ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,982, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).
"Display device" was invented by Tohru Okabe (Sakai, Japan), Shoji Okazaki (Sakai, Japan), Shinsuke Saida (Sakai, Japan), Shinji Ichikawa (Sakai, Japan) and Hiroki Taniyama (Sakai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first planarization film is provided to opposing sides out of a folding portion to: fill widthwise opposing end portions of a slit; and expose a surface of a resin substrate layer in an intermediate position between the widthwise opposing end portions. In the folding portion and at the opposing sides out of the folding portion, a plurality of routed wi...