US Patent Issued to Sharp on May 20 for "Display device with slits and island-shaped protruding portions in the bending regions" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,201, issued on May 20, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Osaka, Japan).

"Display device with slits and island-shaped protruding portions in the bending regions" was invented by Takao Saitoh (Sakai, Japan), Masahiko Miwa (Sakai, Japan), Masaki Yamanaka (Sakai, Japan), Yi Sun (Sakai, Japan) and Yohsuke Kanzaki (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a resin substrate and a thin film transistor layer. The thin film transistor layer includes a first inorganic insulating film, a second inorganic insulating film, and a lead-out wiring line. A frame region includes a bending portion provided with a slit constituted ...