ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,888, issued on June 23, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).
"Display device having folding area" was invented by Seung Hwa Ha (Cheongju-si, South Korea), Do Youb Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Seung-Ho Jung (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes: a display module; a plate on one surface of the display module; and an adhesive layer between the display module and the plate, wherein the plate includes a folding area and a folding peripheral area, the folding area of the plate includes a plurality of grooves, and the adhesive layer overlaps a portion of the foldi...