Flexible Display Support Plate for Foldable Housing Depression
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current foldable and rollable display apparatuses experience a feeling of depression when folded or curled due to unsupported parts of the flexible display panel, leading to operational challenges.
Innovation Solution
A flexible display device with a housing comprising two sub-housings and a support structure that includes a sliding support plate, which moves to abut the flexible display panel when the housing is open, ensuring no part of the panel is unsupported, utilizing a telescopic part and guide holes for stability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If the flexible display panel is folded or curled to reduce space, then portability is improved, but the display panel becomes unsupported causing a feeling of depression
Solution Approach 1:
The housing is segmented into a first sub-housing and a second sub-housing that can move relative to each other, creating an adjustable support structure that adapts to different display panel states (folded vs. spread)
Solution Approach 2:
The support plate is designed to be movable rather than fixed, allowing it to dynamically adjust its position and support the display panel in both folded and spread states, eliminating the feeling of depression
2Device complexity
If the support plate is made fixed to simplify structure, then device complexity is reduced, but the display panel cannot be properly supported when housing state changes
Solution Approach 1:
The support plate is designed to be movable rather than fixed, allowing it to dynamically adjust its position and support the display panel in both folded and spread states, eliminating the feeling of depression
Solution Approach 2:
Slides and sliders are introduced as intermediary components that enable the support plate to move smoothly while maintaining structural simplicity, bridging the gap between fixed housing and movable support requirements
Data Source
AI summary
A flexible display device and a display apparatus are provided, which include: a first sub-housing and a second sub-housing, the first sub-housing is relatively away from the second sub-housing to adjust the housing to be in an open state, and an opening is formed between the first sub-housing and the second sub-housing. A flexible display panel disposed on a first surface of the housing, and the flexible display panel is spread on a surface of the housing when the housing is in the open state. A support structure includes a support plate, the support plate is received in the housing when the first sub-housing is relatively close to the second sub-housing, and when the housing is in the open state, the support plate abuts against the flexible display panel.