DISPLAY APPARATUS

• US 20170012235A1
• Filed: 05/20/2016
• Published: 01/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Kwon, Jaejoong, Lee, Hyesog, Do, Yunseon
• Granted Patent: US 10,804,485 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1637 Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 9/30 in which the desired character or characters are formed by combining individual elements panels comprising a number of electrodes in a single cell controlling light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. electro-optical or magneto-optical cell, G02F1/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0266 for a display module assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 2102/3026 Top emission
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/84 Passivation; Containers; Encapsulations
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/8426 Peripheral sealing arrangements, e.g. adhesives, sealants
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/844 Encapsulations
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/858 comprising refractive means, e.g. lenses
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/10 OLED displays
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/40 OLEDs integrated with touch screens

Abstract

A display apparatus includes a display member including a display area, and a peripheral area adjacent the display area, a cover member on the display member, a first decoration member between the display member and the cover member, and including a bezel area overlapping the peripheral area, and a transmission area adjacent the bezel area, and overlapping the display area, and a second decoration member between the first decoration member and the cover member, and including a base member defining at least one recess portion overlapping the bezel area, and a filling member in the at least one recess portion, and including a refractive index that is lower than a refractive index of the base member.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a display member in which a display area and a peripheral area are defined, the peripheral area adjacent the display area;

a cover member on the display member;

a first decoration member between the display member and the cover member, and the first decoration member in which;

a bezel area overlapping the peripheral area; and

a transmission area adjacent the bezel area, and overlapping the display area are defined; and

a second decoration member between the first decoration member and the cover member, and the second decoration member in which;

a base member in which at least one recess portion overlapping the bezel area is defined; and

a filling member in the at least one recess portion, and having a refractive index that is lower than a refractive index of the base member are defined.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the refractive index of the filling member is lower than a refractive index of a layer contacting the filling member.

3. The display apparatus of claim 2, wherein the base member comprises an adhesive material, and

wherein the base member couples the cover member and the first decoration member.

4. The display apparatus of claim 2, wherein the base member comprises an optical clear adhesive, a pressure sensitive adhesive, or an optical clear resin.

5. The display apparatus of claim 4, wherein the layer contacting the filling member is the cover member.

6. The display apparatus of claim 2, further comprising an adhesive layer between the second decoration member and the cover member to couple the base member and the cover member.

7. The display apparatus of claim 6, wherein the base member comprises a transparent plastic film.

8. The display apparatus of claim 7, wherein the layer contacting the filling member is the adhesive layer.

9. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one recess portion is recessed from one surface of the base member along a thickness direction of the base member.

10. The display apparatus of claim 9, wherein the at least one recess portion has a depth equal to, or smaller than, a thickness of the base member.

11. The display apparatus of claim 10, wherein the recess portion is an opening penetrating through the base member and has the depth equal to the thickness of the base member.

12. The display apparatus of claim 9, wherein the at least one recess portion comprises:

a first recess portion defined by a front surface of the base member; and

a second recess portion defined by a rear surface of the base member.

13. The display apparatus of claim 12, wherein a depth of the first recess portion is different than a depth of the second recess portion.

14. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first decoration member comprises:

a transmission layer; and

a pattern layer on one side of the transmission layer and defining the bezel area.

15. The display apparatus of claim 14, wherein the pattern layer has a white color.

16. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second decoration member is directly on one surface of the cover member.

17. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display member comprises:

a display panel which displays an image at the display area; and

a touch panel which calculates coordinate information corresponding to an external touch input at the cover member.

18. The display apparatus of claim 17, wherein the display panel comprises:

a base substrate;

a display layer on the base substrate, and comprising at least one organic light emitting device at the display area; and

a sealing layer on the display layer to seal the display layer.

19. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the cover member is bent with respect to a bending axis, and

wherein the second decoration member is bent to correspond to a shape of the cover member.

20. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display member is configured to display an image at the display area, and

wherein the cover member covers the display area and the peripheral area, and is configured to transmit the image to be recognized on the cover member.

21. A display apparatus comprising:

a display panel in which a display area which display an image, and a peripheral area adjacent the display area are defined;

a cover member on the display panel;

a first decoration member between the display panel and the cover member, and the first decoration member in which;

a transmission area overlapping the display area; and

a bezel area adjacent the transmission area and overlapping the peripheral area are defined; and

a second decoration member between the first decoration member and the cover member, and comprising at least one transparent pattern overlapping the bezel area.

22. The display apparatus of claim 21, wherein the second decoration member further comprises:

a base member overlapping the transmission area and the bezel area, and the base member in which at least one opening overlapping the bezel area is defined; and

a filling member in the at least one opening, and having a refractive index that is lower than a refractive index of the base member, and

wherein the at least one transparent pattern is defined by the at least one opening and the filling member.

23. The display apparatus of claim 22, wherein the base member comprises an optical clear adhesive, a pressure sensitive adhesive, or an optical clear resin.

24. The display apparatus of claim 23, wherein the base member couples the first decoration member and the cover member, and

wherein the refractive index of the filling member is lower than a refractive index of the cover member.

25. The display apparatus of claim 22, wherein the base member comprises a plastic film.

26. The display apparatus of claim 25, further comprising an adhesive layer overlapping the at least one opening, and located between the base member and the cover member to couple the base member and the cover member.

27. The display apparatus of claim 26, wherein the filling member has a refractive index that is lower than a refractive index of the adhesive layer.

28. The display apparatus of claim 22, wherein the filling member comprises air.

29. The display apparatus of claim 22, wherein the filling member comprises a transparent polymer material.