Patents by Inventor Yongkwon SOH

Yongkwon SOH 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: 11907019
    Abstract: A display device includes a display part including a first flat portion, a second flat portion spaced apart from the first flat portion in a first direction, and a folding portion disposed between the first flat portion and the second flat portion, and a support part disposed under the display part and including a lattice portion and a shape holding portion. Holes are disposed in the lattice portion, the shape holding portion is adjacent to the lattice portion in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and the lattice portion and the shape holding portion overlap the folding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yongkwon Soh
  • Publication number: 20230269895
    Abstract: A foldable display device includes a display panel which emits light toward a first surface of the display panel, and includes a folding area and a non-folding area which is adjacent to the folding area along a first direction, and a protective layer on a second surface opposite to the first surface, facing the folding area of the display panel and defining a plurality of concave portions corresponding to the folding area. Each of the plurality of concave portions extends along a second direction crossing the first direction and has a first width along the first direction, and concave portions adjacent to each other along the first direction among the plurality of concave portions, are connected to each other along the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: MINSEOP KIM, YONGKWON SOH, Junsu Lee
  • Publication number: 20230262948
    Abstract: An emissive display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels and an alignment mark positioned on a rear surface thereof; a metal plate disposed on the rear surface of the display panel, where an alignment mark opening corresponding to the alignment mark is defined through the metal plate, and the metal plate includes a step portion positioned close to the alignment mark opening; and a spacer disposed to overlap at least a portion of the step portion in a plan view and attached to a rear surface of the metal plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventor: Yongkwon SOH
  • Publication number: 20220197343
    Abstract: A display device includes a display part including a first flat portion, a second flat portion spaced apart from the first flat portion in a first direction, and a folding portion disposed between the first flat portion and the second flat portion, and a support part disposed under the display part and including a lattice portion and a shape holding portion. Holes are disposed in the lattice portion, the shape holding portion is adjacent to the lattice portion in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and the lattice portion and the shape holding portion overlap the folding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Yongkwon SOH
  • Publication number: 20220179456
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a button area, a button assembly disposed under the button area of the display panel, and a support layer disposed between the display panel and the button assembly and including a slit portion. The slit portion may include at least one slit surrounding at least a portion of the button area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventor: YONGKWON SOH
  • Patent number: 10031281
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel which generates and display an image with light, the display panel curved at a first mean curvature with respect to a bending axis and defining a display surface thereof at which the image is displayed; a backlight unit includes a light source which generates the light, and a curved light guide plate which receives the light from the light source and provides the received light to the display panel, the light guide plate; and a protection member in which the backlight unit is accommodated, the protection member curved at a second mean curvature with respect to the bending axis, the second mean curvature being different from the first mean curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongkwon Soh, Joohyuk Park, Kyunghoon Chae, Sungyeon Hwang, Jinhyoung Kim
  • Publication number: 20170261684
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel which generates and display an image with light, the display panel curved at a first mean curvature with respect to a bending axis and defining a display surface thereof at which the image is displayed; a backlight unit includes a light source which generates the light, and a curved light guide plate which receives the light from the light source and provides the received light to the display panel, the light guide plate; and a protection member in which the backlight unit is accommodated, the protection member curved at a second mean curvature with respect to the bending axis, the second mean curvature being different from the first mean curvature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Yongkwon SOH, Joohyuk PARK, Kyunghoon CHAE, Sungyeon HWANG, Jinhyoung KIM