Patents by Inventor DASOM GU

DASOM GU has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11954297
    Abstract: A digitizer includes a base layer including first and second non-folding areas and a folding area disposed between the first and second non-folding areas and foldable with respect to a folding axis extending in a first direction and a plurality of coils disposed on the base layer and including a first coil and a second coil closest to the first coil. Each of the first coil and the second coil includes a coil portion defining an open loop and a line portion extending from the coil portion. The coil portion or the line portion overlaps the folding area, and a distance between the coil portion of the first coil and the coil portion of the second coil or a distance between the line portion of the first coil and the line portion of the second coil, which overlap the folding area, is equal to or greater than about 100 micrometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Kishimoto, Dasom Gu, Chul Ho Jeong
  • Patent number: 11860693
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display layer including a folding area and non-folding areas, a digitizer disposed under the display layer and including first sensing coils, second sensing coils insulated from the first sensing coils, and data lines connected to the second sensing coils, and a support layer disposed under the digitizer, where openings are defined in a portion of the support layer overlapping the folding area. Each first sensing coil includes a long side extending in the first direction and a short side extending in the second direction, each second sensing coil includes a long side extending in the second direction and a short side extending in the first direction, and a width in the second direction of a portion of the data lines overlapping the folding area is greater than a width in the second direction of a portion of the data lines not overlapping the folding area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dasom Gu, Hirotsugu Kishimoto, Chul Ho Jeong, Jeongil Yoo, Jang Doo Lee
  • Patent number: 11740655
    Abstract: A foldable window includes a first film having a modulus, a second film which faces the first film, is closer to a display panel of the display device than the first film and has a modulus, and an adhesive layer which is between the first film and the second film, bonds the first film to the second film. The modulus of the first film and the modulus of the second film are both equal to or more than about 7 gigapascals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seokwon Jang, Chul Ho Jeong, Dasom Gu, Yongchan Jeon
  • Publication number: 20230229194
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display panel including a folding area and a non-folding area which is adjacent to the folding area. and a digitizer which faces the display panel, senses a first external input and is foldable together with the display panel. The digitizer includes a substrate including a folding portion corresponding to the folding area of the display panel, the folding portion defining a plurality of openings of the substrate corresponding to the folding area of the display panel, a support portion which corresponds to the non-folding area of the display panel, and a reinforced fiber, and a first conductive pattern layer and a second conductive pattern layer each corresponding to the support portion of the substrate, the first conductive pattern layer and the second conductive pattern layer facing each other with the substrate therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: HIROTSUGU KISHIMOTO, DASOM GU, JAIKU SHIN, YONGHYUCK LEE, HONGKWAN LEE, YONGCHAN JEON, CHUL HO JEONG, HYUNJUN CHO, SOHRA HAN
  • Patent number: 11693451
    Abstract: A digitizer includes a folding area a non-folding area. The digitizer includes a first base layer, a second base layer disposed on the first base layer, a third base layer disposed on the second base layer, a first sensing line disposed between the first base layer and the second base layer, and a second sensing line substantially perpendicular to the first sensing line, disposed between the second base layer and the third base layer, and including a first sub-line portion and a second sub-line portion disposed in the non-folding area, and a third sub-line portion disposed between the first sub-line portion and the second sub-line portion and corresponding to the folding area. The third sub-line portion has a fracture strain greater than a fracture strain of the first sub-line portion and the second sub-line portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Kishimoto, Dasom Gu, Yongchan Jeon, Sung-Ki Jung, Seungkyun Hong, Hyun-Been Hwang
  • Publication number: 20230132000
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a first non-foldable area, a foldable area, and a second non-foldable area defined therein, a sensor including a plurality of loop portions and a plurality of line portions, and at least one transverse line comprising at least one of the loop portions and the line portions that overlaps substantially all of the first non-foldable area, the foldable area, and the second non-foldable area. The at least one transverse line includes a first rigid portion overlapping the first non-foldable area, a flexible portion overlapping the foldable area, and a second rigid portion overlapping the second non-foldable area. The flexible portion has a first width, the first rigid portion has a second width, the second rigid portion has a third width, with the first width being greater than the second width and the third width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: HIROTSUGU KISHIMOTO, Dasom GU, Chul Ho JEONG
  • Publication number: 20230114397
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display panel having a folding region, which is foldable with respect to a folding axis extending in one direction, and a first non-folding region and a second non-folding region spaced apart from each other with the folding region therebetween, and a lower member disposed below the display panel. The lower member includes a support layer disposed below the display panel, where the support layer includes a first support portion overlapping the first non-folding region, and a second support portion overlapping the second non-folding region, and a digitizer disposed below the display panel and corresponds to the first support portion and the second support portion. The first support portion and the second support portion each independently include a reinforcement fiber, where the reinforcement fiber includes an aramid fiber or includes a carbon fiber and a glass fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: HIROTSUGU KISHIMOTO, DASOM GU, SUNGGUK AN, YONGHYUCK LEE, CHUL HO JEONG, HYUNJUN CHO, SOHRA HAN, SEUNGKYUN HONG
  • Publication number: 20230107534
    Abstract: A digitizer includes a base layer including first and second non-folding areas and a folding area disposed between the first and second non-folding areas and foldable with respect to a folding axis extending in a first direction and a plurality of coils disposed on the base layer and including a first coil and a second coil closest to the first coil. Each of the first coil and the second coil includes a coil portion defining an open loop and a line portion extending from the coil portion. The coil portion or the line portion overlaps the folding area, and a distance between the coil portion of the first coil and the coil portion of the second coil or a distance between the line portion of the first coil and the line portion of the second coil, which overlap the folding area, is equal to or greater than about 100 micrometers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: HIROTSUGU KISHIMOTO, DASOM GU, CHUL HO JEONG
  • Publication number: 20230096996
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display panel including a folding area foldable with respect to a folding axis and a non-folding area which is adjacent to the folding area, a support plate facing the display panel, and a digitizer which faces the display panel with the support plate therebetween and detects a first external input. The digitizer includes a plate including a reinforcing fiber, a first conductive layer on a first surface of the plate, and a second conductive layer on a second surface of the plate which is opposite to the first surface of the plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: HIROTSUGU KISHIMOTO, DASOM GU, YONGHYUCK LEE, HONGKWAN LEE, YONGCHAN JEON, CHUL HO JEONG, HYUNJUN CHO, EUNGIL CHOI, SOHRA HAN
  • Patent number: 11614841
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic apparatus including a window, a display panel disposed below the window, a digitizer disposed below the display panel and including a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface, a first adhesive layer disposed on the first surface, and a second adhesive layer disposed below the second surface, wherein the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer are two-time-cured. Accordingly, an electronic apparatus having improved folding and viewability properties may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Kishimoto, Dasom Gu, Yongchan Jeon, Hyun-Been Hwang
  • Publication number: 20230084467
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a first non-folding region, a second non-folding region, and a folding region disposed between the first non-folding region and the second non-folding region, and a digitizer including a base layer, first conductive lines disposed on the base layer, a first cover layer disposed on the first conductive lines, second conductive lines disposed on the first cover layer, a second cover layer disposed on the second conductive lines. Via-holes pass through the first cover layer, a second conductive line of the second conductive lines is electrically connected to a first conductive line of the first conductive lines through the via-holes, and the via-holes overlap the folding region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: DASOM GU, JAIKU SHIN
  • Publication number: 20230076740
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display layer including a folding area and non-folding areas, a digitizer disposed under the display layer and including first sensing coils, second sensing coils insulated from the first sensing coils, and data lines connected to the second sensing coils, and a support layer disposed under the digitizer, where openings are defined in a portion of the support layer overlapping the folding area. Each first sensing coil includes a long side extending in the first direction and a short side extending in the second direction, each second sensing coil includes a long side extending in the second direction and a short side extending in the first direction, and a width in the second direction of a portion of the data lines overlapping the folding area is greater than a width in the second direction of a portion of the data lines not overlapping the folding area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: DASOM GU, HIROTSUGU KISHIMOTO, CHUL HO JEONG, JEONGIL YOO, JANG DOO LEE
  • Patent number: 11579741
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display module divided into a first non-folding area, a folding area foldable along an imaginary folding axis extending in a second direction crossing a first direction, and a second non-folding area, which are sequentially arranged in the first direction, and a sensing sensor including a first base layer disposed under the display module, first sensing coils disposed on the first base layer, second sensing coils insulated from the first sensing coils, and a first cover layer disposed between the first sensing coils and the second sensing coils. The first cover layer has a modulus less than a modulus of the first base layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Kishimoto, Dasom Gu, Jaiku Shin, Yongchan Jeon, Sung-Ki Jung, Chul Ho Jeong, Seungkyun Hong, Hyun-Been Hwang
  • Patent number: 11552264
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes an electronic panel, a first support plate below the electronic panel, a second support plate below the first support plate, and a first input sensor between the first support plate and the second support plate. The electronic panel includes light emitting parts arranged in an active area. The active area includes a folding area and a first non-folding area and a second non-folding area adjacent to the folding area and spaced apart from each other. The first support plate includes a folding part overlapping the folding area, and a first support part and a second support part spaced apart from each other, the folding part being disposed between the first support part and the second support part. An edge of the second support plate protrudes further in the second direction than an edge of the first support plate protrudes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yunjae Kim, Dasom Gu, Jaiku Shin, Yongchan Jeon, Sung-Ki Jung, Hyun-Been Hwang
  • Patent number: 11543926
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display module in which a folding area is defined, a plate disposed below the display module to support the display module, a digitizer disposed between the plate and the display module, a first adhesive layer disposed between the display module and the digitizer, and a second adhesive layer disposed between the digitizer and the plate. At least one of the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer includes first and second sub-adhesive layers spaced apart with respect to the folding area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Kishimoto, Dasom Gu, Yongchan Jeon, Hyun-Been Hwang
  • Publication number: 20220310947
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel foldable about a folding axis, a window on the display panel, a protective film on the window, and a plurality of adhesive layers between the window and the protective film. The adhesive layers include a first adhesive layer on the window and a second adhesive layer on the first adhesive layer. The first adhesive layer includes a side chain crystalline polymer, and the second adhesive layer has a modulus smaller than a modulus of the first adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: HIROTSUGU KISHIMOTO, DASOM GU, YONGCHAN JEON, CHUL HO JEONG, HYUN-BEEN HWANG
  • Publication number: 20220229470
    Abstract: A digitizer includes a folding area a non-folding area. The digitizer includes a first base layer, a second base layer disposed on the first base layer, a third base layer disposed on the second base layer, a first sensing line disposed between the first base layer and the second base layer, and a second sensing line substantially perpendicular to the first sensing line, disposed between the second base layer and the third base layer, and including a first sub-line portion and a second sub-line portion disposed in the non-folding area, and a third sub-line portion disposed between the first sub-line portion and the second sub-line portion and corresponding to the folding area. The third sub-line portion has a fracture strain greater than a fracture strain of the first sub-line portion and the second sub-line portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: HIROTSUGU KISHIMOTO, DASOM GU, YONGCHAN JEON, SUNG-KI JUNG, SEUNGKYUN HONG, HYUN-BEEN HWANG
  • Publication number: 20220221952
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display module divided into a first non-folding area, a folding area foldable along an imaginary folding axis extending in a second direction crossing a first direction, and a second non-folding area, which are sequentially arranged in the first direction, and a sensing sensor including a first base layer disposed under the display module, first sensing coils disposed on the first base layer, second sensing coils insulated from the first sensing coils, and a first cover layer disposed between the first sensing coils and the second sensing coils. The first cover layer has a modulus less than a modulus of the first base layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: HIROTSUGU KISHIMOTO, DASOM GU, JAIKU SHIN, YONGCHAN JEON, SUNG-KI JUNG, CHUL HO JEONG, SEUNGKYUN HONG, HYUN-BEEN HWANG
  • Publication number: 20220199921
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes an electronic panel, a first support plate below the electronic panel, a second support plate below the first support plate, and a first input sensor between the first support plate and the second support plate. The electronic panel includes light emitting parts arranged in an active area. The active area includes a folding area and a first non-folding area and a second non-folding area adjacent to the folding area and spaced apart from each other. The first support plate includes a folding part overlapping the folding area, and a first support part and a second support part spaced apart from each other, the folding part being disposed between the first support part and the second support part. An edge of the second support plate protrudes further in the second direction than an edge of the first support plate protrudes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: YUNJAE KIM, DASOM GU, JAIKU SHIN, YONGCHAN JEON, SUNG-KI JUNG, HYUN-BEEN HWANG
  • Publication number: 20220091689
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display module in which a folding area is defined, a plate disposed below the display module to support the display module, a digitizer disposed between the plate and the display module, a first adhesive layer disposed between the display module and the digitizer, and a second adhesive layer disposed between the digitizer and the plate. At least one of the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer includes first and second sub-adhesive layers spaced apart with respect to the folding area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: HIROTSUGU KISHIMOTO, DASOM GU, YONGCHAN JEON, HYUN-BEEN HWANG