IP Library Granted Patent US 12,471,481
Granted Patent B2
US 12,471,481 · App. 17/911,247 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Display module and display device

Inventors: Yue Cui (Beijing, CN); Yuehan Wei (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
H10K59/80H10K2102/311
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Patent No.
US 12,471,481
App. No.
17/911,247
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display module and a display device. The display module includes: a flexible display panel ( 61 ), wherein the flexible display panel ( 61 ) includes an active area (AA) and a bending area (BB) located at a periphery of the active area (AA); a supporting layer ( 62 ) disposed on one side of the active area (AA), and the supporting layer ( 62 ) is disposed away from a light-emitting side of the flexible display panel ( 61 ); wherein, the supporting layer ( 62 ) is provided with an isolation groove ( 63 ) extending through the supporting layer ( 62 ) in a first direction, and the isolation groove ( 63 ) is disposed close to the bending area (BB) for isolating the supporting layer ( 62 ) on both sides of the isolation groove ( 63 ), and the first direction is perpendicular to a thickness direction of the supporting layer ( 62 ) and a bending axis (X) of the bending area (BB).

Claims (22)

1 . A display module, wherein the display module comprises:

a flexible display panel, wherein the flexible display panel comprises an active area and a bending area located at a periphery of the active area; and

a supporting layer disposed on one side of the active area, wherein the supporting layer is disposed away from a light-emitting side of the flexible display panel; the supporting layer is provided with an isolation groove extending through the supporting layer in a first direction, and the isolation groove is disposed close to the bending area for isolating the supporting layer on both sides of the isolation groove, and the first direction is perpendicular to a thickness direction of the supporting layer and a bending axis of the bending area;

wherein a distance between the isolation groove and the bending area is greater than or equal to 7 mm and less than or equal to 15 mm;

wherein the flexible display panel comprises a binding area located at a periphery of the bending area, and the bending area is configured for bending the binding area to a back of the flexible display panel.

2 . The display module according to claim 1 , wherein an extension direction of the isolation groove is perpendicular to the first direction.

3 . The display module according to claim 1 , wherein an extension trajectory line of the isolation groove is a curve.

4 . The display module according to claim 1 , wherein a filler is disposed in the isolation groove, and an elastic modulus of the filler is less than an elastic modulus of the supporting layer.

5 . The display module according to claim 4 , wherein a material of the filler comprises silica gel.

6 . The display module according to claim 1 , wherein a width of the isolation groove is greater than or equal to 1 mm along the first direction of the flexible display panel.

7 . The display module according to claim 1 , wherein an edge of the supporting layer close to the bending area is retracted relative to an edge of the active area close to the bending area, and a retracted amount is less than or equal to 0.5 mm.

8 . The display module according to claim 1 , wherein an edge of the supporting layer close to the bending area is protruded relative to an edge of the active area close to the bending area, and a protruded amount is less than or equal to 0.5 mm.

9 . The display module according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the supporting layer is greater than or equal to 30 μm, and less than or equal to 50 μm.

10 . The display module according to claim 1 , wherein a material of the supporting layer is a metal, and a material of the metal is a stainless steel or a shape memory alloy.

11 . The display module according to claim 1 , wherein a bending radius of the bending area is less than or equal to 400 μm.

12 . A display device, wherein the display device comprises the display module according to claim 1 .

13 . The display device according to claim 12 , wherein an extension direction of the isolation groove is perpendicular to the first direction.

14 . The display device according to claim 12 , wherein an extension trajectory line of the isolation groove is a curve.

15 . The display device according to claim 12 , wherein a filler is disposed in the isolation groove, and an elastic modulus of the filler is less than an elastic modulus of the supporting layer.

16 . The display device according to claim 15 , wherein a material of the filler comprises silica gel.

17 . The display device according to claim 12 , wherein a width of the isolation groove is greater than or equal to 1 mm along the first direction of the flexible display panel.

18 . The display device according to claim 12 , wherein an edge of the supporting layer close to the bending area is retracted relative to an edge of the active area close to the bending area, and a retracted amount is less than or equal to 0.5 mm.

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE NAME AND ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 72881 FRAME 828. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 9, 2025
From: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP., LTD.
To: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 073916/0761 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 12, 2025
From: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
To: BEIJING BOETECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD .
Reel/Frame 072881/0828 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE COUNTRY OF ASSIGNEE FROM "JAPAN" TO --CHINA-- PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 061076 FRAME: 0994. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Sep 19, 2022
From: CUI, YUE; WEI, YUEHAN
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061463/0532 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2022
From: CUI, YUE; WEI, YUEHAN
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061076/0994 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202110336950.1 · Mar 29, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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