Display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11270606-B2
Application number	US-202016990200-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 11, 2020
Priority date	Sep 6, 2019
Publication date	Mar 8, 2022
Grant date	Mar 8, 2022

Abstract

A display device includes a display panel, a first back cover which supports the display panel on a rear surface of the display panel; at least one flexible film which is electrically connected to a lower end of a rear surface of the display panel and is disposed on a rear surface of the first back cover; a printed circuit board which is electrically connected to the flexible film and disposed on the rear surface of the first back cover; a cover unit which accommodates the flexible films and the printed circuit board on the rear surface of the first back cover; and a roller around which the display panel and the first back cover are wound or unwound. Accordingly, a pad crack caused by a tension of the plurality of flexible films may be improved.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device, comprising:
a display panel;
a first back cover which supports the display panel on a rear surface of the display panel;
at least one flexible film which is electrically connected to a lower end of the rear surface of the display panel and is disposed on a rear surface of the first back cover;
a printed circuit board which is electrically connected to the flexible film and disposed on the rear surface of the first back cover;
a cover unit which accommodates the flexible film and the printed circuit board on the rear surface of the first back cover; and
a roller around which the display panel and the first back cover are wound or unwound,
wherein the roller has a cylindrical shape in which a part of an outer circumferential surface is configured by a first flat portion and a second flat portion and the remaining part of the outer circumferential surface is configured by a curved portion, and
wherein first and second bottom surfaces of the cover unit configure a plane which is bent with two levels to correspond to the first and second flat portions of the roller.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a second back cover which supports a lower end of the display panel on a front surface of the display panel.

3. The display device according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a second adhesive layer which is interposed between the display panel and the second back cover to bond the display panel and the second back cover.

4. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the first back cover is attached to a display area of the display panel to support the display panel and the second back cover is attached to a wiring line area at a lower end of the display area to support the display panel.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first adhesive layer which is interposed between the display panel and the first back cover to bond the display panel and the first back cover.

6. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein the first adhesive layer is free from being disposed on a lower end of the rear surface of the display panel to which the flexible film is attached.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the cover unit includes:
a cover plate in which one surface has a convex shape and the other surface configures the first and second bottom surfaces; and
a base plate which includes first and second flat surfaces and is attached so as to correspond to the first and second bottom surfaces of the cover plate.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the flexible film and the printed circuit board are disposed between the base plate and the cover plate.

9. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one flexible film corresponds to the second bottom surface of the cover plate and the printed circuit board corresponds to the first bottom surface of the cover plate.

10. A display device, comprising:
a display panel;
a first back cover which supports the display panel on a rear surface of the display panel;
at least one flexible film which is electrically connected to a lower end of the rear surface of the display panel and is disposed on a rear surface of the first back cover;
a printed circuit board which is electrically connected to the flexible film and disposed on the rear surface of the first back cover;
a cover unit which accommodates the flexible film and the printed circuit board on the rear surface of the first back cover; and
a roller around which the display panel and the first back cover are wound or unwound,
wherein the roller has a cylindrical shape in which a part of an outer circumferential surface is configured by a first flat portion and a second flat portion and the remaining part of the outer circumferential surface is configured by a curved portion,
wherein the cover unit includes a first cover unit and a second cover unit, and
wherein the first cover unit includes:
a first cover plate in which one surface has a convex shape and a first bottom surface configures a plane to correspond to the first flat portion of the roller; and
a first base plate disposed to correspond to the first bottom surface of the first cover plate.

11. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein the second cover unit includes:
a second cover plate in which one surface has a convex shape and a second bottom surface configures a plane to correspond to the second flat portion of the roller; and
a second base plate disposed to correspond to the second bottom surface of the second cover plate.

12. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein the printed circuit board is located between the first base plate and the first cover plate and the flexible film is located between the second base plate and the second cover plate.

13. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein a fixing hole which passes through the first cover plate and the second cover plate is formed and a fastening member is fastened through the fixing hole so that the first cover plate and the second cover plate are interworked.

14. A display device, comprising:
a display panel;
a first back cover which supports the display panel on a rear surface of the display panel;
at least one flexible film which is electrically connected to a lower end of the rear surface of the display panel and is disposed on a rear surface of the first back cover;
a printed circuit board which is electrically connected to the flexible film and disposed on the rear surface of the first back cover;
a cover unit which accommodates the flexible film and the printed circuit board on the rear surface of the first back cover; and
a roller around which the display panel and the first back cover are wound or unwound,
wherein the roller has a cylindrical shape in which a part of an outer circumferential surface is configured by one flat portion and the remaining part of the outer circumferential surface is configured by a curved portion, and
wherein the cover unit includes:
a cover plate in which one surface has a convex shape and a bottom surface configures a plane to correspond to the flat portion of the roller; and
a base plate disposed to correspond to the bottom surface of the cover plate.

15. The display device according to claim 14 , wherein the flexible film and the printed circuit board are disposed between the base plate and the cover plate.

Assignees

• Lg Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kwon Hoiyong
• Song Jihun

Classifications

• H05K1/028

  Bending or folding regions of flexible printed circuits (H05K1/0283 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G09F9/301 Primary

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

• H05K5/0217

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

• G06F1/1652

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

• G02F1/133308

  Support structures for LCD panels, e.g. frames or bezels · CPC title