Display apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10365692-B2
Application number	US-201715736704-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 20, 2017
Priority date	Aug 7, 2017
Publication date	Jul 30, 2019
Grant date	Jul 30, 2019

Abstract

The present application discloses a display apparatus including a housing assembly, a connecting frame plate, a linkage and a flexible display panel, the housing assembly includes a middle frame and a housing pin jointed to each other; the connection frame plate is provided with a pivot connector pin jointed to the housing; the linkage is pin jointed to the middle frame and the pivot connector, respectively; the flexible display panel is disposed on surface of the middle frame; wherein the middle frames is abut against the housings when the housings rotated to make a distance between the second terminals of the two middle frames is greater than a distance between the first terminals. The bending perimeter of a folding region of the flexible display panel is increased to release the stress to prevent the folding region broken or damaged when the display apparatus is folded or expanded.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display apparatus, comprising:
a housing assembly comprising two housings and two middle frames, wherein first terminals of the middle frames are pin jointed to first terminals of the housings;
a connection frame plate comprising a pivot connector, second terminals of the two housings are pin jointed to the pivot connector;
a linkage comprising a first linkage, a second linkage, a first linkage connector, and a plurality of second linkage connectors, a first terminal of the first linkage pin jointed to the second linkage connector, a second terminal of the first linkage eccentrically pin jointed to the pivot connector, the second linkage respectively pin jointed to the first linkage connector and the plurality of second linkage connectors, the first linkage connector and the plurality of second linkage connectors respectively pin jointed to at least one of the two middle frames;
a flexible display panel disposed on surfaces of the two middle frames;
wherein the second terminals of the two middle frames abut against the second terminals of the housings when the two housings rotationally folded with respect to the connection frame plate to make a distance between the second terminals of the two middle frames is greater than a distance between the first terminals of the two middle frames, and the bending perimeter of a folding region of the flexible display panel increased to release the stress;
the pivot connector comprising a pivot portion, a first pivot post disposed on a side of the pivot portion, the pivot portion used for pin jointing to the housing, the first pivot post used for pin jointing to the second terminal of the first linkage; and
the two housings respectively comprising a bottom wall and a side wall connected to the bottom wall, the two middle frames opposite disposed to the bottom walls of the two housings, respectively, when the two housings bent, the distance between the second terminals of the two middle frames and the bottom wall is reduced.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the pivot connector further comprises a fool-proofing fitting portion disposed on the other side of the pivot portion, the pivot portion used for fixed fitting with the connection frame plate.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the connection frame plate comprises a substrate and two side plates perpendicular to both sides of the substrate, the side plate is provided with an irregular mounting hole to be fixedly connected to the fool-proofing fitting portion; the substrate comprises two side edges, the second terminals of the two housings comprises abutment surfaces, the two side edges are used for abutting against the abutment surfaces of the housing, respectively.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the first terminals of the middle frame are respectively provided with first mounting holes, and the side walls of the two housings are respectively provided with second mounting holes, the first mounting holes and the second mounting holes are fixed by fixing members to pin joint the two housings to the two middle frames.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first terminal of the first linkage is provided with a first pivot hole, the first pivot hole is used for pin jointing to the first pivot post, the second terminal of the first linkage is provided with a first pivot slot, the first pivot slot is used for pin jointing to the second linkage.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the second linkage comprises a plurality of second pivot slots and a plurality of stop slots, the second pivot slots are used for pin jointing to the first linkage connector and the second linkage connector, respectively; the stop slot is used to make the second linkage close to the housing to move when the second linkage rotated.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the first linkage connector comprises a second main body, a second pivot post disposed on a first terminal of the second main body, the second pivot post is used for pin jointing to the first pivot slot and the corresponding second pivot slot, respectively; a second pivot hole is provided at a second terminal of the second main body, the second pivot hole is used for pin jointing to the middle frame.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the second linkage connectors comprises a third main body, a third pivot post disposed on a first terminal of the third main body, the third main body is used for pin jointing to the corresponding second pivot slot; a third pivot hole is provided at a second terminal of the third main body, the third pivot hole is used for pin jointing to the middle frame; the length of the third pivot post is smaller than the length of the second pivot post.

9. A display apparatus, comprising:
a housing assembly comprising two housings and two middle frames, wherein first terminals of the middle frames are pin jointed to first terminals of the housings;
a connection frame plate comprising a pivot connector, second terminals of the two housings are pin jointed to the pivot connector;
a linkage comprising a first linkage, a second linkage, a first linkage connector, and a plurality of second linkage connectors, a first terminal of the first linkage pin jointed to the second linkage connector, a second terminal of the first linkage eccentrically pin jointed to the pivot connector, the second linkage respectively pin jointed to the first linkage connector and the plurality of second linkage connectors, the first linkage connector and the plurality of second linkage connectors respectively pin jointed to at least one of the two middle frames;
a flexible display panel disposed on surfaces of the two middle frames; and
wherein the second terminals of the two middle frames abut against the second terminals of the housings when the two housings rotationally folded with respect to the connection frame plate to make a distance between the second terminals of the two middle frames is greater than a distance between the first terminals of the two middle frames, and the bending perimeter of a folding region of the flexible display panel increased to release the stress.

10. The display apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the pivot connector comprises a pivot portion, a first pivot post is disposed on a side of the pivot portion, the pivot portion is used for pin jointing to the housing, the first pivot post is used for pin jointing to the second terminal of the first linkage.

11. The display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the pivot connector further comprises a fool-proofing fitting portion disposed on the other side of the pivot portion, the pivot portion used for fixed fitting with the connection frame plate.

12. The display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the first terminal of the first linkage is provided with a first pivot hole, the first pivot hole is used for pin jointing to the first pivot post, the second terminal of the first linkage is provided with a first pivot slot, the first pivot slot is used for pin jointing to the second linkage.

13. The display apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the second linkage comprises a plurality of second pivot slots and a plurality of stop slots, the second pivot slots are used for pin jointing to the first linkage connector and the second linkage connector, respectively; the stop slot is used to make the second linkage close to the housing to move when the second linkage rotated.

14. The display apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the first linkage connector comprises

Assignees

• Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yeh Shang-Hung

Classifications

• G06F1/1616

  with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position · CPC title

• G06F1/1647

  including at least an additional display (G06F1/1692 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F1/1641

  the display being formed by a plurality of foldable display components (G06F1/1647 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F1/1652 Primary

  the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable · CPC title

• G06F1/1681

  Details related solely to hinges (hinge details related to the transmission of signals or power are classified in G06F1/1683) · CPC title