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Granted Patent B1
US 10,306,785 · App. 16/117,034 · Granted May 28, 2019

Display device

Inventors: Hsin-Lin Chuang (Taipei, TW); Kuo-Jung Hsu (Taipei, TW); Shih-Wei Hung (Taipei, TW); Wen-Chang Chuang (Taipei, TW); Feng-Yuan Yang (Taipei, TW)
Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
H05K5/0017H05K1/147H05K5/0226H05K1/028H05K5/0086H05K2201/10037H05K2201/10128
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Patent No.
US 10,306,785
App. No.
16/117,034
Granted
May 28, 2019
Kind
B1
Abstract

A display device includes a flexible display panel and a housing. The housing includes connectors and couplers. Each of the connectors includes two accommodating slots. The connectors and the couplers are sequentially arranged in a staggered manner and connected with one another. Each of the couplers includes a coupling body and two cylinders. The two cylinders are connected to two sides of the coupling body. Each of the cylinders is disposed in the accommodating slot of the adjacent connector. A radial interval of an opening of the accommodating slot is greater than a thickness of the coupling body and is less than a diameter of the cylinder. While the housing is being bent along with the flexible display panel, the adjacent two connectors are being away from each other until the cylinder in the accommodating slot is blocked by the corresponding opening.

Claims (14)

1. A display device, comprising:

a flexible display panel; and

a housing assembled with the flexible display panel, the housing comprising:

a plurality of connectors, each of the connectors comprising two accommodating slots; and

a plurality of couplers, the connectors and the couplers being sequentially arranged in a staggered manner and connected with one another, each of the couplers comprising a coupling body and two cylinders, the two cylinders being connected to two sides of the coupling body, each of the cylinders being disposed in the accommodating slot of the adjacent connector;

wherein a radial interval of an opening of the accommodating slot is greater than a thickness of the coupling body and is less than a diameter of the cylinder, and while the housing is being bent along with the flexible display panel, the adjacent two connectors are being away from each other until the cylinder in the accommodating slot is blocked by the corresponding opening.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein while the housing is in a straight state, the coupler is fully received in the two adjacent connectors.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a slot wall at two sides of the opening of each of the accommodating slots is curved inwardly.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a slot wall at two sides of the opening of each of the accommodating slots is provided with a blocking portion protruded inwardly.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the housing further comprises a first plate and a second plate, the first plate is assembled to one of the couplers at an end, and the second plate is assembled to another one of the couplers at another end.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein a side of the first plate adjacent to the coupler is provided with the accommodating slot, the cylinder of the corresponding coupler is inserted in the accommodating slot of the first plate; a side of the second plate adjacent to the coupler is provided with the accommodating slot, the cylinder of the corresponding coupler is inserted in the accommodating slot of the second plate.

7. The display device of claim 5 , further comprising a battery, a main board, and a flexible circuit board, wherein the battery is disposed in the second plate, the main board is disposed in the first plate, and an end of the flexible circuit board is electrically connected to the battery and another end of the flexible circuit board is passed through the connectors and couplers and electrically connected to the main board.

8. The display device of claim 5 , wherein an end of the first plate away from the coupler comprises at least one first magnetic component, an end of the second plate away from the coupler comprises at least one second magnetic component, and the first magnetic component attracts the second magnetic component after the housing is bent.

9. The display device of claim 1 , wherein an outer surface of the connector is arc-shaped.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2018
From: CHUANG, HSIN-LIN; HSU, KUO-JUNG; HUNG, SHIH-WEI; CHUANG, WEN-CHANG; YANG, FENG-YUAN
To: PEGATRON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046751/0056 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 106139576 A · Nov 15, 2017 · national
Cited By (1)
US 12,603,948