US 12,332,694 B2
Foldable display device
Wenqiang Wang, Wuhan (CN)
Assigned to Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd., Hubei (CN)
Appl. No. 17/618,568
Filed by Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd., Wuhan (CN)
PCT Filed Nov. 23, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/132356
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 11, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/077566, PCT Pub. Date May 11, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 202111307429.1 (CN), filed on Nov. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0061469 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1652 (2013.01) 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foldable display device, comprising:
a first support plate;
a second support plate, comprising a flat support part, a curved support part and a protective plate, and the curved support part is located at an end of the flat support part away from the first support plate and connected to the flat support part; and the protective plate is located at an end of the curved support part away from the first support plate, and the protective plate and the curved support part have a gap left inbetween and are connected to each other, and an orthographic projection of the protective plate on the curved support part covers a bending axis of the curved support part, and the protective plate is made of transparent material;
a bending member, and the first support plate and the second support plate are rotatably connected by the bending member;
a flexible display panel, laid on one side of the first support plate, the second support plate and the bending member, and one end of the flexible display panel wraps around the curved support part and extends to an other side of the second support plate, and the flexible display panel penetrates the gap;
wherein the second support plate further comprises a first extension part and a second extension part for connecting the curved support part and the protective plate, and the first extension part and the second extension part are formed by extending the flat support part in a direction away from the first support plate; wherein one end of the protective plate is connected to the first extension part, and an other end of the protective plate is connected to the second extension part; and
wherein the foldable display device further comprises a front frame, and the front frame is arranged on a side of the flexible display panel away from the first support plate and the second support plate and covers at least a part of a side surface of the flexible display panel, and the front frame comprises a first front frame and a second front frame, and the first front frame is connected to the first support plate, and the second front frame is connected to the second support plate, and the second front frame comprises a front part and a side part, and the front part is connected to the second support plate, the side part is connected to the first extension part and the second extension part, and the side part is a curved surface.