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Granted Patent B2
US 11,243,574 · App. 16/862,737 · Granted Feb 8, 2022

Flexible display panel, method for fabricating the same, and flexible display device

Inventors: Tao Wang (Beijing, CN); Weifeng Zhou (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
G06F1/1652G09F9/301
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Patent No.
US 11,243,574
App. No.
16/862,737
Granted
Feb 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure provides a flexible display panel, a method for fabricating the same, and a flexible display device. A flexible display panel according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes a flexible substrate comprising a display area and a non-display area, the non-display area is provided with a bendable area; a display element arranged in the display area of the flexible substrate; a flexible element arranged in the bendable area of the flexible substrate; a backside protection film arranged on a side of the flexible substrate away from the display element; the backside protection film is provided with a groove; a length direction of the groove is parallel to a direction of a bending axis of the bendable area.

Claims (25)

1. A flexible display panel, comprising:

a flexible substrate comprising a display area and a non-display area, the non-display area is provided with a bendable area;

a display element arranged in the display area of the flexible substrate;

a flexible element arranged in the bendable area of the flexible substrate;

a backside protection film arranged on a side of the flexible substrate away from the display element; the backside protection film is provided with a groove; a length direction of the groove is parallel to a direction of a bending axis of the bendable area; an orthographical projection of the groove on the flexible substrate is in the bendable area.

2. The flexible display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the backside protection film comprises a back-film substrate and a back-film adhesive layer; the back-film substrate is attached to the flexible substrate through the back-film adhesive layer.

3. The flexible display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the groove runs through the back-film substrate and the back-film adhesive layer in a thickness direction of the backside protection film.

4. The flexible display panel according to claim 3 , wherein the backside protection film is provided with one groove.

5. The flexible display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the backside protection film is provided with a plurality of grooves; a delimiting strip is formed between any two adjacent grooves of the plurality of grooves.

6. The flexible display panel according to claim 5 , wherein the delimiting strip penetrates through the backside protection film in a thickness direction of the backside protection film.

7. The flexible display panel according to claim 5 , wherein the delimiting strip penetrates through a part of the backside protection film in a thickness direction of the backside protection film.

8. The flexible display panel according to claim 5 , comprising a plurality of the delimiting strips, wherein an extension direction of the delimiting strips is parallel to the direction of the bending axis, and heights of the delimiting strips in a direction perpendicular to the flexible display panel is same.

9. The flexible display panel according to claim 8 , wherein the delimiting strips are arranged symmetric about a symmetry axis running through a bending center of the bendable area where the delimiting strips are located.

10. The flexible display panel according to claim 9 , wherein a spacing between each of the delimiting strips is increasing gradually from the bending center of the bendable area where the delimiting strips are located to both sides of the bendable area.

11. The flexible display panel according to claim 8 , wherein the backside protection film is located on an outermost side of the flexible display panel, and the delimiting strips are arranged in the backside protection film.

12. The flexible display panel according to claim 8 , wherein the delimiting strips penetrate through the backside protection film in a thickness direction of the backside protection film.

13. The flexible display panel according to claim 8 , wherein the delimiting strips penetrate through a part of the backside protection film in a thickness direction of the backside protection film.

14. The flexible display panel according to claim 1 , wherein a coating layer is arranged on a side of the flexible element away from the flexible substrate; the coating layer covers the groove in a direction which is perpendicular to the flexible substrate.

15. The flexible display panel according to claim 14 , wherein a width of the coating layer is greater than a width of the groove in a direction which is perpendicular to the bending axis and parallel to the flexible substrate.

16. The flexible display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the groove partially runs through a part of the backside protection film in a thickness direction of the backside protection film.

17. A flexible display device, comprising the flexible display panel according to claim 1 .

18. A method for fabricating the flexible display panel of claim 1 , the method comprising:

forming the flexible element on the flexible substrate;

forming the backside protection film on the side of the flexible substrate away from the flexible element; and

forming the groove arranged on of the backside protection film.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2020
From: WANG, TAO; ZHOU, WEIFENG
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053415/0747 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201710301304.5 · May 2, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part 16079792
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