Cover plate, display panel, and display terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11997226-B2
Application number	US-202217668374-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 9, 2022
Priority date	Feb 24, 2020
Publication date	May 28, 2024
Grant date	May 28, 2024

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a cover plate, a display panel and a display terminal. The cover plate includes a first region and a second region surrounding the first region. The second region includes a plurality of side cover plate regions and at least one corner opening region located between two adjacent side cover plate regions. The cover plate includes at least one buffer portion which is filled in the corner opening region.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cover plate comprising:
a first region;
a second region surrounding the first region, the second region comprising:
a plurality of side cover plate regions; and
at least one corner opening region located between two adjacent side cover plate regions; and

at least one buffer portion, wherein the buffer portion is filled in the corner opening region;
wherein a first virtual intersection line formed by an intersection of two adjacent virtual side surfaces of the first region is perpendicular to a first plane parallel to the first region, and an orthographic projection of the first virtual intersection line on the first plane parallel to the first region is a first intersection point two side cover plate regions corresponding to the first intersection point comprise two adjacent virtual side end surfaces respectively, the corner opening region is a region located between the two adjacent virtual side end surfaces, and a second virtual intersection line is perpendicular to the first plane, and an orthographic projection of the second virtual intersection line on the first plane is a second intersection point, the second virtual intersection line is formed by an intersection of two planes where the two adjacent virtual side end surfaces are located respectively; and
wherein the second intersection point coincides with the first intersection point, or the second intersection point is located on a side of the first intersection point away from the first region.

2. The cover plate according to claim 1 , wherein the first region is a flat region, the second region is a curved region, the curved region is located at an edge of the flat region, and the curved region extends from the flat region.

3. The cover plate according to claim 1 , wherein a range of an angle between the two adjacent virtual side end surfaces is greater than 0° and less than or equal to 90°.

4. The cover plate according to claim 1 , wherein the buffer portion is a silicone member.

5. A display panel, comprising:
a display substrate; and
the cover plate according to claim 1 , wherein the display substrate is attached to the cover plate corresponding to the first region and the plurality of side cover plate regions.

6. The display panel according to claim 5 , wherein the display substrate comprises a first display region and a second display region surrounding an outer periphery of the first display region, the first display region is corresponding to the first region, the second display region comprises a plurality of side display regions, the plurality of side display regions are corresponding to the plurality of side cover plate regions of the second region respectively.

7. The display panel according to claim 6 , wherein a spacing region corresponding to the corner opening region is located between two adjacent side display regions.

8. The display panel according to claim 6 , wherein
the display substrate comprises a round corner;
a first virtual intersection line is perpendicular to a first plane parallel to the first region, and an orthographic projection of the first virtual intersection line on the first plane parallel to the first region is a first intersection point, the first virtual intersection line is formed by an intersection of two adjacent virtual side surfaces of the first region;
two side cover plate regions corresponding to the first intersection point comprises two adjacent virtual side end surfaces respectively, and an orthographic projection of a second virtual intersection line on the first plane is a second intersection point, the second virtual intersection line is formed by an intersection of two planes where the two adjacent virtual side end surfaces are located respectively; and
a contour line of the round corner extends from one of two side display regions corresponding to the first intersection point to the other one of the two side display regions, and an intersection point of the contour line of the round corner and a connecting line between the first intersection point and the second intersection point is a third intersection point.

9. The display panel according to claim 8 , wherein the third intersection point is a corner point of the first display region, when the corner point of the first display region coincides with the first intersection point, the third intersection point coincides with the first intersection point.

10. A display terminal comprising:
a middle frame; and
the display panel according to claim 5 , wherein the display panel is disposed on the middle frame, and the display panel comprises the cover plate.

11. The display terminal according to claim 10 , wherein the buffer portion is protruded from a surface of the middle frame facing to the cover plate.

12. The display terminal according to claim 11 , wherein the buffer portion is formed separately from the middle frame, and the buffer portion is embedded in the corner opening region and abuts against the middle frame in a sealing way.

13. The display terminal according to claim 11 , wherein a notch communicating with the corner opening region is formed at a corner of the middle frame, and the corner opening region and the notch are filled with the buffer portion.

14. The display terminal according to claim 13 , wherein the buffer portion is formed separately from the middle frame, and the buffer portion is bonded to an inner wall of the corner opening region and/or an inner wall of the notch through at least one bonding layer.

15. The display terminal according to claim 13 , wherein the buffer portion is formed separately from the middle frame, and the buffer portion is fixed in the corner opening region and/or the notch by at least one fastener.

16. The display panel according to claim 6 , wherein edges of the display substrate corresponding to two adjacent side display regions after being bent extend away from each other in a direction away from a plane where the first region is located.

17. A cover plate comprising:
a first region;
a second region surrounding the first region, the second region comprising:
a plurality of side cover plate regions; and
at least one corner opening region located between two adjacent side cover plate regions; and

at least one buffer portion, wherein the buffer portion is filled in the corner opening region;
wherein an orthographic projection of a first virtual intersection line on a first plane parallel to the first region is a first intersection point, the first virtual intersection line is formed by an intersection of two adjacent virtual side surfaces of the first region;
two side cover plate regions corresponding to the first intersection point comprise two adjacent virtual side end surfaces respectively, and an orthographic projection of a second virtual intersection line on the first plane is a second intersection point, the second virtual intersection line is formed by an intersection of two planes where the two adjacent virtual side end surfaces are located respectively; and
wherein the second intersection point is located in the first region.

18. The cover plate according to claim 17 , wherein the first region is a flat region, the second region is a curved region, the curved region is located at an edge of the flat region, and the curved region extends from the flat region.

19. The cover plate according to claim 17 , wherein the buffer portion is a silicone member.

20. A display panel, comprising:
a display substrate; and
a cover plate, wherein cover plate compri

Assignees

• Yungu Guan Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Liuyang
• Shan Qi
• Ding Liwei
• Liao fu
• Wu Yuhua
• Hou Hongqi
• Wang Jun

Classifications

• H04M1/0269 Primary

  mounted in a fixed curved configuration, e.g. display curved around the edges of the telephone housing · CPC title

• H05K5/0017

  with operator interface units · CPC title

• H05K5/03 Primary

  Covers · CPC title

• H04M1/185 Primary

  Improving the shock resistance of the housing, e.g. by increasing the rigidity · CPC title

• H05K5/06

  Hermetically-sealed casings {(specially adapted for small components H05K5/0095)} · CPC title