Folding Display Support Mesh for Multi-Directional Bending
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current metal supports for flexible displays are designed for one-way bending, limiting the development of displays that require multiple bending directions.
Innovation Solution
A folding displayer support with distinct mesh patterns in different bending regions, allowing for flexible bending in two directions by incorporating a first, second, and bidirectional bending regions with varying hole proportions and symmetrical hole shapes, enhancing the elastic modulus of the bidirectional region.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If metal supports are designed for one-way bending, then structural integrity and tension resistance are improved, but adaptability for multi-directional folding displays deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The support body is divided into different bending regions (first bending region, second bending region, and bidirectional bending region), each with locally optimized mesh patterns. The first and second bending regions have mesh patterns optimized for unidirectional bending, while the bidirectional bending region has a specialized mesh pattern with higher hole proportion and axisymmetric shape to enable folding in two directions, thus resolving the contradiction between structural integrity and multi-directional adaptability
Solution Approach 2:
The support body is segmented into distinct functional regions with different mesh patterns. This segmentation allows each region to independently perform its specific bending function while maintaining overall structural integrity, enabling the support to accommodate complex multi-directional folding configurations
2Adaptability or versatility
If hole proportion in mesh pattern is increased to enhance flexibility, then bending capability is improved, but structural strength deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Different mesh patterns with different hole proportions are applied to different bending regions. The bidirectional bending region has a higher hole proportion (greater than first and second bending regions) to enhance flexibility for complex folding, while the first and second bending regions have lower hole proportions to maintain structural strength, thus resolving the contradiction between bending flexibility and structural strength
Solution Approach 2:
The hole proportion parameter is varied across different bending regions to optimize performance. By changing this parameter locally rather than uniformly across the entire support body, the invention achieves optimal balance between flexibility and strength in each specific region
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables displays to fold in multiple directions while maintaining structural integrity and flexibility, addressing the limitations of one-way bending supports.
Implementation Method 1
enhancing the elastic modulus of the bidirectional region
Data Source
AI summary
A folding displayer support and a display apparatus are provided. The folding displayer support includes a support body, the support body is provided with at least one first bending region extending in a first direction, at least one second bending region extending in a second direction, and at least one bidirectional bending region located at a position where the first bending region intersects with the second bending region, and an included angle is formed between the first direction and the second direction. The first bending region is provided with a first mesh pattern, the second bending region is provided with a second mesh pattern, the bidirectional bending region is provided with a third mesh pattern, a proportion of holes of the first mesh pattern and a proportion of holes of the second mesh pattern are less than a proportion of holes of the third mesh pattern.