Supporting structure, manufacturing method thereof, display apparatus and assembling method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11540404-B2
Application number	US-202017256118-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 13, 2020
Priority date	Apr 25, 2019
Publication date	Dec 27, 2022
Grant date	Dec 27, 2022

Abstract

A supporting structure includes a supporting structure body and a fixing member fixedly connected to the supporting structure body. The supporting structure body is located in a gap inside a bending part of a bending structure of a display apparatus, a first end of the bending structure is fixedly connected to a front surface of a display panel in the display apparatus, a second end of the bending structure is located on a back of the display panel, and the first end and the second end are opposite ends. The display apparatus further includes a housing at least wrapping the bending part of the bending structure, and the fixing member is fixedly connected to the housing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A supporting structure comprising: a supporting structure body and a fixing member fixedly connected to the supporting structure body,
wherein the supporting structure body is located in a gap inside a bending part of a bending structure of a display apparatus, a first end of the bending structure is fixedly connected to a front surface of a display panel in the display apparatus, a second end of the bending structure is located on a back of the display panel, and the first end and the second end are opposite ends; and
wherein the display apparatus further comprises a housing at least wrapping the bending part of the bending structure, and the fixing member is fixedly connected to the housing; and
wherein the housing comprises a second sub-housing wrapping the bending part; and
the fixing member comprises at least one second fixing member fixedly connected to the second sub-housing.

2. The supporting structure according to claim 1 , wherein the housing comprises a first sub-housing wrapping a part of the bending structure bent to the back of the display panel; and
the fixing member comprises at least one first fixing member fixedly connected to the first sub-housing.

3. The supporting structure according to claim 2 , wherein the first fixing member is located on a first surface of the supporting structure body, and the first surface is a surface of the supporting structure body except a surface for supporting the bending structure.

4. The supporting structure according to claim 3 , wherein the fixing member comprises a plurality of first fixing members symmetrically located on part or all of at least one pair of first surfaces facing each other.

5. The supporting structure according to claim 2 , wherein the first fixing member is located on a second surface of the supporting structure body, and the second surface faces the part of the bending structure bent to the back of the display panel.

6. The supporting structure according to claim 2 , wherein the first sub-housing has a groove, and the first fixing member is snap-fitted in the groove.

7. The supporting structure according to claim 1 , wherein the second fixing member is located on a third surface of the supporting structure body towards the bending part.

8. The supporting structure according to claim 7 , wherein the fixing member comprises a plurality of second fixing members evenly distributed on the third surface.

9. The supporting structure according to claim 1 , wherein the second sub-housing has a groove, and the second fixing member is fixedly connected to an inner wall of the groove.

10. The supporting structure according to claim 1 , wherein the fixing member extends to the housing via a side of the bending structure, and is fixedly connected to the housing; or
the fixing member is fixedly connected to the housing through a via in the bending structure.

11. The supporting structure according to claim 1 , wherein the display apparatus further comprises a middle frame located at one end of the supporting structure body away from the bending part, and the supporting structure is further fixedly connected to the middle frame.

12. The supporting structure according to claim 11 , wherein one end of the supporting structure body close to the middle frame has a first step-like structure, one end of the middle frame close to the supporting structure body has a second step-like structure, and the supporting structure body and the middle frame are fixedly connected by engagement of the first step-like structure and the second step-like structure.

13. The supporting structure according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of one end of the supporting structure body close to the bending part is greater than that of one end of the supporting structure body away from the bending part.

14. The supporting structure according to claim 1 , wherein an outer contour of a surface of the supporting structure body close to the bending part is arc-shaped.

15. The supporting structure according to claim 1 , wherein the bending structure comprises a conductive structure.

16. A display apparatus comprising the display panel, the bending structure in a bent state, the housing and the supporting structure according to claim 1 .

17. A method for assembling a display apparatus, wherein the display apparatus is the display apparatus according to claim 16 and the method comprises:
providing the display panel, the supporting structure, the housing, and the bending structure, the supporting structure comprising the supporting structure body and the fixing member fixedly connected to the supporting structure body;
fixedly connecting the first end of the bending structure to the front surface of the display panel, the second end of the bending structure being located on the back of the display panel, and the first end and the second end being opposite ends;
placing the supporting structure in the gap inside the bending part of the bending structure; and
fixing the housing on the back of the display panel, and fixedly connecting the fixing member to the housing, wherein the housing wraps at least the bending part of the bending structure.

18. A method for manufacturing a supporting structure, wherein the supporting structure is the supporting structure according to claim 1 and the method comprises:
providing a plate-like structure;
disposing at least one rabbet at one end of the plate-like structure, the rabbeted plate-like structure being divided into a plate-like structure body and at least two sub-structures connected to the plate-like structure body, and every two adjacent substructures being separated by one rabbet; and
folding at least one of the substructures in half along a first fold line to obtain a supporting structure body and a fixing member fixedly connected to the supporting structure body, wherein the at least one substructure folded in half and the plate-like structure body constitute the supporting structure body.

19. The method according to claim 18 , wherein, the folding at least one of the substructures in half along the first fold line to obtain the supporting structure body and the fixing member fixedly connected to the supporting structure body, comprises:
folding the at least one of the substructures in half along the first fold line to obtain the supporting structure body; and
folding other substructure(s) in half along a second fold line to obtain the fixing member, the other substructure(s) being substructure(s) in the at least two substructures expect the at least one substructure.

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sun Baofeng
• Chu Shangchieh
• Zhou Yonghong
• Luo Xiaofei
• Yang Yanyan

Classifications

• G06F1/1652

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

• G09F9/301 Primary

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

• G06F1/1637

  Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing · CPC title

• G06F1/1626

  with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs] · CPC title

• H05K5/0217 Primary

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