US 12,250,779 B2
Supporting structure and foldable display apparatus
Yin Li, Shanghai (CN); and Chunjun Ma, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Appl. No. 17/606,178
Filed by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
PCT Filed Apr. 21, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/085932
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 25, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/221064, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201910363515.0 (CN), filed on Apr. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0217857 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/0217 (2013.01) [H04M 1/0214 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01); H05K 5/0017 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A supporting structure comprising:
a bending supporting portion configured to support a bending region of a foldable display apparatus, wherein the bending supporting portion comprises:
a bending skeleton comprising clamping heads, wherein the clamping heads are aligned in respective and parallel first planes; and
a flexible supporting bar configured to be in direct contact with a flexible display screen of the foldable display apparatus and comprising:
a first side configured to fasten in a second plane to a part of the flexible display screen of the foldable display apparatus that is located in the bending region, wherein the second plane is parallel to an unfolded surface of the flexible display screen, and wherein the second plane is perpendicular to the first planes; and;
a second side coupled to the bending skeleton via connecting portions that are distributed at intervals, wherein the connecting portions comprise clamping slots that clamp with the clamping heads to secure a connection between the bending skeleton and the flexible supporting bar.