IP Library Granted Patent US 8,243,053
Granted Patent B2
US 8,243,053 · App. 12/505,521 · Granted Aug 14, 2012

Flexible display panel

Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,243,053
App. No.
12/505,521
Granted
Aug 14, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A flexible display panel includes a flexible panel body and at least one integrated circuit driver (IC driver). The flexible panel body has a first end surface, a second end surface, a plurality of side surfaces and at least one convex cambered surface. The first end surface has a display area. The second end surface is opposite to the first end surface. Each of the side surfaces connects the first end surface and the second end surface. Each adjacent two of the side surfaces connect each other. The convex cambered surface connects adjacent two of the side surfaces and connects the first end surface and the second end surface. The IC driver is disposed at the flexible panel body, located outside the display area, and adjacent to the convex cambered surface. In addition, another flexible display panel having a gravity-changing device is also provided.

Claims (8)

1. A flexible display panel having a center of gravity comprising: a flexible panel body having: a first end surface having a display area; a second end surface opposite to the first end surface; and a plurality of side surfaces, wherein each of the side surfaces connects the first end surface and the second end surface, and each adjacent two of the side surfaces connect each other; and at least one gravity device disposed at the flexible panel body, located outside the display area and adjacent to a first joint portion of adjacent two of the side surfaces so that the center of gravity of the flexible display panel is adjacent to the first joint portion; and at least one integrated circuit driver disposed at the flexible panel body, located outside the display area, and far away from the joint portion adjacent to a second joint portion of another adjacent two of the side surfaces, wherein the first joint portion and the second joint portion are positioned at two diagonal corners of the flexible display panel, and wherein the at least one gravity device, which locates the center of gravity adjacent to the first joint portion, causes the first joint portion to suffer a larger impact then an impact of the second joint portion, thereby not easily damaging the integrated circuit driver, when the flexible display panel falls on the ground.

2. The flexible display panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the integrated circuit driver is disposed at the first end surface, and the gravity device is disposed at the second end surface.

3. The flexible display panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the flexible panel body further comprises a convex cambered surface, and the first joint portion is composed of the convex cambered surface.

4. The flexible display panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the flexible panel body further has a plurality of convex cambered surfaces, and each of the convex cambered surfaces connects adjacent two of the side surfaces and connects the first surface and a second surface, and the first joint portion is composed of one of the convex cambered surfaces.

5. The flexible display panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the display area is adjacent to the first joint portion.

6. The flexible display panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second joint portion includes a convex cambered surface connecting the first end surface and the second end surface, and the at least one integrated circuit driver is disposed adjacent to the convex cambered surface.

7. The flexible display panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one integrated circuit driver is disposed at the second end surface.

8. The flexible display panel as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the second joint portion is composed of another one of the convex cambered surfaces, and the at least one integrated circuit driver is disposed adjacent to the another one of the convex cambered surfaces.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 7, 2012
From: PRIME VIEW INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
To: E INK HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 028162/0413 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 19, 2009
From: WANG, TZU-MING; TSAI, YUAN-CHIH; SHINN, TED-HONG
To: PRIME VIEW INTERNATIONAL CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 022974/0832 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 98108837 A · Mar 18, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
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