Display module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12506827-B2
Application number	US-202318263537-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 9, 2023
Priority date	May 12, 2023
Publication date	Dec 23, 2025
Grant date	Dec 23, 2025

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a display module. A first border area of a first frame area of the display module includes a first sub-area. The curvature of a cover plate located in the first sub-area is greater than zero in a direction parallel to a first edge. A first backplane of a supporting member is disposed on one side of a display function portion close to a binding portion. A second backplane is disposed on one side of the display function portion close to the binding portion. A distance between a first portion of the first backplane and the first edge is greater than a distance between a second portion of the first backplane and the first edge.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A display module comprising a central area and a first frame area disposed on one side of the central area, wherein the first frame area comprises a first border area and a first corner area disposed on either side of the first border area, and the display module comprises:
a display panel comprising a display function portion disposed in the central area, a binding portion disposed opposite to the display function portion, and a bending portion connecting the display function portion and the binding portion; a cover plate disposed on a light-emitting side of the display panel, and the cover plate is disposed in the central area and the first frame area; and a supporting member disposed on one side of the display panel, the supporting member comprises a first backplane and a second backplane that are oppositely disposed, the first backplane is disposed on one side of the display function portion close to the binding portion, and the second backplane is disposed on one side of the binding portion close to the display function portion; wherein the display module comprises a first edge corresponding to one side of the first frame area away from the central area, the first border area comprises at least one first sub-area, a curvature of the cover plate located in the first sub-area is greater than zero in a direction parallel to the first edge, at least part of the bending portion is disposed in the first sub-area, the first backplane comprises a first portion located in the first sub-area, the second backplane comprises a second portion located in the first sub-area and corresponding to the first portion, and a distance between one side of the first portion close to the first edge and the first edge is greater than a distance between one side of the second portion close to the first edge and the first edge.

2 . The display module according to claim 1 , wherein the first border area further comprises a second sub-area, and the first sub-area is disposed on either side of the second sub-area close to the first corner area;
wherein the cover plate is disposed in a full curve, and a minimum curvature radius of the cover plate located in the second sub-area is larger than a maximum curvature radius of the cover plate located in the first sub-area.

3 . The display module according to claim 2 , wherein the second backplane further comprises a third portion located in the second sub-area, and the third portion is connected to the second portion;
the first backplane further comprises a fourth portion located in the second sub-area, the fourth portion corresponds to the third portion, and a distance between the third portion and the first edge is equal to a distance between the fourth portion and the first edge; wherein curvature radiuses of the cover plate at any positions in the second sub-area are equal, and the curvature radius of the cover plate in the first sub-area gradually decreases in a direction from the second sub-area to the first corner area.

4 . The display module of claim 2 , wherein the second backplane further comprises a third portion disposed in the second sub-area and a fifth portion disposed in the first sub-area, the third portion is connected to the second portion through the fifth portion, and a distance between the fifth portion and the first edge is equal to a distance between the first portion and the first edge;
the first backplane further comprises a fourth portion located in the second sub-area, the fourth portion corresponds to the third portion, and a distance between the third portion and the first edge is equal to a distance between the fourth portion and the first edge; wherein curvature radiuses of the cover plate at any positions in the second sub-area are equal, and the curvature radius of the cover plate in the first sub-area gradually decreases in a direction from the second sub-area to the first corner area.

5 . The display module according to claim 4 , wherein in the first frame area, a curvature radius of the cover plate corresponding to the third portion remains unchanged, in a direction from the second sub-area to the first corner area, a curvature radius of the cover plate corresponding to the fifth portion gradually decreases and a curvature radius of the cover plate corresponding to the second portion gradually decreases.

6 . The display module according to claim 5 , wherein a minimum value of the curvature radius of the cover plate corresponding to the second portion is greater than a maximum value of the curvature radius of the cover plate corresponding to the fifth portion.

7 . The display module of claim 2 , wherein the second backplane further comprises a third portion located in the second sub-area, and a distance between the third portion and the first edge is greater than a distance between the second portion and the first edge.

8 . The display module according to claim 7 , wherein in a direction from a center of the second sub-area to the first corner area, the distance between the third portion and the first edge gradually decreases, and a curvature radius of the cover plate in the second sub-area gradually decreases.

9 . The display module according to claim 7 , wherein the third portion comprises a first sub-portion and second sub-portions disposed on both sides of the first sub-portion, the first sub-portion is connected to the second portions through the second sub-portion, in the direction from a center of the second sub-area to the first corner area, a distance between the first sub-portion and the first edge remains unchanged, a distance between the second sub-portion and the first edge gradually decreases, and a curvature radius of the cover plate in the second sub-area gradually decreases.

10 . The display module according to claim 2 , wherein a distance between one side of the second portion close to the first edge and the first edge gradually decreases in a direction from the second sub-area to the first corner area.

11 . The display module according to claim 10 , wherein the side of the second portion close to the first edge is an arc surface.

12 . The display module according to claim 11 , wherein the side of the second portion close to the first edge is an arc surface concave to the central area of the display module.

13 . The display module according to claim 10 , wherein the side of the second portion close to the first edge is a plane, and an included angle between the side of the second portion close to the first edge and the side of the first portion close to the first edge is greater than 0 degree.

14 . The display module of claim 1 , wherein an elastic modulus of the second portion is greater than an elastic modulus of the first portion.

15 . The display module of claim 14 , wherein an elastic modulus of the second backplane is greater than an elastic modulus of the first backplane.

16 . The display module according to claim 15 , wherein the elastic modulus of the first backplane ranges from 1 GPa to 3 GPa, and the elastic modulus of the second backplane ranges from 3 GPa to 5 GPa.

17 . The display module of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the second portion is greater than a thickness of the first portion.

18 . The display module according to claim 17 , wherein a thickness of the second backplane is greater than a thickness of the first backplane.

19 . The display module according to claim 18 , wherein the thickness of the first backplane ranges from 85 μm to 95 μm, and the thickness of the second backplane range

Assignees

• Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Duan Yanqiang
• Jia Yongzhen

Classifications

• H04M1/0269 Primary

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

• G09F9/301 Primary

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

• G09F9/30 Primary

  in which the desired character or characters are formed by combining individual elements (panels comprising a number of electrodes in a single cell controlling light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. electro-optical or magneto-optical cell, G02F1/00) · CPC title