Flexible Board Patents (Class 361/749)
  • Patent number: 11177226
    Abstract: An electronic device and associated methods are disclosed. In one example, the electronic device includes a first device and a second device coupled to a surface of a substrate, and a continuous flexible shield woven over the first device and under the second device to separate the first device from the second device. In selected examples, the continuous flexible shield may be formed from a laminate and one or more of the devices may be coupled through an opening or via in the continuous flexible shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Bok Eng Cheah, Eng Huat Goh, Jackson Chung Peng Kong, Khang Choong Yong, Min Suet Lim
  • Patent number: 11172583
    Abstract: A display system includes a first display coupled to a roller and a second display coupled to the roller such that the first and second displays can be rolled about the roller for storage and transportation and unrolled from the roller to form a large area display. The second rollable display can be rolled about the roller with a rear surface of the second rollable display in direct contact with an outer surface of the roller and the first rollable display can be rolled about the roller with a front surface of the first rollable display in direct contact with a front surface of the second rollable display. First and second flexible films, first and second source printed circuit boards, first and second flexible cables, and first and second control printed circuit boards can be located inside the roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: JaeSung Lee, DongYoon Kim, DoJin Kim
  • Patent number: 11165144
    Abstract: In one example, systems for a device antennas can include a system, comprising a first base comprising a display, and a second base connected to the first base by a hinge, the second base comprising: a housing comprising a first material for a first area of the housing and a second material for a second area of the housing, wherein the second area of the housing is closer to the hinge than the first area; and a printed circuit board (PCB) coupled to an antenna, wherein the antenna is enclosed within the housing of the second base within the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Ming-Shien Tsai, Chi-Chung Ho, Hui Fang Cheng
  • Patent number: 11163336
    Abstract: An electronic device may comprise: a first housing including a first upper surface, a first lower surface, a first side, and a second side disposed opposite the first side; a second housing including a third side and a second upper surface; a connecting member for connecting the first housing and the second housing to be rotatable; a first window extending from the first upper surface to the first side and formed of a first material; a second window extending from the first lower surface of the first housing to the second upper surface and formed of a second material; and a flexible display mounted in the first housing and the second housing and mounted along the first window and the second window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventors: Songhee Jung, Taesung Kim, Hyunchang Shin, Donghui Kim, Jongkon Bae, Dongkyoon Han
  • Patent number: 11160176
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a main circuit board, a first connecting circuit board, a second connecting circuit board, and a sealing member. The display panel includes a first pad row and a second pad row. The first connecting circuit board is connected to the first pad row, and the second connecting circuit board is connected to the second pad row. The second pad row is spaced farther from an edge of the display panel than the first pad row. The sealing member is disposed between the first connecting circuit board and the second connecting circuit board to seal a gap between the first connecting circuit board and the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minsoo Kang, Seungjae Kang, Sungjoon Kim, Kiyong Park, Jonghyeon Choi
  • Patent number: 11156861
    Abstract: A display panel is attached to a front plate which is disposed at a front surface side of the display panel, with an intermediate member interposed therebetween. A chassis accommodates the display panel in a state in which an opening edge of the chassis comes into contact with the front plate and an inner side surface of the chassis comes into contact with a side surface of the intermediate member. The opening edge of the chassis comes into contact with the front plate to position the display panel and the chassis in the thickness direction of the display panel. The inner side surface of the chassis comes into contact with the side surface of the intermediate member to position the display panel and the chassis in a direction along a display surface of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11151910
    Abstract: A flexible display panel for a display device and a display device are provided. The flexible display panel includes: a first display portion and a second display portion connected with the first display portion. A color temperature of a first white image displayed by the first display portion in a flat state is different from a color temperature of a second white image displayed by the second display portion in the flat state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sen Du, Jianpeng Wu, Fengli Ji, Wei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11145635
    Abstract: Provided is an LED display unit, comprising a front body, a lamp plate and a rear body, wherein the lamp plate is bendable and flexible, and the rear body comprises a plurality of rear body units, the front body is covered on one side of the lamp plate provided with LED lamps, each rear body unit is fixedly connected to a side of the lamp plate facing away from the LED lamps, and adjacent rear body units are arranged at intervals; by adopting the bendable and flexible lamp plate, every single LED display unit can be directly adjusted into a curved surface or any curved surface shape; a plurality of rear body units are fixed on the lamp plate, and gaps exist between the rear body units, which is beneficial to releasing bending stress and preventing the rear body from breaking during bending.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SHENZHEN GLOSHINE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xianfeng Zhang, Yongjun Zhang, Guoqiang Li, Yongfeng Guo
  • Patent number: 11135804
    Abstract: A display device according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a display panel that includes a substrate and an emission layer; and a support film that overlaps the display panel, the display panel and the support film including a bending area, and the support film including a first groove disposed in the bending area and a first crack prevention layer disposed in the first groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju Hee Song, Seung-Hwa Ha
  • Patent number: 11134577
    Abstract: An electronic device including a display module is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a display module including a cover layer forming one surface of the housing, a first panel disposed below the cover layer and including pixels, and a second panel disposed below the first panel and including a layers, and a sensor coupled to the display module and forming a sensing region on the one surface of the housing. The display module includes an opening which penetrates the second panel, and the sensor is disposed in the second panel. A thermal shrinkage film is disposed in the opening to be in contact with the first panel. The thermal shrinkage film includes a first film being in contact with the first panel and having adhesion at a temperature above a specific first temperature, and a second film including a shrinking member which contracts at a temperature above the first temperature, and a light shielding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongwon Lee, Youjin Kim, Min Park, Bongjae Rhee
  • Patent number: 11133030
    Abstract: A hard disk assembly (HDAs) that include a tuning data memory at least including tuning data regarding the HDA. The HDAs may lack an internal disk controller, but rather may communicate the tuning data and/or other HDA-specific data (e.g., firmware, certification data, etc.) to a reader device comprising a disk controller. In this regard, the reader device may coordinate with the HDA once the tuning data is received to operate the HDA to perform TO commands in response to commands received at the reader device from a host. In turn, upon failure of an HDA, a new HDA may be swapped into place to communicate with the reader device. Because the HDAs may lack onboard disk controllers, the cost and complexity of each HDA may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Jin Quan Shen, Xiong Liu
  • Patent number: 11119539
    Abstract: A display, including a supporting layer and a flexible display panel, is provided. The supporting layer has at least two extending sections and at least one bending section, connected therebetween and adapted to be bent along an axis as a rotation axis. The supporting layer has at least one groove at the bending section and at least one indentation at a bottom surface of the groove. An extending direction of the groove is parallel to the axis. An extending direction of the indentation is not parallel to the axis. The supporting layer has a first thickness at each extending section, a second thickness at the groove, and a third thickness at the indentation. The first, second, and third thicknesses are different from one another. The flexible display is disposed on the supporting layer. The groove and the flexible display are respectively located on two opposite sides of the supporting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Tsung Lee, Zih-Shuo Huang, Kun-Lung Hsieh, Kai-Yu Yu
  • Patent number: 11106241
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display device including: a backlight module, including a back bezel having a bottom surface, and a frame having a side wall portion, where the side wall portion has an inner side surface and an outer side surface, and the back bezel faces the inner side surface of the side wall portion; a display module, disposed on the backlight module and supported by the frame; a tape, attached to the outer side surface of the side wall portion of the frame and extending to the bottom surface of the back bezel; and a sealant, disposed and extending from an end edge of the display module to the bottom surface of the back bezel through an outer side of the outer side surface of the side wall portion of the frame, and at least partially covering the tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Po-Lan Hung, Yu-Tsung Huang, Wen-Pin Shen, Li-Chih Hsu, Pei-Chia Wu, Yen-Po Wang
  • Patent number: 11097978
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a bent substrate, having a masking step of forming a masking member (M) on a bent substrate (10) and forming a predetermined pattern, and a printing step of forming a print layer (P) on a surface to be printed of the bent substrate (10) including the masking member (M). It is thereby possible to perform printing on a bent substrate having a curved surface part in a productive manner and at a high printing accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Junji Hori, Satoshi Mototani, Jun Ito
  • Patent number: 11096279
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a plurality of flexible circuit films, and a printed circuit board. The flexible circuit films are attached to a first side of the display panel. The printed circuit board is attached onto each of the flexible circuit films. The flexible circuit film includes an input pad portion, an output pad portion, a first driving integrated circuit, a second driving integrated circuit, and a slit. The input pad portion has a first width, and is attached to the printed circuit board. The output pad portion has the same width as the first width, and is attached to the display panel. The slit is arranged between the first driving integrated circuit and the second driving integrated circuit, and passes through the flexible circuit film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: YoungJin Choi, SeungJoon Park
  • Patent number: 11093056
    Abstract: A touch sensor comprises a sensing electrode, a bent part having edges bent rearward at four sides, and a cutout part that is joined after being cut at a vertex of the bent part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongjin Son, Duckkyeom Kim
  • Patent number: 11096294
    Abstract: A portable information device includes: a first chassis member; a second chassis member foldably coupled to the first chassis member; a display provided across an inner surface of the first chassis member and an inner surface of the second chassis member, the display being foldable and a touch panel being stacked on the display; and a sheet member fixed to a back side of the display. The sheet member includes: a first layer portion provided with a plurality of holes at least in a part overlapping a bent portion of the display; and a second layer portion entirely covering the first layer portion, the second layer portion being made up of a conductor that is thinner than the first layer portion and having no hole at least in a location overlapping a wiring region of the touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Moriyuki Tsuchihashi, Kenji Watamura
  • Patent number: 11083095
    Abstract: A flexible display device includes: a supporting elastic sheet, configured to be in a flat state and/or a bent state without an influence of an external factor; and a flexible display screen disposed on a side of the supporting elastic sheet. The supporting elastic sheet is configured to support the flexible display screen and drive the flexible display screen to be in a flat state and/or a bent state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: YUNGU (GU'AN) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gang Wang, Ronghui Qian, Zhengwei Qian, Yin Wang, Wei Wang, Lele Hu
  • Patent number: 11079810
    Abstract: Apparatuses and systems can mitigate the ingress of debris such as small foreign particles or fluids passing into a joint of an electronic device. Some aspects of the systems prevent particles from passing between a flexible cable and a mandrel surface used to limit bending of the cable. Other aspects provide particle relief features including gaps, grooves, or reduced-size sections of the mandrel so that particles can pass into them and thereby cause no damage or pass out of the electronic device. Another aspect provides a protective layer configured to limit pressure applied to the cable by particles or other contaminants. These apparatuses and systems can improve the life and durability of the mandrel and cable, thereby improving the reliability of operating the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Karan Bir, Adam T. Garelli, Bryan W. Posner, Denis H. Endisch, Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque
  • Patent number: 11076500
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first body, a second body, a rotating shaft structure, a connection structure, and a circuit board. The rotating shaft structure is configured to connect the first body and the second body. The connection structure includes a first connection terminal, which is connected to the first body, and a second connection terminal, which is connected to the second body. The circuit board is connected to the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal and configured non-planarly along an axial direction of the rotating shaft structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Lijun Wang
  • Patent number: 11068096
    Abstract: A display device includes: a base substrate having a main region, a subsidiary region, and a bending region between the main region and the subsidiary region; first to fourth touch electrodes on the base substrate at the main region; first to fourth touch signal lines connected to the first to fourth touch electrodes; a first bridge electrode connecting the first and second touch signal lines; a second bridge electrode connecting the third and fourth touch signal lines; and a third bridge electrode connecting a first touch connection electrode connected to the first bridge electrode with a second touch connection electrode connected to the second bridge electrode. The subsidiary region includes a first bridge portion and a second bridge portion. Each of the first bridge electrode and the second bridge electrode is at the first bridge portion, and the third bridge electrode is at the second bridge portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung Jun Park, Jun Yong An, Nu Ree Um
  • Patent number: 11069747
    Abstract: To provide a display device that is suitable for increasing in size, a display device in which display unevenness is suppressed, or a display device that can display an image along a curved surface. The display device includes a first display panel and a second display panel each including a pair of substrates. The first display panel and the second display panel each include a first region which can transmit visible light, a second region which can block visible light, and a third region which can perform display. The third region of the first display panel and the first region of the second display panel overlap each other. The third region of the first display panel and the second region of the second display panel do not overlap each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Miyake, Hisao Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11061440
    Abstract: A deformable display panel and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The deformable display panel includes display regions, pillar regions, bridge regions, and aperture regions, wherein the pillar regions are disposed around the display regions, and the bridge regions are disposed between the aperture regions and the pillar regions or between the aperture regions; wherein a spaced pillar structure is disposed within each of the pillar regions, and the spaced pillar structure is disposed and spaced apart from the display regions; each of the bridge regions has a bridging structure which is disposed with and spaced apart from the spaced pillar structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Lei Wang
  • Patent number: 11061291
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus that can secure a space in a bezel while controlling the thickness of a main body, in which a display is disposed, and the width of a bezel to a minimum is disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes a main body having a display and a bezel disposed around the display, a first board that controls an image displayed on the display, and an FPC that connects at least two terminal groups arranged along one side of the display and the first board. The first board is disposed at a position adjacent to the one side in the bezel, and the FPC has a first wiring section connected to at least two terminal groups and extends, grouping together wires at one place on the rear surface of the display, and a second wiring section that connects the wires grouped together by the first wiring section to the first board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
    Inventors: Moriyuki Tsuchihashi, Kazuo Fujii, Hirohide Komiyama
  • Patent number: 11058000
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a flexible display device including a flexible display panel, a flexible printed circuit board, and a reel. The flexible printed circuit board includes a first binding area provided with a first pad and an element area provided with an integrated circuit. The flexible display panel includes a display area, and a second binding area provided with a second pad. The first pad is bound to the second pad. The reel has a cavity, and the reel includes an inner surface facing towards the cavity and an outer surface facing away from the cavity. The inner surface includes a first surface, and the first surface is flat. The element area of the flexible printed circuit board is provided on the first surface, and the display area of the flexible display panel is rollable along the outer surface of the reel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: WuHan TianMa Micro-electronics CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunqi Tang, Congyi Su, Jian Jin
  • Patent number: 11049924
    Abstract: A display device includes a display module and a circuit board. The display module includes a base substrate, which includes a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area, and a first pad positioned on the base substrate and overlapping the non-display area. The circuit board includes a first board and a second pad positioned on the first board and contacting the first pad, wherein the second pad is provided with a first metal layer of a single material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Joo-nyung Jang
  • Patent number: 11050969
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display device and a manufacturing method thereof. The display device includes a display panel, a driving chip and a flexible circuit board. The driving chip is electrically connected to the flexible circuit board and the display panel. The display panel includes a display area and a connecting area disposed on one side of the display area. The driving chip and the flexible circuit board are disposed in the connecting area, and the driving chip and the flexible circuit board at least partially overlap. By setting the driving chip and the flexible circuit boards are at least partially overlapped, which can reduce width of frame of the display device, increase screen ratio of the display device, and realize narrow frame display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yantao Lu
  • Patent number: 11036263
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel in which signal wirings are arranged, and a first circuit board attached to the display panel. The first circuit board includes a lead wiring layer including first lead wirings, an organic protective layer on the lead wiring layer and partially exposing the first lead wirings, and an anisotropic conductive film between the lead wiring layer and the organic protective layer and electrically connecting the exposed first lead wirings to the signal wirings. A side surface of the organic protective layer, facing a side surface of the display panel, is spaced apart from the side surface of the display panel, and the anisotropic conductive film is disposed in a space between the exposed first lead wirings and the side surface of the organic protective layer and a space between the exposed first lead wirings and the side surface of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jong Yoon Lee
  • Patent number: 11031455
    Abstract: The OLED tiled display includes front and back lighting display units that emitting lights toward each other. The front lighting display unit includes a first substrate and a first organic light emitting device. The back lighting display unit includes a second substrate and a second organic light emitting device. The first and second light emitting devices neighbor laterally on each other, but are vertically aligned to a second extended section of the second substrate and a first extended section of the first substrate, respectively. The present invention achieves small gaps and resolves the problem of obvious gaps in an OLED tiled display by piecing together the front and back lighting display units, where the substrate of the front lighting display unit functions as encapsulation layer to the back lighting display unit, and the substrate of the back lighting display unit functions as encapsulation layer to the front lighting display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuejun Tang, Yang Chen, Dandan Liu, Xiaohui Jiang, Tsungying Yang, Dejiun Li
  • Patent number: 11032925
    Abstract: Providing are a flexible display panel and flexible display device. The flexible display panel includes a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area. The non-display area includes a flexible substrate, an inorganic layer and a metal wire stacked together. An overlapping area exists between the non-display area and a bending area of the flexible display panel. In the overlapping area, at least one groove is formed on the inorganic layer, and the metal wire is at least partially arranged in the at least one groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: KUNSHAN GO-VISIONOX OPTO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Gang Wang, Weilong Li, Lu Zhang, Siming Hu, Zhenzhen Han
  • Patent number: 11029546
    Abstract: A flexible display device is provided. The flexible display device includes a flexible panel including a non-bendable area, a bendable area and a plane area; a heat emission support layer positioned between the non-bendable area and the plane area, at least one groove defined in a surface of the heat emission support layer towards the plane area; a chip on film (COF), a side of the COF is connected to the plane area, a driving element positioned on a surface of the COF towards the heat emission support layer; a circuit board, a side of the circuit board is connected to the COF, another side of the circuit board is connected to the heat emission support layer, and a circuit board element positioned on a surface of the circuit board towards the heat emission support layer. the driving element and the circuit board element are positioned within the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Inventors: Haifeng Wang, Shoucheng Wang, Kun Pan
  • Patent number: 11017696
    Abstract: A display device includes a window, a display module on a rear surface of the window and including a non-bending area and a bending area configured to bend at a periphery of the non-bending area, a protective cover on a rear surface of the display module to protect the bending area of the display module, and a stopper coupled with the protective cover to limit a movement of the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Namjin Jang
  • Patent number: 11019733
    Abstract: A portable communication device is provided that includes a display including a display area and a connecting area extending from one side of the display area; a back panel disposed on a rear surface of the display, the back panel including an opening formed therein; a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) connected with the connecting area; and a biometric sensor electrically coupled with the FPCB, with the connecting area being housed and bent within the portable communication device such that the biometric sensor is placed under the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Inventors: Hyung Dal Kim, Oh Hyuck Kwon, Han Vit Kang, Jun Young Kim, Moon Kyeong Kim, Sang Seob Kim, Jung Sik Park, Hee Seok Jung, Sung Cho, Heung Sik Shin, Ji Woong Oh
  • Patent number: 11009054
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fixing device, a display module, and a display device. The fixing device includes a frame and a fixture for fixing a display module, a protrusion is provided at a side edge of the frame, and a through-hole is provided in the protrusion, the fixture is detachably connected with the through-hole, and the fixture has a connecting hole along an axial direction of the fixture, the connecting hole is used for detachably connecting with a connecting member. The fixing device provided in the present disclosure can not only satisfy the appearance effect of a narrow frame, but also can achieve the fixing of the display module during assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jing Li
  • Patent number: 11013132
    Abstract: An electronic device of a novel embodiment, specifically an arm-worn electronic device used while being worn on an arm, is provided. An arm-worn secondary battery used while being worn on an arm is provided. An electronic device is provided, which includes a structure body having a curved surface as a support structure body, a flexible secondary battery including a film as an exterior body over the curved surface of the support structure body, and a display portion including a plurality of display elements between a pair of films over the secondary battery. The plurality of display elements and the secondary battery overlap with each other at least partly. It is possible to provide an electronic device which has a small maximum thickness of 1 cm or less and a light weight of 50 g or less even when an arm-worn secondary battery is provided with a display portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Hiroki, Haruki Katagiri, Shinya Okano
  • Patent number: 11011713
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display module and an electronic apparatus. The display module includes: a flexible substrate having: a first surface configured to form a displaying structure, and a second surface opposite to the first surface; and a protective part located on the second surface and having a supporting portion. The flexible substrate includes: a substrate body having a first subsurface which is a portion of the second surface corresponding to the substrate body; and a bent portion located at at least one side of the substrate body, bent towards the first subsurface of the substrate body, and having a second subsurface which is a portion of the second surface corresponding to the bent portion. The second subsurface is supported by the supporting portion such that a radius of curvature of the bent portion : is not less than a minimal radius of curvature which the flexible substrate is capable of withstanding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shangchieh Chu
  • Patent number: 11013110
    Abstract: A receiver includes a stretchable circuit board having stretchability and a first antenna formed on a main surface of the stretchable circuit board, the first antenna being configured to stretch in accordance with the stretchable circuit board and configured to receive a signal transmitted from a transmitter installed in a living body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
    Inventors: Akio Yoshida, Mitsunori Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11006520
    Abstract: Provided is stretchable electronics. The stretchable electronics includes stretchable substrate, first support patterns disposed on a first surface of the stretchable substrate, and output devices disposed on the first patterns, respectively. The first support patterns are arranged in a first direction and a second direction, which are parallel to an extension direction of the substrate, and each of the output devices generates an output stimulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Seongdeok Ahn, Seung Youl Kang, Seong Hyun Kim, Hye Jin Kim, Kang-Ho Park, Jeong Ik Lee, Young-deuk Jeon, Chi-Sun Hwang, Jae Bon Koo, Su Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 11006519
    Abstract: A flexible circuit board and a display panel are provided. The flexible circuit board includes a base body and a protective layer disposed on the base body. The protective layer includes a glue layer, a first cover layer, a patterned function layer, and a second cover layer sequentially stacked on the base body. The patterned function layer includes a frame and a plurality of bendable components disposed in the frame. The bendable components are arranged in the frame at intervals, and an arrangement direction of the bendable components is consistent with a bent direction of the flexible circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jiashu Wu
  • Patent number: 11005055
    Abstract: A display apparatus may include a base substrate including a first portion and a second portion smaller than the first portion, a plurality of pixels disposed on the first portion, a protection substrate disposed below the base substrate, and a groove disposed in a portion of the protection substrate and overlapped with the second portion. The groove may include a first region extending in a first direction, and a second region and a third region, which are arranged along the first direction, wherein the first region is interposed between the second region and the third region. The first and second portions may be arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a width of each of the second and third regions may be larger than a first width of the first region, when measured in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Horyun Chung, Sejoong Shin, Jungsik Nam, Taekyoung Hwang
  • Patent number: 10990130
    Abstract: A flexible display panel and a film-like structure are provided according to the present disclosure. The flexible display panel includes a flexible display structure and a film-like structure arranged on at least one side of the flexible display structure. The film-like structure includes: a first flexible layer, a second flexible layer, a filler sealed between the first flexible layer and the second flexible layer, and a heater configured to heat the filler. A hardness of the filler varies with a temperature of the filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuankui Ding, Guangcai Yuan, Ce Zhao
  • Patent number: 10990132
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided, including: a display screen provided with a first surface and a second surface arranged oppositely, the display screen including: a primary display screen comprising a first portion disposed on the first surface and a second portion extending from a portion connected to the first portion to the second surface, wherein the second portion is connected to a portion of the first portion; and a secondary display screen connected to a remaining portion of the first portion, the secondary display screen being bent from a first surface of the portion connected to the first portion to the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Inventor: Min Zheng
  • Patent number: 10986726
    Abstract: A flexible circuit board for all-in-one chip on film according to an embodiment may include: a substrate; a conductive pattern part disposed on the substrate; and a protective layer partially disposed on the conductive pattern part, wherein the conductive pattern part includes a first conductive pattern part and a second conductive pattern part which are spaced apart from each other, each of the first conductive pattern part and the second conductive pattern part includes a wiring pattern layer, a first plating layer, and a second plating layer that are sequentially placed on the substrate, the first conductive pattern part includes a first open region in which the protective layer is open, the second conductive pattern part includes a second open region in which the protective layer is open, and a content of tin of the second plating layer in the first open region is greater than that of the second plating layer in the second open region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Young Lim, Jong Seok Park, Hyung Kyu Yoon, Seong Hwan Im, Gi Uk Yang, Dae Sung Yoo
  • Patent number: 10966315
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a panel including a mounting edge and pad portions, a flexible printed circuit board mounted on the panel. The flexible printed circuit board includes a base member including a first surface and a second surface, wiring lines placed on a side of the first surface and a protective layer covering the wiring lines, and including a bent portion, the base member includes a groove portion located in the bend portion and formed in the second surface, the groove portion includes concavity portions extending along a second direction and arranged along the first direction, and a thickness of the base member in a site where the groove portion is formed is less than a thickness of the base member in a site overlapping the driver IC chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kota Uogishi, Keisuke Asada, Hideaki Abe, Kazuyuki Yamada
  • Patent number: 10955976
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to flexible displays. For example, a flexible display system may comprise a plurality of display layers, an anti-reflective layer among the plurality of display layers to reduce reflection from an underlying light emitting layer, the anti-reflective layer including a wave plate and a polarizer, and a transistor layer among the plurality of display layers. Further, at least a portion of the plurality of display layers may include properties satisfying particular geometric and force balance constraints to enable the transistor layer to maintain a neutral force in response to compression or tension of the flexible display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Gang Xu, Helen A. Holder
  • Patent number: 10959326
    Abstract: A stretchable circuit substrate includes: a base material being stretchable; a wiring which is on a first surface side of the base material, and which includes a bellows-like member including a plurality of ridges and recesses arranged in a first direction which is one of in-plane directions in the first surface of the base material; and an adjustment layer which includes the bellows-like member and is on the first surface side of the base material so as to at least overlap, in a plan view, a wiring region in which the wiring is positioned; wherein the adjustment layer has a Young's modulus smaller than a Young's modulus of the wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoko Okimoto, Kenichi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 10952356
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, for shielding a bending portion of a flexible display that can be incorporated in electronic devices. One of the apparatus includes a cover glass element; a driver integrated circuit (D-IC); a mandrel portion; a shaft portion; a panel, positioned between the cover glass element and the D-IC, and comprising an inner panel layer that wraps around at least a portion of the mandrel portion to form a bending portion of the panel, the panel attached on either side on the shaft portion; and a shielding layer positioned around the inner panel layer and configured to inhibit electromagnetic signals through the bending portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Qi Qi, Wonjae Choi, Yi Tao
  • Patent number: 10950681
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a base substrate including a display area in which an image is displayed and a peripheral area adjacent to the display area, a source/drain pattern on the base substrate, the source/drain pattern including a connecting electrode in a pad portion of the peripheral area and a electrode of a thin film transistor in the display area, a planarization insulation layer on the base substrate, the planarization insulation layer contacting a side surface of the connecting electrode and a side surface of the electrode of the thin film transistor, and exposing a top surface of the connecting electrode, a connecting member contacting the connecting electrode, and a driving member including a driving circuit, the driving member being connected to the connecting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Hyun Son, Sung Hoon Moon, Sung Jun Kim, Kohei Ebisuno, Deok Hoi Kim, Sanghoon Oh
  • Patent number: 10948754
    Abstract: A curved display module includes a curved display panel curved with a first curvature in a first direction. A plurality of flexible circuit films are connected to a side portion of the curved display panel. A plurality of driving chips are each mounted on the flexible circuit films. A printed circuit board is connected to the flexible circuit films and is curved with a second curvature in the first direction. Two sides parallel to each other of each of the flexible circuit films are in direct contact with the curved display panel at first and second contact points, respectively, and are in direct contact with the printed circuit board at third and fourth contact points, respectively. A distance between the first and third contact points is different from a distance between the second and fourth contact points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyoseok Yun, Min-soo Choi
  • Patent number: 10943961
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side. A plurality of pixels is disposed on the substrate. A flexible circuit board is connected to the first side of the substrate. A driving integrated circuit is disposed on a lower portion of the flexible circuit board. A coating layer is disposed on the lower portion of the flexible circuit board. The coating layer is spaced apart from the first side of the substrate and at least partially surrounds the driving integrated circuit. A reinforcing layer is disposed between the first side of the substrate and the coating layer on the lower portion of the flexible circuit board. The reinforcing layer covers a side of the coating layer that faces the first side of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yeontae Kim, Chung Yi, Youngsoo No, Wongu Cho