Frameless structure of intelligent wearable product

By using ITO traces and binding FPC gold fingers in smart watches or bracelets, the problem of the inability to achieve borderless design in the existing technology is solved, and high-demand appearance design and normal functional connection are achieved.

CN222354410UActive Publication Date: 2025-01-14TRULY OPTO ELECTRONICS
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202420928172.4
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-04-29
Publication Date
2025-01-14
Estimated Expiration
2034-04-29

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Technical Problem

The metal traces in the touch screen of existing smart watches or bracelets cannot meet the needs of bezel-free design and cannot meet customers' high appearance requirements.

Method used

Use ITO traces to replace silver paste or copper traces, and bind FPC gold fingers to ITO traces to realize a borderless or ultra-narrow frame design. The resistance of the ITO traces is within 100Ω/㎡ to ensure the normal touch screen Function.

Benefits of technology

The frameless design is realized to meet customers' high appearance requirements, while not affecting the normal connection between the FPC and the display screen.

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Abstract

The frameless structure of the intelligent wearable product comprises a display screen and an FPC (Flexible Printed Circuit), the display screen comprises a touch screen, an ITO wire is arranged on the front surface of the touch screen, and the resistance of the surface of the ITO wire is 100 omega / m < 2 >; one side, close to the display screen, of the FPC is provided with an FPC golden finger, and the FPC golden finger and the ITO wire are bound together. According to the frameless structure of the intelligent wearable product, silver paste wiring or copper wiring on the touch screen is changed into ITO wiring, the function of the touch screen is not affected or meets the requirements of customers, the surface resistance, namely impedance, of ITO is within 100 ohm / m < 2 >, meanwhile, a golden finger on the FPC and the ITO on the touch screen are directly bound together, and therefore the frameless structure of the intelligent wearable product has the advantages that the structure is simple, the cost is low, and the production efficiency is high. Therefore, the normal connection between the FPC and the display screen is not affected, and the frameless or ultra-narrow bezel design is realized.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of smart wearable display modules, and in particular to a frameless structure of a smart wearable product. Background Art

[0002] With the development of science and technology, things are becoming more and more intelligent and can be seen everywhere in people's daily lives, such as smart phones, smart furniture, smart watches, etc. In the past two years, as chip technology has become smaller and thinner, smart watches and smart bracelets have become very popular recently. They are not only used as watches or sports equipment, but also have certain accessories.

[0003] Now, there are more and more types of smart watches or bracelets on the market, and customers have higher and higher requirements on the appearance of smart products. At present, the wiring in the touch screen is metal wiring (mostly silver wiring, and some are copper wiring), which cannot meet the requirements of borderless design. In order to make the smart watch or bracelet more beautiful, borderless design is bound to be the reverse of future development, just like the borderless design of smart phones. Therefore, a borderless structure of a smart wearable product is designed to realize the borderless design of wearable products. Utility Model Content

[0004] The purpose of the utility model is to overcome the deficiencies in the prior art and provide a frameless structure for a smart wearable product.

[0005] The purpose of this utility model is achieved through the following technical solutions:

[0006] A frameless structure of a smart wearable product, comprising: a display screen and an FPC; the display screen comprises a touch screen, an ITO trace is arranged on the front of the touch screen, the surface resistance of the ITO trace is 100Ω / ㎡, and a lens is arranged in the center of the touch screen; an FPC gold finger is arranged on a side of the FPC close to the display screen, and the FPC gold finger is bound to the ITO trace.

[0007] In one of the embodiments, a sensor is disposed on the surface of the touch screen, and the sensor is connected to the FPC on one side close to the ITO trace and the FPC gold finger.

[0008] In one of the embodiments, the front side of the display screen is circular in shape, the ITO wiring is designed to be routed around the edge of the touch screen, and the ITO wiring is etched in the glass of the touch screen.

[0009] In one of the embodiments, a layer of OCA optical glue is provided at the connection position between the FPC gold finger and the ITO wiring.

[0010] In one embodiment, the sensor is electrically connected to the touch screen.

[0011] In one of the embodiments, the FPC is a flexible circuit board, the front face of the FPC is in a curved shape, and the distance from the leftmost side to the rightmost side of the front face of the FPC is smaller than the diameter of the front face of the display screen.

[0012] In one of the embodiments, the diameter of the front side of the lens is smaller than the diameter of the front side of the sensor, and the sensor is a touch sensor.

[0013] In one of the embodiments, the other side of the FPC is connected to the mainboard via a metal PIN, and a display IC and a touch IC are disposed on the FPC.

[0014] In one of the embodiments, electronic components are disposed on the FPC, and a heat dissipation copper block is disposed on the back of the FPC.

[0015] In one of the embodiments, the connection position between the FPC and the display screen is thickened.

[0016] Compared with the prior art, the utility model has at least the following advantages:

[0017] The borderless structure of the smart wearable product of the utility model is achieved by changing the silver paste wiring or copper wiring on the touch screen to ITO wiring, and the function of the touch screen is not affected or meets customer requirements. The surface resistance, that is, the impedance of ITO is within 100Ω / ㎡. At the same time, the gold finger on the FPC and the ITO on the touch screen are directly bound together so that it does not affect the normal connection between the FPC and the display screen, thereby realizing a borderless or ultra-narrow border design. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0018] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the utility model, the drawings required for use in the embodiments will be briefly introduced below. It should be understood that the following drawings only show certain embodiments of the utility model and therefore should not be regarded as limiting the scope. For ordinary technicians in this field, other relevant drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without paying creative work.

[0019] Figure 1 This is a front overall schematic diagram of the frameless structure of the smart wearable product of the present invention.

[0020] In the figure: 1. display screen; 11. touch screen; 12. ITO wiring; 13. sensor; 14. lens; 2. FPC; 21. FPC gold finger; 22. OCA optical glue. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0021] In order to facilitate the understanding of the present invention, the present invention will be described more comprehensively with reference to the relevant drawings. The drawings provide preferred embodiments of the present invention. However, the present invention can be implemented in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. On the contrary, the purpose of providing these embodiments is to make the disclosure of the present invention more thoroughly and comprehensively understood.

[0022] In the description of the present application, it should be understood that the terms "length", "width", "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inside", "outside", etc., indicating the orientation or position relationship, are based on the orientation or position relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present application and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be understood as a limitation on the present application.

[0023] Unless otherwise clearly stipulated and limited, terms such as "installed", "connected", "connected", "fixed", etc. should be understood in a broad sense. For example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integrated connection; it can be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium; it can be the internal connection of two elements or the interaction relationship between two elements.

[0024] Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as those commonly understood by those skilled in the art in the technical field of the present invention. The terms used herein in the specification of the present invention are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present invention. The term "and / or" used herein includes any and all combinations of one or more related listed items.

[0025] like Figure 1 As shown, a frameless structure of a smart wearable product includes: a display screen 1 and an FPC2; the display screen 1 includes a touch screen 11, an ITO trace 12 is arranged on the front of the touch screen 11, the surface resistance of the ITO trace 12 is 100Ω / ㎡, and a lens 14 is arranged in the center of the touch screen 11; an FPC gold finger 21 is arranged on the side of the FPC2 close to the display screen 1, and the FPC gold finger 21 is bound to the ITO trace 12. It should be noted that at the position where the ITO trace 12 is connected to the FPC gold finger 21, the ITO trace 12 is made with a corresponding connection groove according to each PIN point of the FPC gold finger 21, so as to realize the electrical connection between the ITO trace 12 and the FPC gold finger 21, so that the data fed back on the touch screen 11 can be transmitted to the FPC2, and the FPC2 is transmitted to the mainboard.

[0026] like Figure 1 As shown, in one embodiment, a sensor 13 is disposed on the surface of the touch screen 11, and the sensor 13 is connected to the FPC2 on one side close to the ITO trace 12 and the FPC gold finger 21. The diameter of the front of the lens 14 is smaller than the diameter of the front of the sensor 13, and the sensor 13 is a touch sensor. It should be noted that this design allows the sensor 13 to transmit the sensed situation to the FPC2.

[0027] like Figure 1 As shown, in one embodiment, the shape of the front of the display screen 1 is circular, the ITO trace 12 is designed to be routed around the edge of the touch screen 11, and the ITO trace 12 is etched in the glass of the touch screen 11. A layer of OCA optical glue 22 is provided at the connection position between the FPC gold finger 21 and the ITO trace 12. It should be noted that this design allows the OCA optical glue 22 to protect the connection position between the FPC gold finger 21 and the ITO trace 12, preventing it from being easily affected by the external environment and causing poor connection.

[0028] like Figure 1 As shown, in one embodiment, the sensor 13 is electrically connected to the touch screen 11. It should be noted that the sensor 13 can realize various sensing functions of the touch screen 11.

[0029] like Figure 1 As shown, in one embodiment, FPC2 is a flexible circuit board, the front of FPC2 is in a curved shape, and the distance from the leftmost side to the rightmost side of the front of FPC2 is smaller than the diameter of the front of display screen 1. It should be noted that the distance from the leftmost side to the rearmost side of FPC2 is smaller than the diameter of the front of display screen 1.

[0030] like Figure 1 As shown in FIG. 1 , in one embodiment, the other side of FPC2 is connected to the mainboard via a metal PIN, and a display IC and a touch IC are arranged on FPC2. Electronic components are arranged on FPC2, and a heat dissipation copper block is arranged on the back of FPC2. It should be noted that this design can enhance the heat dissipation capacity of FPC2, thereby extending its service life.

[0031] like Figure 1 As shown, in one embodiment, the connection position between FPC2 and display screen 1 is thickened. It should be noted that this design allows FPC2 to be bent to the back of display screen 1, and it will not break easily after multiple bends, thereby enhancing its service life.

[0032] The above-mentioned embodiments only express several implementation methods of the utility model, and the description is relatively specific and detailed, but it cannot be understood as limiting the scope of the utility model patent. It should be pointed out that for ordinary technicians in this field, several modifications and improvements can be made without departing from the concept of the utility model, which all belong to the protection scope of the utility model. Therefore, the protection scope of the utility model patent shall be based on the attached claims.

Claims

1. A frameless structure of a smart wearable product, characterized in that: include: Display screen (1) and FPC (2); The display screen (1) comprises a touch screen (11), an ITO wiring (12) is arranged on the front of the touch screen (11), a lens (14) is arranged in the center of the touch screen (11), and the surface resistance of the ITO wiring (12) is 100Ω / ㎡; An FPC gold finger (21) is provided on a side of the FPC (2) close to the display screen (1), and the FPC gold finger (21) is bound together with the ITO wiring (12).

2. The frameless structure of the smart wearable product according to claim 1, characterized in that: A sensor (13) is provided on the surface of the touch screen (11), and the sensor (13) is connected to the FPC (2) on a side close to the ITO wiring (12) and the FPC gold finger (21).

3. The frameless structure of the smart wearable product according to claim 1, characterized in that: The front of the display screen (1) is circular in shape, the ITO wiring (12) is designed to be routed around the edge of the touch screen (11), and the ITO wiring (12) is etched in the glass of the touch screen (11).

4. The frameless structure of the smart wearable product according to claim 1, characterized in that: A layer of OCA optical glue (22) is provided at the connection position between the FPC gold finger (21) and the ITO wiring (12).

5. The frameless structure of the smart wearable product according to claim 2, characterized in that: The sensor (13) is electrically connected to the touch screen (11).

6. The frameless structure of the smart wearable product according to claim 1, characterized in that: The FPC (2) is a flexible circuit board, the front face of the FPC (2) is in a curved shape, and the distance from the leftmost side to the rightmost side of the front face of the FPC (2) is smaller than the diameter of the front face of the display screen (1).

7. The frameless structure of the smart wearable product according to claim 5, characterized in that: The diameter of the front side of the lens (14) is smaller than the diameter of the front side of the sensor (13), and the sensor (13) is a touch sensor.

8. The frameless structure of the smart wearable product according to claim 1, characterized in that: The other side of the FPC (2) is connected to the mainboard via a metal PIN, and a display IC and a touch IC are arranged on the FPC (2).

9. The frameless structure of the smart wearable product according to claim 1, characterized in that: The FPC (2) is provided with electronic components, and a heat dissipation copper block is provided on the back of the FPC (2).

10. The frameless structure of the smart wearable product according to claim 1, characterized in that: The connection position between the FPC (2) and the display screen (1) is thickened.