Flexible display panel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10403848-B2
Application number	US-201715547500-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 18, 2017
Priority date	Mar 17, 2017
Publication date	Sep 3, 2019
Grant date	Sep 3, 2019

Abstract

A flexible display panel is disclosed. The flexible display panel includes a flexible display unit and a curved state setting component. The flexible display unit includes a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface where the first surface is an emitting surface of the flexible display unit. The curved state setting component is fixed on the second surface to adjust the flexible display unit in a curved state. This disclosure allows the flexible display panel to remain in a curved state.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A flexible display panel comprising:
a flexible display unit comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the first surface being an emitting surface of the flexible display unit;
a curved state setting component, fixed on the second surface, to adjust the flexible display unit in a curved state;
the curved state setting component comprising:
one or more first fitting parts;
one or more second fitting parts;
where both the one or more first fitting parts and second fitting parts fix on the second surface;
wherein upon a condition that the curved state setting component comprises two or more of the first setting parts and two or more of the second setting parts, the two or more first setting parts and the two or more second setting parts are arranged in a one-dimensional array or a two-dimensional array.

2. The flexible display panel of claim 1 , wherein when the first fitting parts connect to the second fitting parts, the flexible display panel changes from a plane state to the curved state.

3. The flexible display panel of claim 1 , wherein when the first fitting part separates from the second fitting part, the flexible display panel changes from the curved state into a plane state.

4. The flexible display panel of claim 1 , wherein the curved state setting component is a hook-and-loop fastener.

5. The flexible display panel of claim 4 , wherein the first fitting parts and the second fitting parts are the hooks and the loops respectively of the hook-and-loop fasteners.

6. A flexible display panel comprising:
a flexible display unit comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the first surface being an emitting surface of the flexible display unit; and
a curved state setting component, fixed on the second surface, to adjust the flexible display unit in a curved state.

7. The flexible display panel of claim 6 , wherein the curved state setting component comprising:
one or more first fitting parts; and
one or more second fitting parts;
where both the one or more first fitting parts and second fitting parts fix on the second surface.

8. The flexible display panel of claim 7 , wherein when the first fitting parts connect to the second fitting parts, the flexible display panel changes from a plane state to the curved state.

9. The flexible display panel of claim 7 , wherein when the first fitting part separates from the second fitting part, the flexible display panel changes from the curved state into a plane state.

10. The flexible display panel of claim 7 , wherein the curved state setting component is a hook-and-loop fastener.

11. The flexible display panel of claim 10 , wherein the first fitting parts and the second fitting parts are the hooks and the loops respectively of the hook-and-loop fasteners.

12. The flexible display panel of claim 7 , wherein the curved state setting component is magnet pads.

13. The flexible display panel of claim 12 , wherein the first fitting parts and the second fitting parts are the first magnet block and an iron block respectively of the magnet pads.

14. The flexible display panel of claim 12 , wherein the first fitting parts and the second fitting parts are the second magnet block and the third magnet block respectively of the magnet pads.

15. The flexible display panel of claim 7 , wherein upon a condition that the curved state setting component comprises two or more the first setting parts and two or more the second setting parts, the two or more first setting parts and the two or more second setting parts are arranged in a one-dimensional array or a two-dimensional array.

16. The flexible display panel of claim 6 , further comprising a fixing component to fix the curved state setting component on the second surface.

17. The flexible display panel of claim 16 , wherein the fixing component comprises a holding part mating with the second surface and a clip part disposed on the holding part to mate with the curved state setting component.

18. The flexible display panel of claim 17 , wherein the holding part comprises teeth fitting an edge of the curved state setting component in order to fix the curved state setting component.

19. The flexible display panel of claim 18 , wherein the teeth are located on the holding part corresponding to the edge of the curved state setting component.

20. The flexible display unit panel of claim 17 , wherein the holding part further comprises a pad sucker, disposed on the side contacting with the flexible display unit, to suck the holding part onto the flexible display unit.

Assignees

• Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Han Wen
• Ma Rong

Classifications

• H05K5/0217

  Mechanical details of casings (covers, lids, hoods or members for covering apertures H05K5/03) · CPC title

• G09F9/301 Primary

  flexible foldable or roll-able electronic displays, e.g. thin LCD, OLED · CPC title

• H05K5/0017

  with operator interface units · CPC title

• H01L51/0097

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/5237 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic