Patents by Inventor Eun-Kyung YEON

Eun-Kyung YEON 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: 12289588
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel which displays an image, a cover window which is disposed on a first surface of the display panel, and a first sound generator which is disposed on a second surface opposite the first surface of the display panel and outputs sound by vibrating the display panel. The cover window includes a first lattice pattern area including lattice patterns surrounding the first sound generator in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi Joon Ahn, Eun Kyung Yeon, Jae Been Lee
  • Publication number: 20250089531
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area, a flexible board disposed in the non-display area and bent to allow a first end thereof to be disposed on a front surface of the display panel and a second end thereof to be disposed on a rear surface of the display panel, an optical unit disposed on the display panel and overlapping the display area, a transparent film disposed on the optical unit and covering the display area, the non-display area, and a bent portion of the flexible board when viewed in a plan view, and a coating window disposed directly on the transparent film and including a cured resin material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: SANGDUK LEE, HOIKWAN LEE, EUN-KYUNG YEON, HYUNKYUNG YUN, JUNGKYU LEE
  • Patent number: 12238995
    Abstract: A display panel including: a substrate having a through hole, a conductive part disposed on an inner surface of the through hole and a resin part in the through hole and adjacent to the conductive part; a circuit layer disposed at a first side of the substrate; and a pad disposed at a second side of the substrate and electrically connected to the circuit layer by the conductive part, wherein a width of the through hole is larger near the first side or the second side of the substrate than at a center of the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi Joon Ahn, Eun-Kyung Yeon, Jaebeen Lee
  • Publication number: 20250059084
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a window includes: radiating a laser to a glass; immersing a laser-irradiated glass in a KOH solution to form a groove in the glass and to perform a primary reinforcement on the glass; masking the groove of a primarily reinforced glass; and performing a secondary reinforcement on a masked glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Yu Ri KIM, Eun-Kyung YEON, Sung Hoon KIM, Seong Jin HWANG
  • Publication number: 20250040386
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate comprising a first contact hole; a thin-film transistor layer on a first surface of the substrate and comprising a plurality of insulating layers and a thin-film transistor; an etching stopper on one or more of the insulating layers and contacting the substrate through a second contact hole surrounding the first contact hole in a plan view; a connection line on the etching stopper; and a pad part on a second surface of the substrate opposite the first surface of the substrate and connected to the connection line through the first contact hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Jae Been LEE, Yi Joon AHN, Sung Hoon KIM, Eun Kyung YEON
  • Publication number: 20240421158
    Abstract: A tiled display device includes a plurality of display devices including a plurality of display areas including pixels, and a coupling area between adjacent display areas from among the plurality of display areas. Each of the plurality of display devices includes: a substrate including a first portion configured to support the display area, a second portion extending from the first portion to be bent, and a third portion extending from the second portion, a display layer on the first portion of the substrate and including the pixels, a connection line at an edge of the first portion of the substrate and connected to the plurality of pixels, a pad portion on the third portion of the substrate, a fan-out line on the second portion of the substrate and connected between the pad portion and the connection line, and pattern holes penetrating the second portion of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Cheol Min PARK, Yi Joon AHN, Atsushi NEMOTO, Woo Suk SEO, Eun Kyung YEON, Jae Been LEE, Tae Ho LEE
  • Patent number: 12168627
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a window includes: radiating a laser to a glass; immersing a laser-irradiated glass in a KOH solution to form a groove in the glass and to perform a primary reinforcement on the glass; masking the groove of a primarily reinforced glass; and performing a secondary reinforcement on a masked glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Ri Kim, Eun-Kyung Yeon, Sung Hoon Kim, Seong Jin Hwang
  • Publication number: 20240414993
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device which includes a display module and a window. The window includes a transmission region and a bezel region adjacent to the transmission region, and the window is directly disposed on the display module. The window includes a resin material. The display device includes a light blocking pattern that overlaps the bezel region. An outside surface of the window protrudes further outward compared to an outside surface of the display module, and a front surface of the window includes a curved portion. The curved portion curves toward a rear surface of the window as a distance from the transmission region increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Sangduk LEE, Hoikwan LEE, Eun-Kyung YEON
  • Patent number: 12119332
    Abstract: A tiled display comprises display devices adjacent to one another and each comprising first pixels and second pixels, a first boundary area where longer sides of at least two of the display devices are adjacent to each other, and a second boundary area where shorter sides of at least two of the display devices are adjacent to each other. Each of the first pixels and the second pixels comprises sub-pixels. The first pixels are disposed in the first boundary area such that the sub-pixels of the first pixels are parallel to the longer sides of the display devices. The second pixels are disposed in the second boundary area such that the sub-pixels of the second pixels are parallel to the shorter sides of the display devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun Kyung Yeon, Yi Joon Ahn, Sung Hoon Kim, Jae Been Lee
  • Patent number: 12120933
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate comprising a first contact hole; a thin-film transistor layer on a first surface of the substrate and comprising a plurality of insulating layers and a thin-film transistor; an etching stopper on one or more of the insulating layers and contacting the substrate through a second contact hole surrounding the first contact hole in a plan view; a connection line on the etching stopper; and a pad part on a second surface of the substrate opposite the first surface of the substrate and connected to the connection line through the first contact hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Been Lee, Yi Joon Ahn, Sung Hoon Kim, Eun Kyung Yeon
  • Publication number: 20240324401
    Abstract: Provided is a display device which includes a display panel, an anti-reflection layer disposed on the display panel, and a window disposed on the anti-reflection layer. The window includes a first portion including a first resin and disposed on the edge portion of the anti-reflection layer, and a second portion including a second resin and covering at least a portion of the first portion. The curing rate of the first resin is greater than the curing rate of the second resin. Thus, the display device may include the window having a small thickness and a smooth edge portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: EUN-KYUNG YEON, JOOHYEON LEE, Jun Yeub LEE, HOIKWAN LEE
  • Publication number: 20240324327
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including a display panel including a non-bending region and a bending region that extends from an end of the non-bending region and that is bent, a protective layer disposed on a lower surface of the display panel, a light blocking pattern overlapping the bending region in a plan view, partially disposed on an upper surface of the display panel, and contacting with a side surface of the protective layer and the bending region, and a coating window disposed directly on the light blocking pattern and including a resin material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: SANGDUK LEE, HOIKWAN LEE, EUN-KYUNG YEON
  • Publication number: 20240306480
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel having a non-bending area and a bending area extending from an end of the non-bending area, wherein the display panel includes a display panel bendable portion, a bending protective layer disposed on the display panel and including a bending protective layer bent portion being bendable with the bending area, a polarization unit disposed on the display panel, partially disposed on the bending protective layer, and defining a step difference which corresponds to the bending protective layer, and a coating window disposed directly on the polarization unit and including a resin material. The polarization unit overlaps the bending area and the non-bending area. The polarization unit covers the display panel bendable portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: SANGDUK LEE, HOIKWAN LEE, HO YUN BYUN, EUN-KYUNG YEON
  • Publication number: 20240306478
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a display area and a non-display area defined adjacent to the display area, an optical layer disposed on the display panel, a light-blocking layer disposed on the optical layer and including at least one side surface protruding further than a side surface of the optical layer in a cross-section, and a coating window disposed on the light-blocking layer and including a resin material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: SANGDUK LEE, HOIKWAN LEE, EUN-KYUNG YEON, HYUNKYUNG YUN
  • Patent number: 12080199
    Abstract: A display device includes a first display panel including a first substrate, and a second display panel adjacent to the first display panel in a first direction and including a second substrate. One side surface of each of the first and second substrates adjacent to a first boundary between the first display panel and the second display panel includes an uneven pattern, the uneven pattern of the first substrate includes a plurality of first convex portions and a plurality of first concave portions between the first convex portions, the uneven pattern of the second substrate includes a plurality of second convex portions and a plurality of second concave portions between the second convex portions, each of the first convex portions includes at least one first hole passing through the first substrate, and each of the second convex portions includes at least one second hole passing through the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Been Lee, Yi Joon Ahn, Eun Kyung Yeon
  • Patent number: 12074170
    Abstract: A tiled display device includes a plurality of display devices including a plurality of display areas including pixels, and a coupling area between adjacent display areas from among the plurality of display areas. Each of the plurality of display devices includes: a substrate including a first portion configured to support the display area, a second portion extending from the first portion to be bent, and a third portion extending from the second portion, a display layer on the first portion of the substrate and including the pixels, a connection line at an edge of the first portion of the substrate and connected to the plurality of pixels, a pad portion on the third portion of the substrate, a fan-out line on the second portion of the substrate and connected between the pad portion and the connection line, and pattern holes penetrating the second portion of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheol Min Park, Yi Joon Ahn, Atsushi Nemoto, Woo Suk Seo, Eun Kyung Yeon, Jae Been Lee, Tae Ho Lee
  • Publication number: 20240281036
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel having a display area and a non-display area, a polarization layer on a first surface of the display panel and covering the display area and a portion of the non-display area adjacent to the display area, and a window directly on the polarization layer and covering the display area and the portion of the non-display area adjacent to the display area, the window including a curved portion on the portion of the non-display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Yun Young LEE, Eun Kyung YEON, Jung Kyu LEE, Hoi Kwan LEE
  • Patent number: 12033545
    Abstract: A display device includes a flexible substrate including a folding area, a non-folding area adjacent to the folding area along a first direction, and a first surface in both the folding area and the non-folding area, a light-emitting element layer on the flexible substrate, and a support which faces the light-emitting layer with the flexible substrate therebetween, forms an interface with the first surface of the flexible substrate and is bendable together with the flexible substrate. The support includes a first support corresponding to the folding area, a second support corresponding to the non-folding area, and a through hole extended through the support. The through hole is extended through the first support, and a first portion of the first surface of the flexible substrate is exposed to outside the support by the through hole in the first support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi Joon Ahn, Jung Hun Noh, Eun Kyung Yeon, Jae Been Lee
  • Patent number: 12029068
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel in which first holes arranged in a first direction and a second direction that intersects the first direction are defined, and a first panel bottom member which is disposed on one surface of the display panel and in which second holes arranged in the first and second directions are defined. A maximum length of a second hole among the second holes in the first direction satisfies ā€œeƗ(a+c)ā€ where a denotes a maximum length of a first hole among the first holes in the first direction, c denotes a minimum distance between neighboring first holes among the first holes in the first direction, and e is a positive integer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Been Lee, Yi Joon Ahn, Sung Hoon Kim, Eun Kyung Yeon
  • Publication number: 20240196705
    Abstract: A display device includes a display module and a protection member disposed on the display module. The protection member includes a first protection layer and a second protection layer disposed on the first protection layer. The first protection layer has a storage modulus in a range of about 0.005 MPa to about 0.2 MPa at a room temperature. The second protection layer has a first thickness in a range of about 300 ?m to about 1 mm, and has a Young's modulus in a range of about 1 GPa to about 8 GPa at the room temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: HYUNKYUNG YUN, EUN-KYUNG YEON, JOOHYEON LEE, HOIKWAN LEE, HAYOUNG CHOI