising:
- a flexible display panel having a display area and a non-display area disposed adjacent to the display area;
a supporting member provided at a predetermined area of the flexible display panel adjacent to one side of the flexible display panel and extending in parallel to the one side of the flexible display panel; and
a flexible printed circuit board connected to the one side of the flexible display panel,wherein the non-display area of the flexible display panel makes contact with a portion of the supporting member, surrounds the supporting member while being bent, the one side of the flexible display panel is not in contact with the supporting member, and the flexible printed circuit board is disposed to be spaced apart from the supporting member,wherein the supporting member comprises a bar shape and at least one curved surface, and the curved surface of the flexible display panel and the curved surface of the supporting member make contact with each other.
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Abstract
A flexible device that includes a flexible display panel bent to have a curved surface and a supporting member provided at one end of the flexible display panel. The flexible display panel makes contact with a portion of the supporting member and surrounds the supporting member while being bent.
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1. A flexible device, comprising:
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a flexible display panel having a display area and a non-display area disposed adjacent to the display area; a supporting member provided at a predetermined area of the flexible display panel adjacent to one side of the flexible display panel and extending in parallel to the one side of the flexible display panel; and a flexible printed circuit board connected to the one side of the flexible display panel, wherein the non-display area of the flexible display panel makes contact with a portion of the supporting member, surrounds the supporting member while being bent, the one side of the flexible display panel is not in contact with the supporting member, and the flexible printed circuit board is disposed to be spaced apart from the supporting member, wherein the supporting member comprises a bar shape and at least one curved surface, and the curved surface of the flexible display panel and the curved surface of the supporting member make contact with each other. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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8. A flexible device, comprising:
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a flexible display panel having a display area and a non-display area disposed adjacent to the display area; a supporting member provided at a predetermined area of the flexible display panel adjacent to one side of the flexible display panel and extending in parallel to the one side of the flexible display panel; and a flexible printed circuit board connected to the one side of the flexible display panel, wherein the non-display area of the flexible display panel makes contact with a portion of the supporting member, surrounds the supporting member while being bent, and forms a predetermined bent angle with respect to the display area by the supporting member, the one side of the flexible display panel is not in contact with the supporting member, and the flexible printed circuit board is disposed to be spaced apart from the supporting member, wherein the non-display area comprises; a first non-display area; a second non-display area spaced apart from the first non-display area to face the first non-display area; a third non-display area disposed adjacent to the first and second non-display areas; and a fourth non-display area disposed adjacent to the first and second non-display areas and spaced apart from the third non-display area to face the third non-display area, the flexible printed circuit board is connected to an end portion of the fourth non-display area, the flexible display panel is bent in the first non-display area and the second non-display area, and the first non-display area and the second non-display area are bent asymmetrical to each other.
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