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Granted Patent B2
US 12,495,686 · App. 18/170,110 · Granted Dec 9, 2025

Display assembly and electronic apparatus

Inventors: Takayuki Morino (Kanagawa, JP); Shigehiro Horiuchi (Kanagawa, JP); Takehito Yamauchi (Kanagawa, JP); Hiroaki Kinoshita (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
H10K59/131H10K77/111H10K2102/311
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Patent No.
US 12,495,686
App. No.
18/170,110
Granted
Dec 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display assembly includes: a display body that is formed in a flexible sheet shape, and includes an active region and a non-active region; a plate that is disposed on a side of a rear surface of the display body, and supports the display body on a first surface; a control board that performs display control of the display body; and a wire that connects the display body and the control board. The display body has an extended portion that extends a part of the non-active region, and a folded portion that is provided in a middle of the extended portion and folded back so as to wrap around an end surface of the plate.

Claims (51)

1 . A display assembly comprising:

a display body that is formed in a flexible sheet shape, and includes an active region and a non-active region;

a plate that is disposed on a side of a rear surface of the display body, and supports the display body on a first surface;

a control board that performs display control of the display body; and

a wire that connects the display body and the control board, wherein

the display body has an extended portion that extends from a part of the non-active region, and a folded portion that is provided in a middle of the extended portion and folded back so as to wrap around an end surface of the plate, and

the wire is connected to an end portion of the extended portion so that a connecting portion between the extended portion and the wire is disposed on a side of a second surface of the plate, wherein

the plate has a chamfered inclined surface formed at a corner portion between the end surface and the second surface, and

the connecting portion is fixed to the inclined surface.

2 . The display assembly according to claim 1 , wherein

the plate has a chamfered inclined surface formed at a corner portion between the end surface and the second surface, and

the display body has the end portion of the extended portion that is fixed to the inclined surface.

3 . The display assembly according to claim 1 , wherein

the control board is supported on the second surface of the plate.

4 . The display assembly according to claim 1 , wherein

the wire is configured with a plurality of flexible boards aligned along a width direction of the extended portion, and

each connecting portion between each flexible board and the extended portion is disposed on the side of the second surface of the plate.

5 . An electronic apparatus comprising:

a chassis member;

a display assembly supported by the chassis member, wherein

the display assembly includes

a display body that is formed in a flexible sheet shape, and includes an active region and a non-active region,

a plate that is disposed on a side of a rear surface of the display body by being fixed to the chassis member, and supports the display body on a first surface,

a control board that performs display control of the display body, and

a wire that connects the display body and the control board,

the display body has an extended portion that extends from a part of the non-active region, and a folded portion that is provided in a middle of the extended portion and folded back so as to wrap around an end surface of the plate,

the wire is connected to an end portion of the extended portion so that a connecting portion between the extended portion and the wire is disposed on a side of a second surface of the plate,

the wire is configured by a plurality of flexible boards aligned side by side with a gap along a width direction of the extended portion of the display assembly,

the chassis member has a support surface that faces the second surface of the plate, and

the second surface of the plate is provided with a protruding portion that stands upright through the gap, and fixed to the support surface.

6 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

the chassis member has a standing wall that stands upright on a side of the display assembly, and a rear surface plate that is disposed on a side of a rear surface of the plate,

the display assembly has a front surface sheet that is laminated on a front surface of the display body, and

the electronic apparatus further includes a bezel member that is provided so as to straddle between the standing wall and the display assembly, and adhesively fixed to the standing wall and the front surface sheet.

7 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

a plurality of the gaps are provided by providing three or more flexible boards, and

the second surface of the plate is further provided with a leg portion that stands upright through a gap different from the gap provided with the protruding portion among the plurality of the gaps, and contacts the support surface.

8 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

the chassis member has a first chassis member, and a second chassis member adjacent to the first chassis member,

the plate has a first plate that is supported by the first chassis member, and a second plate that is supported by the second chassis member,

the electronic apparatus further includes a hinge device that relatively rotatably connects the first chassis member and the second chassis member between a first posture in which the first chassis member and the second chassis member are laminated so as to overlap each other in a surface normal direction and a second posture in which the first chassis member and the second chassis member are aligned to each other in a direction perpendicular to the surface normal direction, and

the display body extends over the first plate and the second plate, and the folded portion is provided so as to wrap around an end surface of the first plate or the second plate.

9 . A display assembly comprising:

a display body that is formed in a flexible sheet shape, and includes an active region and a non-active region;

a plate that is disposed on a side of a rear surface of the display body, and supports the display body on a first surface;

a control board that performs display control of the display body; and

a wire that connects the display body and the control board, wherein

the display body has an extended portion that extends from a part of the non-active region, and a folded portion that is provided in a middle of the extended portion and folded back so as to wrap around an end surface of the plate, and

the wire is connected to an end portion of the extended portion so that a connecting portion between the extended portion and the wire is disposed on a side of a second surface of the plate, wherein

the plate has a chamfered inclined surface formed at a corner portion between the end surface and the second surface, and

the display body has the end portion of the extended portion that is fixed to the inclined surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2023
From: MORINO, TAKAYUKI; HORIUCHI, SHIGEHIRO; YAMAUCHI, TAKEHITO; KINOSHITA, HIROAKI
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 062855/0175 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-038242 · Mar 11, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230292565A1 · Sep 14, 2023
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