US 11,947,393 B2
Foldable screen and display device
Renzhe Xu, Beijing (CN); Bin Zhang, Beijing (CN); Haotian Yang, Beijing (CN); Yiming Wang, Beijing (CN); Wei Gong, Beijing (CN); Jingyu Piao, Beijing (CN); Xiaodong Hao, Beijing (CN); Danyang Bi, Beijing (CN); Kang Wang, Beijing (CN); Inho Park, Beijing (CN); Xiaoliang Fu, Beijing (CN); Yuanyuan Chai, Beijing (CN); and Seungyong Oh, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., Sichuan (CN); and BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Beijing (CN)
Filed by Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., Sichuan (CN); and BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Beijing (CN)
Filed on Mar. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/684,987.
Claims priority of application No. 202110240963.9 (CN), filed on Mar. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0283607 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1641 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foldable screen, comprising:
a flexible display panel, wherein the flexible display panel is provided with a display surface, and the flexible display panel comprises a foldable portion and two flat portions disposed on two sides of the foldable portion; and
a plurality of elastic portions disposed on a back surface of the flexible display panel, wherein each of the elastic portions comprises an elastic support member and two connecting rods fixedly connected to the elastic support member, the two connecting rods are respectively connected to the two flat portions;
wherein the elastic support member is configured to supply a support force to the foldable portion in the case that the display surface of the foldable portion is coplanar with that of the flat portion;
wherein the foldable screen further comprises a first rigid support bar disposed between the elastic support member and the foldable portion, a length direction of the first rigid support bar is as same as that of the foldable portion, and the first rigid support bar is as long as the foldable portion; and
in a case that the foldable screen is in a flattened state, an orthographic projection of the first rigid support bar on the flexible display panel is disposed in the foldable portion, and a boundary of the orthographic projection is completely coincident with that of the foldable portion;
wherein the foldable screen further comprises two second rigid support bars disposed on the back surface of the flexible display panel and two second soft support bars disposed between the two second rigid support bars and the flexible display panel; and
wherein an orthographic projection of the second soft support bar on the flexible display panel is in an orthographic projection of the flat portion on the flexible display panel, and the second soft support bar is adhered to the second rigid support bar and the flat portion.