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Granted Patent B2
US 12,160,537 · App. 17/618,710 · Granted Dec 3, 2024

Display module, method for manufacturing the same, and display device

Inventors: Chaoxue Qin (Beijing, CN); Rongkun Fan (Beijing, CN); Jialin Wang (Beijing, CN); Fei Zeng (Beijing, CN); Jia Deng (Beijing, CN); Yuanhong Wen (Beijing, CN); Tianjun Deng (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.; CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
H04M1/0269
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Patent No.
US 12,160,537
App. No.
17/618,710
Granted
Dec 3, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display module includes a curved display panel and a curved cover plate that are attached by an adhesive, wherein at least one corner formed respectively by a cover plate body and a cover plate edge of the curved cover plate is a cambered corner. A thickness of a target structure at a target corner is greater than thicknesses of the target structure at other positions, the target structure being at least one of the cover plate edge and the adhesive, and a radius of curvature of the curved display panel is greater than a radius of curvature of a side, distal from the curved display panel, of the target structure.

Claims (43)

1. A display module, comprising:

a curved display panel;

an adhesive disposed on a side of the curved display panel; and

a curved cover plate disposed on a side, distal from the curved display panel, of the adhesive, wherein the curved cover plate comprises a polygonal cover plate body and a cover plate edge that encloses at least two sides of the cover plate body, wherein the cover plate edge is bent, relative to the cover plate body, in a direction approaching the adhesive, and at least one corner formed respectively by the cover plate body and the cover plate edge is a cambered corner;

wherein a thickness of a target structure at a target corner of the at least one corner is greater than thicknesses of the target structure at other positions other than the target corner, the target structure being at least one of the cover plate edge and the adhesive; and a radius of curvature of the curved display panel at the target corner is greater than a radius of curvature of a side, distal from the curved display panel, of the target structure at the target corner;

a part of the target structure at the target corner protrudes in a direction going away from the curved display panel; and

a radius of curvature of a side, proximal to the curved display panel, of the target structure is greater than a radius of curvature of a side, distal from the curved display panel, of the target structure.

2. The display module according to claim 1 , wherein the adhesive is a liquid optically clear resin OCR; and the target structure comprises the adhesive.

3. The display module according to claim 1 , wherein the target structure comprises the cover plate edge.

4. The display module according to claim 1 , wherein the cover plate body is a rectangle, the cover plate edge encloses four sides of the cover plate body, and four corners formed respectively by the cover plate body and the cover plate edge are all cambered corners.

5. The display module according to claim 4 , wherein the rectangle is an oblong.

6. The display module according to claim 4 , wherein each of the four corners is the target corner.

7. The display module according to claim 6 , wherein the thicknesses of the target structure at all the target corners are equal.

8. The display module according to claim 6 , wherein the curvature radii of the curved display panel at the target corners are equal.

9. The display module according to claim 1 , wherein a difference between the thickness of the target structure at the target corner and the thicknesses of the target structure at the other positions ranges from 3 mm to 5 mm.

10. The display module according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness variation of the target structure at the other positions is less than a threshold.

11. The display module according to claim 1 , wherein the curved cover plate is a flexible glass cover plate.

12. The display module according to claim 1 , wherein an orthographic projection of the adhesive on the curved display panel is within the curved display panel.

13. The display module according to claim 1 , wherein an orthographic projection of the curved cover plate on the curved display panel covers the curved display panel.

14. The display module according to claim 8 , wherein the target structure comprises the cover plate edge; the rectangle is an oblong; and

a difference between the thickness of the target structure at the target corner and thicknesses of the target structure at the other positions ranges from 3 mm to 5 mm; a thickness variation of the target structure at the other positions is less than a threshold; the curved cover plate is a flexible glass cover plate; an orthographic projection of the adhesive on the curved display panel is within the curved display panel; and an orthographic projection of the curved cover plate on the curved display panel covers the curved display panel.

15. A method for manufacturing a display module, comprising:

providing a curved display panel and a curved cover plate, wherein the curved cover plate comprises a polygonal cover plate body and a cover plate edge that encloses at least two sides of the cover plate body, wherein the cover plate edge is bent, relative to the cover plate body, in a direction approaching the adhesive, and at least one corner formed respectively by the cover plate body and the cover plate edge is a cambered corner; and

attaching the curved display panel to the curved cover plate by an adhesive, wherein

a thickness of a target structure at a target corner of the at least one corner is greater than thicknesses of the target structure at other positions other than the target corner, the target structure being at least one of the cover plate edge and the adhesive; and a radius of curvature of the curved display panel at the target corner is greater than a radius of curvature of a side, distal from the curved display panel, of the target structure at the target corner;

a part of the target structure at the target corner protrudes in a direction going away from the curved display panel; and

a radius of curvature of a side, proximal to the curved display panel, of the target structure is greater than a radius of curvature of a side, distal from the curved display panel, of the target structure.

16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the adhesive is an optically clear resin OCR; and the target structure comprises the adhesive.

17. The method according to claim 16 , wherein attaching the curved display panel to the curved cover plate by the adhesive comprises:

applying a liquid OCR material to a side of the curved display panel;

forming the adhesive by curing the liquid OCR material; and

covering a side, distal from the curved display panel, of the adhesive with the curved cover plate, wherein

a spraying parameter for applying the liquid OCR material at the target corner is greater than a spraying parameter for applying the liquid OCR material at other positions other than the target corner; and the spraying parameter comprises a spraying density and/or a spraying speed.

18. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the target structure comprises the cover plate edge.

19. A display device, wherein the display device comprises: a drive circuit and a display module, wherein

the drive circuit is connected to the display module and is configured to drive the display module for display; wherein

the display module comprises:

a curved display panel;

an adhesive disposed on a side of the curved display panel; and

a curved cover plate disposed on a side, distal from the curved display panel, of the adhesive, wherein the curved cover plate comprises a polygonal cover plate body and a cover plate edge that encloses at least two sides of the cover plate body, wherein the cover plate edge is bent, relative to the cover plate body, in a direction approaching the adhesive, and at least one corner formed respectively by the cover plate body and the cover plate edge is a cambered corner;

wherein a thickness of a target structure at a target corner of the at least one corner is greater than thicknesses of the target structure at other positions other than the target corner, the target structure being at least one of the cover plate edge and the adhesive; and a radius of curvature of the curved display panel at the target corner is greater than a radius of curvature of a side, distal from the curved display panel, of the target structure at the target corner;

a part of the target structure at the target corner protrudes in a direction going away from the curved display panel; and

a radius of curvature of a side, proximal to the curved display panel, of the target structure is greater than a radius of curvature of a side, distal from the curved display panel, of the target structure.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 1, 2024
From: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
To: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 069050/0563 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 22, 2023
From: QIN, CHAOXUE; FAN, RONGKUN; WANG, JIALIN; ZENG, FEI; DENG, JIA; WEN, YUANHONG; DENG, TIANJUN
To: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062765/0973 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 21, 2021
From: QIN, CHAOXUE; FAN, RONGKUN; WANG, JIALIN; ZENG, FEI; DENG, JIA; WEN, YUANHONG; DENG, TIANJUN
To: CHENGU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058448/0667 →
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