ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,217, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).
"Display device having folding area and polarization film with deformation portion" was invented by Kuhyun Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Muhyun Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Geunwoo Yug (Seoul, South Korea) and Seoin Han (Cheonan-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A polarization film includes: a base substrate in which a folding axis and a stretched axis are defined; and a deformation portion located at an edge of the base substrate. The stretched axis forms an angle of less than about 45deg with respect to the folding axis. The display...