Display Frame Assembly With Mounting-Ear Avoidance Structure

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Solution Overview

Problem

The appearance of electronic devices with displays, such as televisions, is not delicate enough due to the wide width of the ground facing-side frame, which affects user experience.

Innovation Solution

The implementation of an avoidance structure that accommodates mounting ears of an optical film, reducing the spacing between the optical film and the frame, and incorporating support structures to minimize the frame's width and ensure proper lapping with the display panel.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If the ground facing-side frame is made wide to ensure structural support and assembly space, then the frame can accommodate components like the optical film and support members, but the appearance delicacy of the electronic device deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveassembly space for optical filmVSAvoidappearance delicacy
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSShape

Solution Approach 1:

The patent utilizes the thickness dimension (Z-direction) to create avoidance spaces that accommodate mounting ears, allowing the frame width (X-direction) to be reduced while maintaining assembly functionality. The folded edge portion of the backplane extends in the thickness direction to provide mounting surfaces without increasing frame width.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Solution Approach 2:

The mounting ears of the optical film are nested within avoidance spaces created by the folded edge portion of the backplane. This nesting arrangement allows the optical film to be mounted within the frame structure without requiring additional frame width, thereby improving appearance delicacy while maintaining assembly capability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

2Shape

If the spacing between the optical film and the frame is reduced to improve appearance, then the frame width decreases and appearance delicacy improves, but the mounting and assembly of the optical film becomes more difficult

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveframe widthVSAvoidmounting ease of optical film
Core Design Contradiction:
ShapeVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The backplane is pre-formed with a folded edge portion that creates avoidance spaces before the optical film is mounted. This preliminary structuring of the backplane provides pre-defined mounting locations and spaces, making it easier to assemble the optical film with minimal spacing to the frame while maintaining manufacturing ease.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Shape

If the frame width is reduced to improve appearance delicacy, then the spacing between components is minimized, but the structural support and component accommodation capability deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveframe widthVSAvoidstructural support capability
Core Design Contradiction:
ShapeVSStrength

Solution Approach 1:

The patent compensates for reduced frame width by utilizing the thickness dimension. The folded edge portion of the backplane extends in the Z-direction to provide structural support surfaces and accommodation spaces, maintaining structural capability without requiring increased frame width in the X-direction.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Solution Approach 2:

The backplane is segmented into a folded edge portion that provides localized support structures. This segmentation allows the backplane to provide adequate structural support within a compact width by distributing support functions across different spatial zones created by the folded structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentEP4693261A1Electronic device
Publication Date: 2026.02.11 HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

This application provides an electronic device. The electronic device includes an optical film, a support member, a backplane, a frame, and at least one avoidance structure. The backplane includes a folded edge portion, the support member includes a first portion, and the optical film includes at least one mounting ear. Along a first direction, the first portion is disposed between the folded edge portion and the frame. Each avoidance structure corresponds to one mounting ear, at least a part of each avoidance structure is disposed on the folded edge portion, and each avoidance structure defines an avoidance space used to accommodate at least a part of the corresponding mounting ear. With the electronic device provided in this application, a width of the frame can be reduced, to improve delicacy of an appearance of the electronic device.