US Patent 11258021 Display panel and display device having a step portion

A display panel being bendable around a bending axis to form a bendable portion, includes a support film, a display module disposed on a side of the support film. An outer edge of the display module is distant from an outer edge along the first direction of the support film, to form a step portion between the outer edge of the display module and the outer edge of the support film. A polarizing layer and a touch layer are disposed on the other side, facing away the support film, of the display module. An outer edge of the polarizing layer and an outer edge of the touch layer are distant from the outer edge of the display module to form a step portion between the outer edge of the polarizing layer, the outer edge of the touch layer and the outer edge of the display module.