Fiber-Oriented Support Member for Flexible Display Bending Recovery
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Flexible display screens face issues with poor bending resistance, impact resistance, and display quality due to their lightweight and thin nature, necessitating improved support structures.
Innovation Solution
A support member composed of stacked layers with dispersed fibers, where the fiber directions in each layer form angles greater than 0 degrees, enhancing resistance to tension and compression, and incorporating a non-metallic design for better heat dissipation and reduced weight.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Weight of moving object
If flexible display screens are made lightweight and thin, then portability and flexibility are improved, but bending resistance and impact resistance deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a composite support plate comprising a base plate and multiple reinforcement plates layered at different orientations. This composite structure combines materials with different mechanical properties to achieve both light weight and high bending resistance, resolving the contradiction between lightweight design and structural strength.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from a single-plane support structure to a multi-layered three-dimensional structure. By stacking reinforcement plates at different angles (e.g., 0°, 45°, 90°) on the base plate, the support system gains enhanced resistance to bending forces from multiple directions while maintaining overall轻薄ness.
2Weight of moving object
If flexible display screens are made lightweight and thin, then portability is improved, but impact resistance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The multi-material composite support plate combines base plate material with reinforcement plate material, creating a structure that absorbs and distributes impact forces more effectively than a single-material structure of equivalent weight, thereby improving impact resistance without sacrificing portability.
Solution Approach 2:
The layered arrangement of reinforcement plates at different orientations creates a three-dimensional load-bearing structure that dissipates impact energy through multiple layers and angles, enhancing impact resistance while keeping the overall structure lightweight.
3Strength
If support structure is added to improve bending resistance, then structural integrity is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The support plate is segmented into a base plate and multiple discrete reinforcement plates. This segmentation allows for modular manufacturing and assembly, where each layer can be produced independently and then combined, reducing overall manufacturing complexity while achieving the desired structural integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The reinforcement plates serve multiple functions: they provide bending resistance, enable heat dissipation through their conductive material, and can be oriented at different angles to address various stress directions. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate components, thereby reducing device complexity.
4Strength
If metal support plates are used to improve strength, then bending resistance is improved, but heat dissipation and electrical signal interference worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the material parameter of the support plate from traditional metal to a composite structure incorporating materials with superior thermal conductivity. This parameter change enables effective heat dissipation while maintaining or improving mechanical strength, and the non-magnetic properties prevent electrical signal interference.
Data Source
AI summary
A support member including at least one first layer and a second layer that are stacked along a thickness direction of the support member. Each of the at least one first layer and the second layer includes a matrix and fibers. The fibers in the matrix are dispersed in the matrix. On a plane parallel to a surface of the support member, an angle α formed between an extending direction of the fiber in the first layer and an extending direction of the fiber in the second layer satisfies α>0°.