US 12,314,084 B2
Display module with a bendable region and non-bendable region, and electronic device
Qiang Li, Shanghai (CN); Tao Sun, Dongguan (CN); Haochun Zang, Shanghai (CN); and Kun Lv, Dongguan (CN)
Assigned to Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Appl. No. 17/759,243
Filed by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
PCT Filed Jan. 13, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/071362
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 21, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/147714, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202020146584.4 (CN), filed on Jan. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0070431 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1656 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display module, comprising:
a display, comprising a first non-bending region, a bending region, and a second non-bending region that are successively connected; and
a support fastened to a non-display side of the display, wherein the support comprises a first metal plate, a third metal plate, and a second metal plate that are successively connected, the first metal plate is disposed facing the first non-bending region, the second metal plate is disposed facing the second non-bending region, the third metal plate is disposed facing the bending region, and the third metal plate is bendable; and
wherein the support further comprises a first buffer, the first buffer is located between the first metal plate and the second metal plate, the first buffer and the third metal plate are disposed in a stacked manner, a plurality of through holes penetrate through the third metal plate in a thickness direction of the display module, and the plurality of through holes are hollow;
wherein the support further comprises a fourth metal plate, a fifth metal plate, and a third buffer, wherein the fifth metal plate, the fourth metal plate, the first metal plate, the third metal plate, and the second metal plate are successively connected, the fourth metal plate is bendable, a first through hole extends through the fourth metal plate, and the third metal plate and the fourth metal plate are connected to opposite sides of the first metal plate; and
wherein the third buffer is located between the first metal plate and the fifth metal plate, and the third buffer and the fourth metal plate are disposed in a stacked manner;
wherein the first buffer is an adhesive tape, and the first buffer is bonded to a surface of the third metal plate that faces the display; and
wherein a first sidewall of the first buffer that is farthest from the second metal plate is connected to a sidewall of the first metal plate, and a second sidewall of the first buffer that is farthest from the first metal plate is connected to a sidewall of the second metal plate, and the first sidewall of the first buffer and the second sidewall of the first buffer are perpendicular to a major surface of the display.
 
6. A display module, comprising:
a display, comprising a first non-bending region, a bending region, and a second non-bending region that are successively connected; and
a support is fastened to a non-display side of the display, wherein the support comprises a first metal plate, a third metal plate, and a second metal plate that are successively connected, the first metal plate is disposed facing the first non-bending region, the second metal plate is disposed facing the second non-bending region, and the third metal plate is disposed facing the bending region;
wherein the third metal plate is a continuous and complete plate and has no holes in any portion that is between a first sidewall of the third metal plate that is closest to the first metal plate and a second sidewall of the third metal plate that is closest to the second metal plate, and the third metal plate is bendable;
wherein in a thickness direction of the display module, a height of the third metal plate ranges from 0.015 millimeter to 0.3 millimeter, and a height of the first metal plate and a height of the second metal plate range from 0.1 millimeter to 0.5 millimeter; and
wherein the support further comprises a first buffer, and the first buffer is located between the first metal plate and the second metal plate, and the first buffer and the third metal plate are disposed in a stacked manner; and
wherein the first buffer is an adhesive tape, and the first buffer is bonded to a surface of the third metal plate that faces the display; and
wherein a first sidewall of the first buffer that is farthest from the second metal plate is connected to a sidewall of the first metal plate, and a second sidewall of the first buffer that is farthest from the first metal plate is connected to a sidewall of the second metal plate, and the first sidewall of the first buffer and the second sidewall of the first buffer are perpendicular to a major surface of the display.
 
10. An electronic device, comprising:
a housing; and
a display module mounted in the housing, wherein the display module comprises:
a display, comprising a first non-bending region, a bending region, and a second non-bending region that are successively connected; and
a support fastened to a non-display side of the display, wherein the support comprises a first metal plate, a third metal plate, and a second metal plate that are successively connected, the first metal plate is disposed facing the first non-bending region, the second metal plate is disposed facing the second non-bending region, the third metal plate is disposed facing the bending region, and the third metal plate is bendable; and
wherein the support further comprises a first buffer, the first buffer is located between the first metal plate and the second metal plate, the first buffer and the third metal plate are disposed in a stacked manner, a plurality of through holes penetrate through the third metal plate in a thickness direction of the display module, and the plurality of through holes are hollow;
wherein the support further comprises a fourth metal plate, a fifth metal plate, and a third buffer, and wherein the fifth metal plate, the fourth metal plate, the first metal plate, the third metal plate, and the second metal plate are successively connected, the fourth metal plate is bendable, a first through hole extends through the fourth metal plate, and the third metal plate and the fourth metal plate are connected to opposite sides of the first metal plate;
wherein the third buffer is located between the first metal plate and the fifth metal plate, and the third buffer and the fourth metal plate are disposed in a stacked manner;
wherein the first buffer is an adhesive tape, and the first buffer is bonded to a surface of the third metal plate that faces the display; and
wherein a first sidewall of the first buffer that is farthest from the second metal plate is connected to a sidewall of the first metal plate, and a second sidewall of the first buffer that is farthest from the first metal plate is connected to a sidewall of the second metal plate, and the first sidewall of the first buffer and the second sidewall of the first buffer are perpendicular to a major surface of the display.