Patent 10319939 was granted and assigned to Samsung on June, 2019 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A display apparatus includes a display panel including a display area in which a plurality of pixels is arranged, and a peripheral area surrounding the display area, a panel cover member covering the display area and a first area of the peripheral area adjacent to the display area and including at least one opening corresponding to the first area, and a stress-reduction member overlapping with an end area of the panel cover member which is arranged in the first area, the stress-reduction member inserted in the at least one opening and arranged in a bending area of the peripheral area in which the display panel is bent.