US 12,477,675 B2
Flexible display panel and electronic device
Huan Cao, Hubei (CN)
Assigned to Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd., Wuhan (CN)
Appl. No. 17/623,635
Filed by Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd., Hubei (CN)
PCT Filed Dec. 20, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/139605
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 22, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/108673, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 22, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 202111523161.5 (CN), filed on Dec. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0121905 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. H05K 5/00 (2025.01); F16C 11/04 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/0226 (2013.01) [F16C 11/04 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flexible display panel, comprising a housing, a hinge received in the housing, and a flexible display panel body disposed in the housing and positioned on a side of the housing and the hinge, wherein the flexible display panel body comprises a flexible portion corresponding to the hinge, and the hinge comprises:
a fixing bracket comprising a first fixing bracket and a second fixing bracket at opposite ends of the hinge;
a supporting mechanism comprising a first supporting portion rotatably connected to a side of the fixing bracket along a first axis, and a second supporting portion rotatably connected to another side of the fixing bracket along a second axis;
a rotating mechanism disposed between the first fixing bracket and the second fixing bracket, and comprising a first rotating shaft and a second rotating shaft rotatably connected to the fixing bracket, a first connecting member fixedly connected to the first rotating shaft, and a second connecting member fixedly connected to the second rotating shaft; and
wherein an end of the first connecting member comprises a first fixing member and a second fixing member, the first fixing member and the second fixing member are fixedly connected to the first rotating shaft, another end of the first connecting member is slidably connected to the first supporting portion, an end of the second connecting member comprises a third fixing member and a fourth fixing member, the third fixing member and the fourth fixing member are fixedly connected to the second rotating shaft, and another end of the second connecting member is slidably connected to the second supporting portion;
wherein the first supporting portion comprises a first recessed region, the second supporting portion comprises a second recessed region, the first recessed region and the second recessed region are disposed opposite to each other, the first recessed region and the second recessed region are butted to form a first receiving groove for receiving the first connecting member and the second connecting member, and the first receiving groove is corresponding to an intermediate region of the supporting mechanism.