IP Library Granted Patent US 10,990,130
Granted Patent B2
US 10,990,130 · App. 15/752,451 · Granted Apr 27, 2021

Flexible display panel and film-like structure

Inventors: Yuankui Ding (Beijing, CN); Guangcai Yuan (Beijing, CN); Ce Zhao (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.; HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,990,130
App. No.
15/752,451
Granted
Apr 27, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A flexible display panel and a film-like structure are provided according to the present disclosure. The flexible display panel includes a flexible display structure and a film-like structure arranged on at least one side of the flexible display structure. The film-like structure includes: a first flexible layer, a second flexible layer, a filler sealed between the first flexible layer and the second flexible layer, and a heater configured to heat the filler. A hardness of the filler varies with a temperature of the filler.

Claims (34)

1. A flexible display panel, comprising:

a flexible display structure; and

a film-like structure on at least one side of the flexible display structure,

wherein the film-like structure comprises: a first flexible layer, a second flexible layer, a filler sealed between the first flexible layer and the second flexible layer, and a heater configured to heat the filler;

wherein a hardness of the filler varies with a temperature of the filler.

2. The flexible display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the filler comprises a thermal characteristic material, the thermal characteristic material is in a solid state in a case that the temperature is within a first threshold interval, and the thermal characteristic material is in a liquid state in a case that the temperature is within a second threshold interval.

3. The flexible display panel according to claim 2 , wherein the thermal characteristic material comprises at least one of wax and resin.

4. The flexible display panel according to claim 2 , wherein the filler further comprises a flexible porous layer, and the flexible porous layer comprises at least one porous structure; and

wherein the thermal characteristic material is filled in the at least one porous structure.

5. The flexible display panel according to claim 2 , wherein the filler comprises a flexible porous layer, the flexible porous layer comprises a plurality of porous structures, and the thermal characteristic material is filled in the porous structures;

wherein the heater comprises a metal frame and a wire connected with the metal frame, the metal frame is of a grid structure, and the porous structures are arranged in grids of the grid structure.

6. The flexible display panel according to claim 5 , wherein the flexible porous layer is a sponge.

7. The flexible display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the heater comprises a metal frame and a wire connected with the metal frame.

8. The flexible display panel according to claim 7 , wherein the metal frame and a portion of the wire are between the first flexible layer and the second flexible layer, and the other portion of the wire extends to an outside of the first flexible layer and the second flexible layer.

9. The flexible display panel according to claim 7 , further comprising: a power supply connected with the wire; and a switch configured to control the wire to be connected or disconnected with the power supply.

10. The flexible display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the film-like structure further comprises a cooler configured to cool the filler.

11. The flexible display panel according to claim 10 , wherein the cooler comprises a plurality of piezoelectric cooling components arranged at intervals, each of the piezoelectric cooling components comprises a cold surface and a hot surface, and the cold surface is configured to cool the filler.

12. A method for controlling a flexible display panel to be switched between rigidity and flexibility, wherein the flexible display panel comprises: a flexible display structure and a film-like structure arranged on at least one side of the flexible display structure, the film-like structure comprises: a first flexible layer, a second flexible layer, a filler sealed between the first flexible layer and the second flexible layer, and a heater configured to heat the filler, and a hardness of the filler varies with a temperature of the filler; and

wherein the method comprises:

controlling, by the heater, the temperature of the filler to be increased from a first threshold interval within which the filler is in a solid state to a second threshold interval within which the filler is in a liquid state; and

controlling, by the cooler, the temperature of the filler to be decreased from the second threshold interval to the first threshold interval.

13. A film-like structure, comprising:

a first flexible layer;

a second flexible layer;

a filler sealed between the first flexible layer and the second flexible layer; and

a heater configured to heat the filler;

wherein a hardness of the filler varies with a temperature of the filler.

14. The film-like structure according to claim 13 , wherein the filler comprises a thermal characteristic material, the thermal characteristic material is in a solid state in a case that the temperature is within a first threshold interval, and the thermal characteristic material is in a liquid state in a case that the temperature is within a second threshold interval.

15. The film-like structure according to claim 14 , wherein the thermal characteristic material comprises at least one of wax and resin.

16. The film-like structure according to claim 15 , wherein the filler further comprises a flexible porous layer, the flexible porous layer comprises at least one porous structure, and the thermal characteristic material is filled in the porous structure.

17. The film-like structure according to claim 15 , wherein the flexible porous layer is a sponge.

18. The film-like structure according to claim 13 , wherein the heater comprises a metal frame and a wire connected with the metal frame.

19. The film-like structure according to claim 13 , wherein the film-like structure further comprises a cooler configured to cool the filler.

20. The film-like structure according to claim 19 , wherein the cooler comprises a plurality of piezoelectric cooling components arranged at intervals, each of the piezoelectric cooling components comprises a cold surface and a hot surface, and the cold surface is configured to cool the filler.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2018
From: DING, YUANKUI; YUAN, GUANGCAI; ZHAO, CE
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.; HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 045331/0855 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201720096939.1 · Jan 25, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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