Patents by Inventor Jun NAMKUNG

Jun NAMKUNG 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: 9274561
    Abstract: A display device having a base film, a display structure, and a window, the base film including a first bending region having a wrinkled portion and a first region adjacent to the first bending region, a display structure disposed on a first face of the base film, and a window covering the display structure disposed on the first face of the base film, the first bending region having a material different from a material in the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun Namkung
  • Publication number: 20160043337
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a top member, and a bottom member. The top member is disposed on the display panel, and has a first groove region where at least a portion of an upper surface of the display panel is exposed. The bottom member is disposed under the display panel, and has a second groove region where at least a portion of a lower surface of the display panel is exposed. The first and second groove regions are located at a bending region of the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Jun Namkung, Kwang-Hyeok Kim, Soon-Ryong Park, Jung-Ho So, Chul-Woo Jeong
  • Patent number: 9196848
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a top member, and a bottom member. The top member is disposed on the display panel, and has a first groove region where at least a portion of an upper surface of the display panel is exposed. The bottom member is disposed under the display panel, and has a second groove region where at least a portion of a lower surface of the display panel is exposed. The first and second groove regions are located at a bending region of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Namkung, Kwang-Hyeok Kim, Soon-Ryong Park, Jung-Ho So, Chul-Woo Jeong
  • Publication number: 20150313004
    Abstract: A flexible display apparatus having a folding area and peripheral areas at sides of the folding area, the flexible display apparatus including: a flexible display panel configured to display an image; and an outer member on one surface of the flexible display panel and including a protrusion and an opening at the peripheral areas. The flexible display panel and the outer member are configured to be folded at the folding area, and the protrusion is inserted into the opening when the outer member is folded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Jun Namkung, Chulwoo Jeong
  • Publication number: 20150263300
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a top member, and a bottom member. The top member is disposed on the display panel. The bottom member is disposed under the display panel, and includes a plurality of layers. At least one of the layers has an opening at a bending region of the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Jun Namkung, Kwang-Hyeok Kim, Soon-Ryong Park, Jung-Ho So, Chul-Woo Jeong
  • Publication number: 20150263301
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a top member, and a bottom member. The top member is disposed on the display panel, and has a first groove region where at least a portion of an upper surface of the display panel is exposed. The bottom member is disposed under the display panel, and has a second groove region where at least a portion of a lower surface of the display panel is exposed. The first and second groove regions are located at a bending region of the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Jun Namkung, Kwang-Hyeok Kim, Soon-Ryong Park, Jung-Ho So, Chul-Woo Jeong
  • Publication number: 20150227172
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including: a bottom member; a display panel on the bottom member, the display panel configured to emit light; a top member on the display panel; a touch screen panel on the top member; and a groove region formed by removing at least a portion of at least one of the top member and the bottom member at a bent portion of the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Jun Namkung, Soon-Ryong Park, Seok-Gi Baek, Chul-Woo Jeong
  • Publication number: 20150212548
    Abstract: A flexible display device includes a display panel including a flexible substrate, a display layer on the flexible substrate and including an electro-optical active layer, an encapsulation layer on the display layer, and a touch electrode layer. The touch electrode layer may include a first touch electrode layer under the display layer and including a plurality of first touch electrodes and a plurality of first touch signal lines coupled to the first touch electrodes, and a second touch electrode layer on the display layer such that the display layer is between the first touch electrode layer and the second touch electrode layer and including a plurality of second touch electrodes and a plurality of second touch signal lines coupled to the second touch electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Jun Namkung, Soon Ryong Park, Chul Woo Jeong
  • Publication number: 20150195915
    Abstract: A flexible display device includes a flexible substrate, a coating layer on one surface of the flexible substrate, a driver circuit on the other surface of the flexible substrate, and a display element on the driver circuit, the coating layer including polymer resin and nano particles dispersed in the polymer resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventor: Jun Namkung
  • Patent number: 9048443
    Abstract: A display device includes a bottom member, a display panel, a top member and a groove region. The display panel is disposed on the bottom member, and includes an organic layer. The top member is disposed on the display panel. The groove region is formed by removing at least one of the top member or the bottom member at a bending region of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Namkung, Kwang-Hyeok Kim, Soon-Ryong Park, Jung-Ho So, Chul-Woo Jeong
  • Publication number: 20150146386
    Abstract: A flexible display device including a flexible display panel including a folding area and a peripheral area, and a first outer member including a groove pattern is disclosed. The groove pattern includes a flat surface and inclined portions connected to the flat surface and symmetrical with each other about the flat surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Jun Namkung, Soonryong Park, Chulwoo Jeong
  • Patent number: 9029886
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display includes: a display layer including a front display layer configured to display an image at a front of the OLED display and a bending display layer bent at an end of the front display layer, and a thin film encapsulation layer covering the display layer. The thin film encapsulation layer includes a front encapsulation layer disposed on the front display layer and a bending encapsulation layer disposed on the bending display layer and having a plurality of pores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Namkung, Soon Ryong Park
  • Publication number: 20150116959
    Abstract: A display device having a base film, a display structure, and a window, the base film including a first bending region having a wrinkled portion and a first region adjacent to the first bending region, a display structure disposed on a first face of the base film, and a window covering the display structure disposed on the first face of the base film, the first bending region having a material different from a material in the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jun Namkung
  • Publication number: 20150102298
    Abstract: A flexible display panel and a manufacturing method which is capable of removing a non-display area without damaging a display element layer, the flexible display panel includes a flexible substrate which includes a display area and a peripheral area outside of the display area, a display element layer disposed on the flexible substrate, and a neutral plane balancing layer disposed on the display element layer in the peripheral area, wherein the peripheral area of the flexible substrate in which the neutral plane balancing layer is disposed is folded towards a rear side of the display area along a first bending line, and the neutral plane balancing layer overlaps the first bending line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Namkung, Soon Ryong Park, Chul Woo Jeong
  • Publication number: 20150091012
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a flexible display panel including: a base substrate including a display area and a non-display area; a pixel at the display area of the base substrate; and signal lines at the non-display area of the base substrate; and a protective film coupled to the flexible display panel and including: a first portion under the flexible display panel; and a second portion extending from the first portion and configured to be bent to overlap with the signal lines and to overlap with the first portion, wherein the display apparatus is configured to be bent along a folding line crossing an area of the display apparatus in which the first portion and the second portion are configured to be overlapped with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Namkung, Soonryong Park, Chulwoo Jeong
  • Publication number: 20150077953
    Abstract: A display apparatus may include a substrate, a pad unit on the substrate, a display panel on the substrate, an encapsulation layer covering the display panel, and a protective layer on the pad unit. The protective layer may have an elastic coefficient ranging from about 10 MPa to about 200 GPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Jun NAMKUNG, Soon-Ryong PARK, Ju-Yeop SEONG, Jung-Ho SO, Eun-Yong JEON, Seok-Gi BAEK, Kwang-Hyeok KIM, Chul-Woo JEONG
  • Publication number: 20150036299
    Abstract: A flexible display device that can suppress spread of cracks of an inorganic layer is provided. A flexible display device includes a flexible substrate including a display area and a periphery surrounding the display area, an inorganic layer formed on the flexible substrate, a display unit formed on the display area, and a thin film encapsulation layer covering the display unit. The inorganic layer includes an opening disposed on a periphery between edges of the flexible substrate and the thin film encapsulation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Jun NAMKUNG, Seong-Jun LEE
  • Publication number: 20150022430
    Abstract: A flexible display device includes a flexible display panel including: a plastic film; a pixel circuit on the plastic film; a light emitting element; and an inorganic layer. Openings are in the inorganic layer along a cutting line for cutting the flexible display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventor: Jun Namkung
  • Publication number: 20150014644
    Abstract: A display device includes a bottom member, a display panel, a top member and a groove region. The display panel is disposed on the bottom member, and includes an organic layer. The top member is disposed on the display panel. The groove region is formed by removing at least one of the top member or the bottom member at a bending region of the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Namkung, Kwang-Hyeok Kim, Soon-Ryong Park, Jung-Ho So, Chul-Woo Jeong
  • Patent number: 8926778
    Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus for an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display includes a stage mounted with an organic light emitting display panel and a supporting substrate of the organic light emitting display panel, a porous sheet attachable to and detachable from a thin film encapsulation layer of the organic light emitting display panel, and a porous sheet attaching/detaching apparatus configured to be separable from the organic light emitting display panel and to attach and detach the porous sheet to and from the thin film encapsulation layer of the organic light emitting display panel. The porous sheet attaching/detaching apparatus is configured to remove an attaching/detaching gas from between the porous sheet and the thin film encapsulation layer to attach the porous sheet to the thin film encapsulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun Namkung