Flexible Circuit Board Guide Prevents Peeling in Display Devices

The patent introduces a flexible circuit board guide as an intermediary component between the display panel and the flexible circuit board. This guide structure provides a designated path that guides and supports the flexible circuit board, preventing peeling while distributing stress along the guide rather than concentrating it at connection points. The guide acts as a mediator that resolves the conflict between maintaining simple connectivity and ensuring reliable connection stability.

The patent applies local quality by providing support structure (the flexible circuit board guide) only in specific critical areas where peeling occurs, rather than supporting the entire flexible circuit board uniformly. The guide is positioned at strategic locations along the board's path to prevent peeling at connection points and stress concentration areas, while leaving other areas unrestricted. This localized approach maintains reliability where needed without unnecessarily increasing overall device complexity.

The flexible circuit board guide serves as an intermediary that decouples the connector positioning from the stress concentration problem. The guide provides a supported path for the flexible circuit board that extends from the connector location (which can be conveniently positioned at the outer edge for manufacturing ease) to the display panel, distributing the mechanical stress along the guided path rather than concentrating it at the edge connector. This allows manufacturers to maintain convenient connector positioning while preventing peeling through the intermediate guide structure.