Display module and display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12133341-B2
Application number	US-202117781027-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 13, 2021
Priority date	Apr 13, 2021
Publication date	Oct 29, 2024
Grant date	Oct 29, 2024

Abstract

A display module and a display device are disclosed. The display module includes a display substrate provided with a first edge; a circuit board arranged at the first edge of the display substrate and electrically connected with the display substrate; and a supporting plate arranged on the non-display surface of the display substrate; the supporting plate is able to be bent and includes a first part and a second part, and the second part is provided with a hollow opening; the display substrate is positioned on the first part and is fixedly connected with the first part; and the circuit board is positioned on the second part and is fixedly connected with the second part.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display module, comprising: a display substrate provided with a first edge; a circuit board arranged at the first edge of the display substrate and electrically connected with the display substrate; and a supporting plate arranged on a non-display surface of the display substrate; wherein the supporting plate is able to be bent and comprises a first part and a second part, and the second part is provided with a hollow opening; wherein the display substrate is positioned on the first part and is fixedly connected with the first part; and the circuit board is positioned on the second part and is fixedly connected with the second part, wherein the circuit board comprises a soft part and a hard part, the hard part is arranged on a side, away from the display substrate, of the soft part, and the soft part is able to be bent; and the second part of the supporting plate comprises a connecting part and a fixed part; the fixed part is arranged on a side, away from the first part, of the connecting part, and the connecting part is provided with the hollow opening; the soft part is arranged on the connecting part, and the hard part is arranged on the fixed part and fixedly connected with the fixed part.

2. The display module according to claim 1 , wherein the hard part is provided with first positioning holes; and
the fixed part of the supporting plate is provided with second positioning holes corresponding to the first positioning holes, and projections of the first positioning holes on a plane where the supporting plate is located are overlapped with the second positioning holes.

3. The display module according to claim 2 , wherein the hard part is in a strip shape and extends along the first edge of the display substrate; and
the hard part is provided with two first positioning holes, and the two first positioning holes are arranged at two ends of the hard part respectively.

4. The display module according to claim 2 , further comprising connectors, wherein the connectors are configured to penetrate through the first positioning holes and the second positioning holes to fix the hard part and the fixed part of the supporting plate.

5. The display module according to claim 1 , wherein a projection, on the plane where the supporting plate is located, of the hard part roughly coincides with the fixed part; and a distance between a projection of an edge of the hard part on the plane where the supporting plate is located and an edge of the fixed part closest to the edge of the hard part ranges from 0 mm to 0.5 mm.

6. The display module according to claim 5 , wherein the hard part comprises a second edge, and the second edge is close to the first edge of the display substrate; and
projections of edges, other than the second edge, in the hard part on the plane where the supporting plate is located are not overlapped with the fixed part.

7. The display module according to claim 1 , wherein a projection of the display substrate on the plane where the supporting plate is located roughly coincides with the first part; and a distance between a projection of each edge of the display substrate on the plane where the supporting plate is located and an edge of the first part closest to the each edge of the display substrate ranges from 0 mm to 0.5 mm.

8. The display module according to claim 7 , further comprising a cover plate arranged on a side, away from the supporting plate, of the display substrate, wherein the cover plate is made of a flexible material; and
projections of edges, other than an edge close to one side of the second part, in the first part on the plane where the display substrate is located are not overlapped with the display substrate.

9. The display module according to claim 1 , wherein a width of the connecting part and a width of the fixed part of the supporting plate are smaller than a width of the first part in an extending direction of the first edge of the display substrate.

10. The display module according to claim 9 , wherein the width of the connecting part of the supporting plate is identical to the width of the fixed part of the supporting plate in the extending direction of the first edge of the display substrate.

11. The display module according to claim 1 , wherein the hollow opening comprises at least two rows of through holes, each row of through holes are arranged in the extending direction of the first edge of the display substrate, and through holes in an odd number rows and through holes in an even number rows are at least partially staggered.

12. The display module according to claim 11 , wherein the through hole is a strip-shaped hole extending in the extending direction of the first edge.

13. The display module according to claim 1 , wherein the supporting plate is of an integrated structure.

14. The display module according to claim 1 , wherein the supporting plate is a stainless steel plate.

15. The display module according to claim 14 , wherein a thickness of the supporting plate ranges from 50 micrometers to 200 micrometers.

16. The display module according to claim 1 , wherein the display substrate is a flexible organic light emitting diode (OLED) substrate.

17. A display device, comprising the display module claim 1 .

18. The display device according to claim 17 , further comprising a keyboard assembly and a rotating shaft assembly, wherein:
the rotating shaft assembly is arranged at a first edge of the display substrate, and the keyboard assembly is connected with the display substrate through the rotating shaft assembly;
the circuit board and the second part of the supporting plate cross the rotating shaft assembly and extend into the keyboard assembly; and
the circuit board and the second part of the supporting plate are able to be bent around the rotating shaft assembly.

Assignees

• Chengdu Boe Optoelect Tech Co
• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Zhihui
• Xiong Ren
• Yang Lei
• Wu Fengping
• Song Huiqiang
• Wang Ce

Classifications

• H05K5/006 Primary

  characterized by features for holding the PCB within the housing · CPC title

• H10K77/111 Primary

  Flexible substrates · CPC title

• H05K5/0069

  having connector relating features for connecting the connector pins with the PCB or for mounting the connector body with the housing · CPC title

• H05K1/189

  characterised by the use of flexible or folded printed circuits · CPC title

• G06F1/1662

  Details related to the integrated keyboard · CPC title