US 12,293,684 B2
Flexible display device
Junhuan Liu, Beijing (CN); Hong Zhu, Beijing (CN); and Shangchieh Chu, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., Beijing (CN)
Filed by BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Beijing (CN)
Filed on Jul. 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/764,583.
Application 18/764,583 is a continuation of application No. 17/771,889, granted, now 12,136,364, previously published as PCT/CN2021/093637, filed on May 13, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202010549121.7 (CN), filed on Jun. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0363036 A1, Oct. 31, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G09F 9/30 (2006.01)
CPC G09F 9/301 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1652 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flexible display device, comprising:
a housing, having an opening provided thereon;
a winding shaft, rotatably provided in the housing;
a flexible display panel, having one end connected to the winding shaft and another opposite end extending out of the housing through the opening;
a supporting member, having one end connected to the winding shaft and another opposite end extending out of the housing through the opening;
a separating member, provided on the housing to separate the flexible display panel and the supporting member partially when the flexible display panel and the supporting member are being wound up; and
a pressing member, provided on the housing to connect the flexible display panel and the supporting member when the flexible display panel and the supporting member are being unwound,
wherein the pressing member and the opening extend in an axial direction of the winding shaft and have a same length in the axial direction of the winding shaft.