US 12,474,738 B2
Foldable structural member and display device
Hongqi Hou, Jiangsu (CN); Liwei Ding, Jiangsu (CN); Fu Liao, Jiangsu (CN); Yuhua Wu, Jiangsu (CN); Zhaoji Zhu, Jiangsu (CN); and Kanglong Sun, Jiangsu (CN)
Assigned to KUNSHAN GO-VISIONOX OPTO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD, Kunshan (CN)
Filed by KunShan Go-Visionox Opto-Electronics Co., Ltd, Jiangsu (CN)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/168,864.
Application 18/168,864 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/115165, filed on Aug. 27, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202011241328.4 (CN), filed on Nov. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0199092 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1641 (2013.01) [H04M 1/0222 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01); H04M 2201/38 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foldable structural member for supporting a display panel, comprising:
a structural main body, comprising a first main body and a second main body distributed in a first direction, and a bending portion located between the first main body and the second main body, wherein the foldable structural member is switched between an unfolding state and a folding state by the bending portion; and
a buckle assembly, comprising a first buckle piece and a second buckle piece engaged with the first buckle piece, wherein the first buckle piece is arranged on the first main body, and the second buckle piece is arranged on the second main body; and in the folding state, the first buckle piece is buckled with the second buckle piece to connect the first main body with the second main body,
wherein the first buckle piece comprises a buckle column, the second buckle piece comprises a buckle ring engaged with the buckle column, the buckle ring is reversibly arranged around the second axis relative to the second main body, and
the buckle column is provided with at least one fixing portion engaged with the buckle ring, to stop the buckle ring at a side of the fixing portion facing the first main body.