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US 11,513,560 · App. 16/860,429 · Granted Nov 29, 2022

Support substrate for flexible display device, and flexible display device

Inventors: Liming Dong (Beijing, CN); Haoran Wang (Beijing, CN); Fangxu Cao (Beijing, CN); Zhao Li (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
G06F1/1652B32B3/266Y10T428/24273Y10T428/24298Y10T428/24314
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Patent No.
US 11,513,560
App. No.
16/860,429
Granted
Nov 29, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a support substrate for a flexible display device, and a flexible display device, the support substrate comprises a bending area, a transition area, and a non-bending area, wherein the transition area is located between the bending area and the non-bending area, the bending area has a plurality of first through holes and the transition area has a plurality of second through holes, wherein an area ratio of the plurality of first through holes in the bending area is greater than an area ratio of the plurality of second through holes in the transition area.

Claims (40)

1. A support substrate for a flexible display device, comprising

a bending area;

a transition area; and

a non-bending area,

wherein the transition area is located between the bending area and the non-bending area, the bending area has a plurality of first through holes, the transition area has a plurality of second through holes,

wherein an area ratio of the plurality of first through holes in the bending area is greater than an area ratio of the plurality of second through holes in the transition area,

wherein a contour line of the first through hole comprises a plurality of arcs, the first through hole comprises a first end portion and a second end portion which are oppositely disposed in the first direction, and a middle portion connected between the first end portion and the second end portion, and

wherein contour lines of the first end portion and the second end portion are both configured as an arc, and contour lines of the middle portion are configured as at least one arc.

2. The support substrate according to claim 1 , wherein a hole length of each first through hole is greater than a hole length of each second through hole, and a distance between two adjacent first through holes is smaller than a distance between two adjacent second through holes.

3. The support substrate according to claim 1 , wherein each row of second through holes extend in a first direction, and a plurality rows of second through holes are arranged in a second direction, the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction, and the plurality of second through holes in two adjacent rows are staggered, wherein each row of second through holes and two rows of gap adjacent to the row of second through holes form a unit area, and in a direction away from the bending area, an area ratio of each row of second through holes in the unit area gradually decreases.

4. The support substrate according to claim 3 , wherein a second through hole has a second hole length in the first direction, and a distance between two adjacent second through holes in each row of second through hole is a second hole distance, the second through hole satisfies:

in the direction away from the bending area, the second hole length in the plurality of rows of the second through holes gradually decreases, and the second hole distance gradually increases; or

in the direction away from the bending area, the second hole length in the plurality of rows of the second through holes gradually decreases, and the second hole distance is the same; or

each row of second through holes comprises first sub-holes and second sub-holes alternately arranged in the first direction, a first sub-hole has a first sub-hole length in the first direction, a second sub-hole has a second sub-hole length in the first direction, a distance between the adjacent first sub-hole and the second sub-hole in each row of second through-holes is a sub-hole distance, the first sub-hole length is greater than or equal to the second sub-hole length, and in the direction away from the bending area, the first sub-hole length in the plurality of rows of second through holes gradually decreases, the second sub-hole length gradually increases, and the sub-hole distance is the same.

5. The support substrate according to claim 4 , wherein the transition area comprises a first transition area and a second transition area, the first transition area is located between the bending area and the second transition area,

in the first transition area, in the direction away from the bending area, the second hole length in the plurality of rows of the second through holes gradually decreases, and the second hole distance is the same; and

in the second transition area, in the direction away from the bending area, the second hole length in the plurality of rows of the second through holes gradually decreases, and the second hole distance gradually increases.

6. The support substrate according to claim 4 , wherein each row of second through holes in the transition area comprises first sub-holes and second sub-holes alternately arranged in the first direction, and a first sub-hole has a first sub-hole length in the first direction, the transition area comprises a third transition area and a fourth transition area, the third transition area is located between the bending area and the fourth transition area,

in the third transition area, in the direction away from the bending area, the first sub-hole length in the plurality of rows of the second through holes gradually decreases, the second sub-hole length gradually increases, and the sub-hole distance is the same; and

in the fourth transition area, the first sub-hole length is the same as the second sub-hole length, and in the direction away from the bending area, the first sub-hole length in the plurality of rows of the second through holes is the same, the second sub-hole length in the plurality of rows of the second through holes is the same, and the sub-hole distance gradually increases.

7. The support substrate according to claim 4 , wherein a plurality of the second through holes in two rows of the second through holes adjacent to the non-bending area do not overlap.

8. The support substrate according to claim 1 , wherein two adjacent arcs are smoothly connected.

9. The support substrate according to claim 1 , wherein a convex direction of the contour lines of the first end portion and the second end portion faces the outside of a through hole, and a convex direction of the contour lines of the middle portion faces the inside of the through hole.

10. The support substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the contour lines of the first end portion and the second end portion are both configured as a semi-circular arc, and each segment of the contour lines of the middle portion is configured as an inferior arc.

11. The support substrate according to claim 1 , wherein a maximum width of the first end portion and a maximum width of the second end portion are both larger than a maximum width of the middle portion.

12. The support substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the contour line of the first through hole satisfies at least one of the following conditions:

the contour line of the first through hole is symmetrical with respect to a straight line parallel to the first direction;

the contour line of the first through hole is symmetrical with respect to a straight line parallel to the second direction.

13. The support substrate according to claim 1 , wherein each row of first through holes extend in a first direction, and a plurality rows of first through holes are arranged in a second direction, and the plurality of first through holes in two adjacent rows are staggered.

14. The support substrate according to claim 13 , wherein in the second direction, a straight line crossing the bending area intersects at least one contour line of the first through hole.

15. The support substrate according to claim 13 , wherein a through hole satisfies at least one of the following conditions:

L: D 1=10˜200;

D 1 : D 2=0.5˜4;

W: D 2=0.5˜5;

D 2 : t= 0.5˜4;

( D 2) 3 /L 3 <4 R;

wherein L is a hole length of the through hole in the first direction, D 1 is a distance between two adjacent through holes in the first direction, and D 2 is a distance between two adjacent rows of through holes in the second direction, W is a hole width of the through hole in the second direction, t is a thickness of the support substrate, and R is a bending radius of the support substrate.

16. A flexible display device, comprising:

the support substrate according to claim 1 ; and

a flexible display screen positioned on a side of the support substrate.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 29, 2022
From: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
To: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060931/0293 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 1, 2020
From: CAO, FANGXU; DONG, LIMING; LI, ZHAO; WANG, HAORAN
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052555/0375 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201911192935.3 · Nov 28, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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