Flexible Display Support Frame Preventing Bar Deformation
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Flexible display devices with expandable designs face challenges in preventing deformation of support bars under external forces during expansion, which can lead to inadequate support for the display module.
Innovation Solution
The display device incorporates a support frame system that expands in the first direction to support support bars, preventing deformation by ensuring they remain stable and secure during the expansion mode, utilizing a combination of support plates, bars, and frames that move and adjust to accommodate the display module's expansion.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of moving object
If the display module is expanded by being drawn out from the case, then the display area is increased, but the support bars may be deformed by external forces
Solution Approach 1:
The support structure is divided into multiple independent components: support bars for displaying information and support frames for providing structural support. This segmentation allows each component to have specialized functions, with support frames specifically designed to prevent deformation of support bars during expansion.
Solution Approach 2:
The support frame acts as an intermediary structure between the support bars and the case. It provides additional structural support to the support bars, preventing them from deforming under external forces during the expansion operation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If support bars are used to support the display module, then the display module can be expanded, but the support bars may deform under external forces
Solution Approach 1:
The support system is segmented into support bars (for display expansion) and support frames (for structural reinforcement). This division allows the support bars to maintain their expandability function while the support frames provide the necessary strength and deformation resistance.
Solution Approach 2:
The support structure combines multiple components with different functional properties: flexible support bars for expansion and rigid support frames for strength. This composite approach creates a system that achieves both expandability and deformation resistance.
3Reliability
If a support frame is added to support the support bars, then the support bars are prevented from deforming, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The support structure is divided into clearly defined segments: support bars, support frames, and case. Each segment has a specific function, making the overall structure easier to manufacture and assemble despite the increased number of components.
Solution Approach 2:
The support frame serves multiple functions: it supports the support bars, prevents deformation under external forces, and integrates with the case structure. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional separate components, thereby limiting the increase in device complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A display device includes a display module, a support part including a support plate and a plurality of support bars, and first and second cases coupled to each other. The first case accommodates the display module, the support part, and the support frame, and the second case moves in a direction that is away from or closer to the first case along a first direction. When the second case moves along the first direction away from the first case, support bars of the support bars are parallelly arranged together with the support plate at one side of the support plate, and the support frame is expanded in the first direction and supports the support bars that are arranged parallelly with the support plate.