IP Library Granted Patent US 12,201,007
Granted Patent B2
US 12,201,007 · App. 17/768,863 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Display device

Inventors: Boyang Shi (Beijing, CN); Yue Cui (Beijing, CN); Yuehan Wei (Beijing, CN); Hong Zhu (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
H10K77/111H10K2102/311
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Patent No.
US 12,201,007
App. No.
17/768,863
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device, comprising: a flexible display module ( 4 ), a fixing frame ( 11 ) and a bending frame ( 12 ). The flexible display module comprises a first planar region ( 41 ), a second planar region ( 43 ), and a first bending region ( 42 ) between the first planar region and the second planar region. The fixing frame comprises a first frame ( 111 ) for fixing the first planar region and a second frame ( 112 ) for fixing the second planar region. The bending frame comprises a first deformation frame ( 31 ), a first bending frame ( 121 ), a second deformation frame ( 32 ), a second bending frame ( 122 ), and a bending mechanism ( 123 ) between the first bending frame and the second bending frame, the first bending frame being fixed to the first frame by means of first deformation frame, second bending frame being fixed to the second frame by means of second deformation frame.

Claims (23)

1. A display device comprises: a flexible display module, a fixing frame and a bending frame; wherein

the flexible display module comprises a first plane region, a second plane region and a first bending region located between the first plane region and the second plane region; the fixing frame comprises a first frame for fixing the first plane region and a second frame for fixing the second plane region;

the bending frame comprises a first deformation frame, a first bending frame, a second deformation frame, a second bending frame, and a bending mechanism disposed between the first bending frame and the second bending frame, wherein the first bending frame is fixed with the first frame through the first deformation frame, and the second bending frame is fixed with the second frame through the second deformation frame.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first bending frame comprises a first rear frame connected with the first deformation frame; the second bending frame comprises a second rear frame connected with the second deformation frame; or,

the first bending frame comprises a first middle frame connected with the first deformation frame and a first rear frame connected with the first middle frame; the second bending frame comprises a second middle frame connected with the second deformation frame and a second rear frame connected with the second middle frame.

3. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein

the first middle frame is connected with the first rear frame through a third deformation frame, and the second middle frame is connected with the second rear frame through a fourth deformation frame.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein

the first deformation frame, the second deformation frame, the third deformation frame and the fourth deformation frame comprise a soft material.

5. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein the soft material comprises any one or more of the following: ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM), thermoplastic polyester elastomer (TPEE) and rubber.

6. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein thicknesses of the first deformation frame, the second deformation frame, the third deformation frame, and the fourth deformation frame range from 200 μm to 300 μm.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a manner in which the first frame fixes the first plane region comprises an adhesive fixing manner, a snap-fit fixing manner or a mechanical fixing manner; and a manner in which the second frame fixes the second plane region comprises an adhesive fixing manner, a snap-fit fixing manner or a mechanical fixing manner.

8. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the fixing frame further comprises a support plate configured to support the flexible display module; and

the support plate is fixedly connected with a side of the flexible display module away from a display side; and the support plate is also fixedly connected with the first frame and the second frame.

9. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein the support plate comprises a first support surface, a second support surface, and a second bending region located between the first support surface and the second support surface; the first support surface is fixedly connected with a side of the first plane region away from the display side; the second support surface is fixedly connected with a side of the second plane region away from the display side; the second bending region is fixedly connected with a side of the first bending region away from the display side.

10. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein the bending mechanism comprises a rotating shaft mechanism, and a first flip plate and a second flip plate located on two sides of the rotating shaft mechanism, respectively;

the first flip plate is disposed on a side of the first support surface away from the flexible display module, and the second flip plate is disposed on a side of the second support surface away from the flexible display module.

11. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein a side of the first flip plate adjacent to the support plate is fixedly connected with the first support surface; and a side of the second flip plate adjacent to the support plate is fixedly connected with the second support surface.

12. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein the rotating shaft mechanism comprises: a hinge structure and an appearance cover connected with the hinge structure; the first flip plate and the second flip plate are disposed on two sides of the hinge structure, respectively.

13. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein thicknesses of the fixing frame and the bending frame range from 1 mm to 5 mm.

14. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein a thickness of the fixing frame ranges from 1 mm to 5 mm, thicknesses of the first middle frame and the second middle frame range from 1 mm to 5 mm, and thicknesses of the first rear frame and the second rear frame range from 0.1 mm to 5 mm.

15. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first frame, the second frame, the first deformation frame, the second deformation frame, the first bending frame and the second bending frame are an integrated structure.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2022
From: SHI, BOYANG; CUI, YUE; WEI, YUEHAN; ZHU, HONG
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059906/0921 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010858480.0 · Aug 24, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240099118A1 · Mar 21, 2024
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