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Granted Patent B2
US 10,448,527 · App. 16/018,030 · Granted Oct 15, 2019

Foldable display device

Inventors: Yi-Sheng Lin (Hsinchu, TW); Chia-Chun Yeh (Hsinchu, TW); Kuo-Hsing Cheng (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
H05K5/0226E05D3/18E05D7/00G06F1/1652G06F1/1681H05K5/0017E05Y2900/606
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,448,527
App. No.
16/018,030
Granted
Oct 15, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A foldable display device includes a display panel having two flat portions and a bend portion between the two flat portions; a hinge substantially aligned with and beneath the bend portion of the display panel; a plurality of slidable platforms between the hinge and a bottom surface of the bend portion of the display panel; and a repeatable adhering component between one of the slidable platforms and the bottom surface of the bend portion of the display panel, wherein the repeatable adhering component comprises a self-adhesive pad or a weak adhesive.

Claims (13)

1. A foldable display device, comprising:

a display panel having two flat portions and a bend portion between the two flat portions;

a hinge substantially aligned with and beneath the bend portion of the display panel;

a plurality of slidable platforms between the hinge and a bottom surface of the bend portion of the display panel; and

a repeatable adhering component between one of the slidable platforms and the bottom surface of the bend portion of the display panel, wherein the repeatable adhering component comprises a self-adhesive pad or a weak adhesive.

2. The foldable display device of claim 1 , wherein the repeatable adhering component is fixed on the one of the slidable platforms.

3. The foldable display device of claim 1 , further comprising a fastening adhesive adjacent to the repeatable adhering component and adhered between the one of the slidable platforms and the bottom surface of the bend portion of the display panel.

4. The foldable display device of claim 1 , further comprising a fastening adhesive adhered between one of the slidable platforms and the bottom surface of the bend portion of the display panel.

5. The foldable display device of claim 1 , further comprising a support platform beneath one of the two flat portions of the display panel.

6. The foldable display device of claim 5 , wherein the support platform is fixed on a bottom surface of the one of the two flat portions of the display panel.

7. The foldable display device of claim 1 , wherein each of the slidable platforms comprises a platform portion and a support portion connected to the platform portion, and the foldable display device further comprises a torsional component in contact with the support portion of one of the slidable platforms, and the torsional component comprises a spring, a gear or a combination thereof.

8. The foldable display device of claim 7 , wherein the torsional component comprises the spring over the hinge.

9. The foldable display device of claim 7 , wherein the torsional component comprises the gear adjacent to the hinge.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2018
From: LIN, YI-SHENG; YEH, CHIA-CHUN; CHENG, KUO-HSING
To: E INK HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 046222/0578 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2017 1 0552033 · Jul 7, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190014674A1 · Jan 10, 2019
Cited By (1)
US 12,530,997