Flexible Display Cover Plate With Layered Impact Absorption

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current flexible display cover plates made of thin films or ultra-thin glass provide inadequate protection against external forces due to low thickness and fragility, leading to insufficient buffer effect and poor rigidness, which can result in damage to the display substrate.

Innovation Solution

A flexible display cover plate design incorporating a first cover-plate layer and at least one auxiliary protective layer, including a bonding layer with a modulus of 0.2 MPa, which absorbs and diffuses impact, and may include ultra-thin glass or flexible thin films with protective coatings, to enhance protection and rigidity.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the thickness of the transparent thin film or ultra-thin glass is reduced to enable flexibility and foldability, then the deformable and foldable properties are improved, but the buffer effect and protection effect against external force deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedeformable and foldable propertiesVSAvoidbuffer effect and protection effect
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSStrength

Solution Approach 1:

The cover plate is divided into multiple layers: a first cover-plate layer (transparent thin film or ultra-thin glass) that provides flexibility and foldability, and a second cover-plate layer (rigid plate) that provides strength and protection. This segmentation allows each layer to perform its specific function optimally without compromising the other.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The invention uses a composite structure combining flexible materials (transparent thin film or ultra-thin glass) with rigid materials (rigid plate). This composite material approach enables the cover plate to simultaneously achieve both flexibility for folding and rigidity for protection against external forces.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Adaptability or versatility

If the thickness of the transparent thin film is reduced to less than 0.1 mm to maintain flexibility, then the foldability is improved, but the buffer effect when receiving external force deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovefoldabilityVSAvoidbuffer effect
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSForce

Solution Approach 1:

The cover plate is divided into multiple layers: a first cover-plate layer (transparent thin film or ultra-thin glass) that provides flexibility and foldability, and a second cover-plate layer (rigid plate) that provides strength and protection. This segmentation allows each layer to perform its specific function optimally without the other.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The invention uses a composite structure combining flexible materials (transparent thin film or ultra-thin glass) with rigid materials (rigid plate). This composite material approach enables the cover plate to simultaneously achieve both flexibility for folding and rigidity for protection against external forces.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

3Adaptability or versatility

If the thickness of the ultra-thin glass is reduced to less than 0.1 mm to maintain flexibility, then the foldability is improved, but the fragility increases making it prone to damage

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovefoldabilityVSAvoidfragility
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The cover plate is divided into multiple layers: a first cover-plate layer (transparent thin film or ultra-thin glass) that provides flexibility and foldability, and a second cover-plate layer (rigid plate) that provides strength and protection. This segmentation allows each layer to perform its specific function optimally without the other.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The invention uses a composite structure combining flexible materials (transparent thin film or ultra-thin glass) with rigid materials (rigid plate). This composite material approach enables the cover plate to simultaneously achieve both flexibility for folding and rigidity for protection against external forces.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The design effectively reduces damage to the display substrate by absorbing and diffusing external forces, increases rigidity during folding, and improves surface smoothness, enhancing the protection effect and durability of the flexible display cover plate.

Implementation Method 1

the bonding layer is a deformable film layer

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectDeformation: Deformation

Implementation Method 2

the bonding layer... can absorb and diffuse some impact

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectEnergy absorption: Absorption (physical)

Data Source

PatentEP3796292B1Flexible display cover plate, display panel and display apparatus
Publication Date: 2025.07.30 HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

This application relates to a flexible display cover plate, a display panel, and a display apparatus, and relates to a field of display technologies. The flexible display cover plate includes a first cover-plate layer and at least one auxiliary protective layer that is disposed on a face of the first cover-plate layer. The auxiliary protective layer includes a bonding layer and a second cover-plate layer that are superimposed along a direction away from the first cover-plate layer. The bonding layer is a deformable film layer, and a face that is of an outermost second cover-plate layer in the at least one auxiliary protective layer and that is away from the bonding layer is used to attach to a display substrate. When the flexible display cover plate receives external force, both the first cover-plate layer and the auxiliary protective layer can absorb and diffuse impact of the external force, so that the external force received by the display substrate is reduced, and damage caused by the external force to the display substrate is reduced, thereby improving a protection effect provided for the display substrate. This application is used to improve the protection effect provided for the display substrate.