US 12,379,745 B2
Pad and method for manufacturing a display device
Shaokui Liu, Beijing (CN); Wei Qing, Beijing (CN); and Xingguo Liu, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., Sichuan (CN); and BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., Beijing (CN)
Appl. No. 17/258,813
Filed by Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., Sichuan (CN); and BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., Beijing (CN)
PCT Filed Mar. 20, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/080324
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 8, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/184332, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0141983 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. H05K 5/03 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2025.01)
CPC H05K 5/03 (2013.01) [H05K 5/0017 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pad for pressing a flexible display panel having at least one through hole to attach the flexible display panel to a cover glass, wherein the pad comprises a main body portion, which comprises a solid portion made of an elastic material, and at least one groove penetrating through a part of the solid portion in a thickness direction of the solid portion and opened from a surface of a side of the main body portion which is a press surface for applying pressure to the flexible display panel and each having a bottom within the elastic material; wherein
the press surface comprises a central region which is flat and at least one edge bending region which is connected to at least one edge of the central region and which has a rounded corner, on the press surface, and each of the at least one groove is provided with a first opening on the press surface in the central region, and the first opening is configured to directly face one corresponding through hole of the at least one through hole when the flexible display panel is intended to be attached to the cover glass by the pad.