ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,624, issued on June 10, was assigned to JAPAN DISPLAY INC. (Tokyo).

"Display device" was invented by Kentaro Okuyama (Tokyo), Naoyuki Asano (Tokyo) and Kazuki Ichihara (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first transparent substrate, a display panel, a first fixing member, and a first light source unit. The first transparent substrate has a first light incident surface which is a side surface, and is formed to be curved. The display panel has flexibility. The first fixing member fixes the display panel to the first transparent substrate. The first light source unit is opposed ...