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US 12,282,362 · App. 17/631,406 · Granted Apr 22, 2025

Under-screen support structure and display device

Inventor: Xiaofei Luo (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
G06F1/1656G06F1/1624G06F1/1652
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Patent No.
US 12,282,362
App. No.
17/631,406
Granted
Apr 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An under-screen support structure and a display device. The under-screen support structure is configured to support a rollable and slidable display screen ( 6 ) in the display device, and includes a sliding middle frame ( 1 ), a rotating shaft ( 2 ) and a support chain ( 3 ). The rotating shaft is mounted on the side of the sliding middle frame facing a rollable and slidable portion of the display screen, and the rotating shaft is transmittingly connected to the display screen by means of the support chain. The support chain includes a plurality of support strips, the extension direction of the support strips is parallel to the axis of the rotating shaft. The cross section of each support strip perpendicular to the axis of the rotating shaft is trapezoidal, and the size of the side facing away from the rotating shaft is greater than that of the side close to the rotating shaft.

Claims (36)

1. An under-screen supporting structure, configured to support a rollable and slidable display screen in a display apparatus, and comprising:

a sliding middle frame,

a rotating shaft, and

a supporting chain, wherein

the rotating shaft is installed on one side, facing a rolling and sliding part of the display screen, of the sliding middle frame, and the rotating shaft is in transmission connection with the display screen through the supporting chain; and

the supporting chain comprises a plurality of sections of supporting strips, and an extending direction of the supporting strips is parallel to an axis of the rotating shaft; and cross sections, perpendicular to the axis of the rotating shaft, of the supporting strips are trapezoidal, and sizes of one side, facing away from the rotating shaft, of the supporting strips are greater than sizes of another one side, close to the rotating shaft, of the supporting strips;

wherein one side, facing away from the rotating shaft, of the supporting chain is in transmission connection with the display screen through a buffer layer; wherein a material of the buffer layer is silica gel;

wherein the buffer layer is disposed between the rolling and sliding part of the display screen and the supporting chain, to prevent the supporting chain from damaging the display screen;

wherein the sliding middle frame contacts with one side, facing away from the display screen, of the supporting chain;

wherein an outer ring of the rotating shaft is a polygon, and any edge of the polygon is matched with any section of the supporting strips;

wherein a length of any edge of the polygon is equal to a size of one side, close to the rotating shaft, of any section of the supporting strips.

2. The under-screen supporting structure according to claim 1 , wherein when the supporting chain is in a flattened state, an included angle θ between two adjacent side surfaces of every two adjacent sections of supporting strips and the number n of edges of the polygon meet a following relation:

θ=360 °/n.

3. The under-screen supporting structure according to claim 1 , wherein an outer ring of the rotating shaft is circular.

4. The under-screen supporting structure according to claim 3 , wherein a flexible layer is arranged between the rotating shaft and the supporting chain.

5. The under-screen supporting structure according to claim 4 , wherein a material of the flexible layer is rubber.

6. A display apparatus, comprising a display screen, a fixed machine shell, and an under-screen supporting structure, wherein

a rolling and sliding part of the display screen is in transmission connection with a rotating shaft in the under-screen supporting structure through a supporting chain in the under-screen supporting structure; and

a non-rolling and non-sliding part of the display screen is fixed on the fixed machine shell;

wherein the under-screen supporting structure, configured to support a rollable and slidable display screen in a display apparatus, and comprising:

a sliding middle frame,

a rotating shaft, and

a supporting chain, wherein

the rotating shaft is installed on one side, facing the rolling and sliding part of the display screen, of the sliding middle frame, and the rotating shaft is in transmission connection with the display screen through the supporting chain; and

the supporting chain comprises a plurality of sections of supporting strips, and an extending direction of the supporting strips is parallel to an axis of the rotating shaft; and cross sections, perpendicular to the axis of the rotating shaft, of the supporting strips are trapezoidal, and sizes of one side, facing away from the rotating shaft, of the supporting strips are greater than sizes of another one side, close to the rotating shaft, of the supporting strips;

wherein one side, facing away from the rotating shaft, of the supporting chain is in transmission connection with the display screen through a buffer layer; wherein a material of the buffer layer is silica gel;

wherein the buffer layer is disposed between the rolling and sliding part of the display screen and the supporting chain, to prevent the supporting chain from damaging the display screen;

wherein the sliding middle frame contacts with one side, facing away from the display screen, of the supporting chain;

wherein an outer ring of the rotating shaft is a polygon, and any edge of the polygon is matched with any section of the supporting strips;

wherein a length of any edge of the polygon is equal to a size of one side, close to the rotating shaft, of any section of the supporting strips.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein when the supporting chain is in a flattened state, an included angle θ between two adjacent side surfaces of every two adjacent sections of supporting strips and the number n of edges of the polygon meet a following relation:

θ=360 °/n.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein an outer ring of the rotating shaft is circular.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein a flexible layer is arranged between the rotating shaft and the supporting chain.

10. The display apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein a material of the flexible layer is rubber.

11. The under-screen supporting structure according to claim 1 , wherein in a clockwise rolling and sliding process of the display screen, a leftward moving distance of the sliding middle frame is equal to a rotating arc length of the rotating shaft.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 28, 2022
From: LUO, XIAOFEI
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010434982.0 · May 21, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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