Patent 11209922 was granted and assigned to Samsung on December, 2021 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A display apparatus includes: a display panel including a display device to generate a visible ray; an optical functional layer on a surface of the display panel where a visible ray is generated; a circuit on the display panel such that the circuit overlaps with at least an area of an edge of the display panel; and a reinforcement on a surface of the display panel that faces the optical functional layer, to abut the display panel without overlapping with the circuit.