US 11,947,396 B2
Support assembly, method for manufacturing same, and display device
Ren Xiong, Beijing (CN); Lei Zhang, Beijing (CN); and Zhihui Wang, 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 Jan. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/574,390.
Claims priority of application No. 202110204741.1 (CN), filed on Feb. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0269310 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1652 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1656 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device, comprising a flexible display panel and a support assembly, the support assembly comprising at least one bending region, a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; wherein the display device is a curved display device, the bending region of the support assembly is disposed at an edge of the support assembly, the at least one bending region is provided with a plurality of blind holes, the plurality of blind holes is disposed in the second surface, and a lengthwise direction of each of the blind holes is consistent with a bending direction of the bending region;
wherein the bending region comprises a flat region, a gradual region, and a steep region that are disposed successively along a stress enhancement direction, the plurality of blind holes is arranged in a first blind hole array, a second blind hole array and a third blind hole array, each bind hole in the second blind hole array is out of the flat region, each bind hole in the third blind hole array is out of the flat region and the gradual region, a depth of each bind hole in the first blind hole array is less than a depth of each bind hole in the second blind hole array, the depth of each bind hole in the second blind hole array is less than a depth of each bind hole in the third blind hole array, and a ratio of a depth of each of the blind holes to a thickness of the support assembly is in a range of ⅓ to ⅔; and wherein
the flexible display panel is disposed on the first surface of the support assembly.