IP Library Granted Patent US 12,433,136
Granted Patent B2
US 12,433,136 · App. 17/763,358 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Flexible display apparatus and method for manufacturing the same

Inventors: Lu Liu (Beijing, CN); Shiming Shi (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
H10K59/873H10K50/844H10K71/00H10K59/12H10K2102/311
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Patent No.
US 12,433,136
App. No.
17/763,358
Granted
Sep 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a flexible display apparatus and a method for manufacturing the same. The flexible display apparatus includes a display device and a flexible cover plate disposed on a light emergent side of the display device; a first support layer is provided between the flexible cover plate and the display device, the first support layer includes at least one organic material layer and at least one inorganic material layer. The flexible display apparatus and the method for manufacturing the same can improve the pencil hardness of the whole module to a certain extent.

Claims (30)

1. A flexible display apparatus, comprising: a display device and a flexible cover plate disposed on a light emergent side of the display device; wherein a first support layer is provided between the flexible cover plate and the display device, and the first support layer comprises at least one organic material layer and at least one inorganic material layer, wherein

the first support layer comprises a composite film layer composed of the organic material layer and the inorganic material layer, and a thickness of the organic material layer in the composite film layer is 3 to 5 times a thickness of the inorganic material layer in the composite film layer, and

the composite film layers of the first support layer are in a number ranging from ten to fifteen.

2. The flexible display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first support layer comprises at least two composite film layers.

3. The flexible display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the composite film layers of the first support layer are in a number ranging from five to twenty-five.

4. The flexible display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the organic material layer has a thickness ranging from about 1.5 μm to about 7.5 μm.

5. The flexible display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the inorganic material layer has a thickness ranging from about 0.5 μm to about 1.5 μm.

6. The flexible display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a material of the organic material layer comprises methacrylate, epoxy resin or carbon-based polycarbonate.

7. The flexible display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a material of the inorganic material layer comprises SiNx or SiOx.

8. The flexible display apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the inorganic material layer is a stacked layer composed of a material layer made of SiNx and a material layer made of SiOx.

9. The flexible display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a connection layer disposed between the first support layer and the display device.

10. The flexible display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a second support layer disposed on a side of the display device away from the first support layer, the second support layer comprising a back film and a stainless steel layer, and the back film is disposed between the display device and the stainless steel layer.

11. The flexible display apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the back film comprises a plastic film and an adhesive layer.

12. The flexible display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein a material of the plastic film comprises PET, PI or PEN and the plastic film has a thickness ranging from about 10 μm to about 100 μm.

13. The flexible display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the adhesive layer has a thickness ranging from about 10 μm to about 50 μm.

14. The flexible display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a hard coating layer disposed on a light emergent side of the flexible cover plate, and a material of the hard coating layer comprises an organic material.

15. The flexible display apparatus of claim 14 , the organic material comprises a methacrylate material.

16. The flexible display apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the hard coating layer is formed of an organic material doped with an inorganic substance, the organic material is a methacrylate material, and a doping concentration of the inorganic substance in the methacrylate material is less than or equal to 50%.

17. A method for manufacturing a flexible display apparatus, comprising:

forming a display device;

forming a flexible cover plate;

forming a first support layer on a surface of the flexible cover plate on a light emergent side thereof;

connecting the flexible cover plate formed with the first support layer with the display device, wherein the flexible cover plate is provided on a light emergent side of the display device;

wherein the first support layer comprises at least one organic material layer and at least one inorganic material layer,

the first support layer comprises a composite film layer composed of the organic material layer and the inorganic material layer, and a thickness of the organic material layer in the composite film layer is 3 to 5 times a thickness of the inorganic material layer in the composite film layer, and

the composite film layers of the first support layer are in a number ranging from ten to fifteen.

18. The method of claim 17 , further comprises at least one of:

forming a connection layer on the first support layer to connect the flexible cover plate formed with the first support layer with the display device;

forming a second support layer on the display device, the second support layer being disposed on a light incidence side of the display device; or

forming a hard coating layer on the flexible cover plate, the hard coating layer being disposed on the light emergent side of the flexible cover plate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 4, 2022
From: LIU, LU; SHI, SHIMING
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010468954.0 · May 28, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220336775A1 · Oct 20, 2022
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