Flexible display device

• US 8,644,031 B2
• Filed: 09/29/2010
• Issued: 02/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Anica Corporation
• Original Assignee: Anica Corporation
• Inventors: Chen, Jung-Hsiu, Chen, Chao-Chin
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, HOA CAO
• Application Number:
  US12/893,689
• Publication Number:
  US 20110205722A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,224 Days
• Field of Search: 361/760.761, 361/765, 361/807, 349/153, 349/156, 174/17.05, 174/31.5, 174/50.5, 174/50.63, 174/262, 174/539, 174/554, 174/564
• US Class Current: 361/807
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133305 Flexible substrates, e.g. plastics, organic film
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/1339 Gaskets; Spacers; Sealing of cells

Abstract

A flexible display device is provided. The flexible display device includes a flexible plate, a display unit and a sealant. The flexible plate has a concave. The display unit is disposed in the flexible plate and adjacent to the concave. The sealant is formed in the concave and covers the side of the display unit.

Claims

1. A flexible display device, comprising:

a flexible plate having a concave, wherein the concave is a recess;

a display unit disposed within the concave, wherein a sidewall of the concave is outwardly extended to an upper surface of the flexible plate from a bottom of the concave;

a sealant formed in the concave and covering the side of the display unit; and

a protection film that has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the protection film being disposed on the display unit by the first surface, and the sealant covering a peripheral of the second surface of the protection film.

2. The flexible display device according to claim 1, wherein the display unit has a third surface and a fourth surface opposite to the third surface, the display unit is disposed on the flexible plate by the third surface, and the flexible display device further comprises:

the protection film disposed on the fourth surface of the display unit;

wherein, the sealant further covers the side of the protection film.

3. The flexible display device according to claim 1, wherein the flexible plate has a plate surface opposite to the concave, and the flexible display device further comprises:

a separation film disposed on the plate surface to avoid the flexible plate being damaged by external environment.

4. The flexible display device according to claim 1, wherein the sidewall of the concave is inclined.