Patent ID: 9621692
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04M

Claim:
1. A display apparatus comprising: a display panel including a first area, a second area located at a first side of the first area, a third area located at a second side of the first area, opposite to the first side, so that the first area is disposed between the second area and the third area, and a front surface and a back surface disposed over the first to third areas, wherein a portion of the display panel between the first and second areas is bent in a first direction and a portion of the display panel between the first and third areas is bent in a second direction, the first direction being a same direction as the second direction; a back supporting unit disposed on a back surface of the display panel in the first area of the display panel, wherein the back supporting unit is in contact with connected to the back surface of the display panel in the first area of the display panel by an adhesive, and the back supporting unit supports the first area of the display panel, and wherein the back surface of the display panel is separated from the back supporting unit in the second and third areas of the display panel by a gap and wherein a portion of the back supporting unit includes at least one concave portion; a side supporting unit disposed on the first and second sides of the display panel, the second and third areas of the display panel being disposed between the back supporting unit and the side supporting unit; wherein the display panel includes a display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area, and wherein the display area is disposed over a portion of the second area that is near the first area, a portion of the third area that is near the first area, and the first area; and a light transmitting window disposed on the display panel, wherein the light-transmitting window includes a first side end surface facing a second side end surface of the side supporting unit in the display area of the display panel.