ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,154, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).
"Display device" was invented by Hyun Woong Kim (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea), Won Kyu Kwak (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Seung-Kyu Lee (Asan-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a display area, a peripheral area, a pad portion, a bending area, a first crack detection circuit, and a first crack detection line. The display area includes pixels and data lines. The peripheral area is disposed outside the display area. The pad portion is disposed in the peripheral area. The bending area is disposed in the periph...