Flexible display device
Provided is a flexible display device, including a flexible display panel and a support structure, the flexible display panel includes a main structure region, a bending region and an extension region, the bending region is bent to locate the extension region at a back of the main structure region, an accommodation space is formed between the main structure region, the extension region and the bending region, at least part of the support structure is located in the accommodation space, and one end of the support structure extends into a bending space surrounded by the bending region.
1. A flexible display device, comprising a flexible display panel and a support structure,
wherein the flexible display panel comprises a main structure region, a bending region and an extension region, the bending region is bent to locate the extension region at a back of the main structure region, an accommodation space is formed between the main structure region, the extension region and the bending region, at least part of the support structure is located in the accommodation space, and one end of the support structure extends into a bending space surrounded by the bending region, wherein
the flexible display device further comprises a cover plate and a housing, wherein the housing comprises a side structure and a main structure, the side structure is located on an outer side of the flexible display panel, the main structure of the housing is located on one side of the flexible display panel close to the extension region, the cover plate is located on one side of the main structure region away from the support structure, and an outer side of the cover plate is located above the side structure of the housing; and
the flexible display device further comprises a protruding structure of cover plate located on an edge of the cover plate close to the side structure.
2. The flexible display device of claim 1 , wherein the support structure is a plate-like structure.
3. The flexible display device of claim 2 , wherein the end of the support structure extending into the bending space has a round corner structure.
4. The flexible display device of claim 2 , wherein the support structure is a folded two-layer metal plate, a folded region of two layers of metal plate of the folded two-layer metal plate forms a round corner close to the bending region of the flexible display panel, a welding seam is formed between the two layers of metal plate, and one layer of metal plate close to the main structure region of the flexible display panel extends away from the bending region and beyond the other layer of metal plate close to the extension region of the flexible display panel.
5. The flexible display device of claim 4 , wherein a protruding support structure is integrally provided at the end of the support structure close to the bending region as a single piece, the protruding support structure is located in the bending space surrounded by the bending region and protrudes toward the main structure region, and a gap is formed between the protruding support structure and the bending region.
6. The flexible display device of claim 5 , wherein a filling structure is disposed in the gap, and a material of the filling structure is rubber.
7. The flexible display device of claim 5 , wherein the support structure is connected with the main structure region of the flexible display panel with an adhesive, and is connected with the extension region of the flexible display panel with an adhesive.
8. The flexible display device of claim 7 , wherein the adhesive is a double-sided tape.
9. The flexible display device of claim 8 , further comprising a first housing structure keeping an empty space in the extension region and the bending region, wherein the one layer of metal plate of the support structure close to the main structure region of the flexible display panel extends away from the bending region and beyond the other layer of metal plate close to the extension region of the flexible display panel, and the part of the one layer of metal plate, which is beyond the other layer of the metal plate, extends to the first housing structure and is overlapped with the first housing.
10. The flexible display device of claim 2 , further comprising a first housing structure keeping an empty space in the extension region and the bending region, wherein one end of the support structure away from the bending region is provided with a first overlapping structure, one end of the first housing structure close to the support structure is provided with a second overlapping structure matched with the first overlapping structure, and the first overlapping structure and the second overlapping structure are overlapped along a direction perpendicular to the flexible display panel.
11. The flexible display device of claim 10 , wherein the first overlapping structure is integrated with the support structure as a single piece, the second overlapping structure is integrated with the first housing structure as a single piece, both the first and second overlapping structures have reduced thicknesses in a direction perpendicular to the flexible display panel, an upper surface of the first overlapping structure facing the main structure region of the flexible display panel is flush with an upper surface of the support structure facing the main structure region of the flexible display panel and an upper surface of the first housing structure facing the main structure region of the flexible display panel, and a lower surface of the second overlapping structure away from the main structure region of the flexible display panel is flush with a lower surface of the extension region of the flexible display panel away from the support structure.
12. The flexible display device of claim 1 , wherein one end of the protruding structure of cover plate is located at a position which keeps a distance of 0.3 mm to 1 mm from an effective display area of the flexible display panel towards the edge of the cover plate, and the other end of the protruding structure of cover plate is located on the outer side of the cover plate above the side structure of the housing.
13. The flexible display device of claim 12 , further comprising an external circuit located between the extension region and the main structure of the housing.
14. The flexible display device of claim 13 , wherein the external circuit comprises a flexible printed circuit board disposed in the extension region and extending to one side of the first housing structure close to the housing.
15. The flexible display device of claim 14 , further comprising a buffer layer located between the main structure region and the support structure and between the main structure region and the first housing structure.
16. The flexible display device of claim 15 , wherein a gap is formed between the support structure and the bending region, and a filing structure is provided in the gap.
17. The flexible display device of claim 16 , wherein a material of the filling structure is rubber.
18. The flexible display device of claim 17 , further comprising a touch module, wherein,
the touch module is located on a side of the main structure region of the flexible display panel away from the extension region;
the cover plate is located on one side of the touch module away from the main structure region.
19. The flexible display device of claim 18 , further comprising a first housing structure located at a back of the main structure region and at the end of the support structure away from the bending region, wherein,
one end of the support structure away from the bending region is provided with a first overlapping structure, one end of the first housing structure close to the support structure is provided with a second overlapping structure matched with the first overlapping structure, and the first overlapping structure and the second overlapping structure are overlapped along a direction perpendicular to the flexible display panel; and
the first overlapping structure is integrated with the support structure as a single piece, the second overlapping structure is integrated with the first housing structure as a single piece, both the first and second overlapping structures have reduced thicknesses in a direction perpendicular to the flexible display panel, an upper surface of the first overlapping structure facing the main structure region of the flexible display panel is flush with an upper surface of the support structure facing the main structure region of the flexible display panel and an upper surface of the first housing structure facing the main structure region of the flexible display panel, and a lower surface of the second overlapping structure away from the main structure region of the flexible display panel is flush with a lower surface of the extension region of the flexible display panel away from the support structure.
20. The flexible display device of claim 12 , wherein an end of the protruding structure of cover plate on a side of the effective display area has a gradually reducing thickness; and/or
the protruding structure of cover plate is integrally formed with the cover plate as a single piece.