Mask Plate Assembly with Shielding Strip for Evaporation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Mask plates welded on frames are often in different shapes due to varying product arrangements, leading to increased tension and poor flexibility, resulting in uneven evaporation forces and undesirable mixed color effects during the evaporation process.

Innovation Solution

A mask plate assembly comprising a frame with a shielding strip and a mask plate, where the mask plate includes an elongated hole opposite to the shielding strip, reducing the area of the entity region and ensuring even evaporation forces by shielding the elongated hole with the strip, thereby improving flexibility and evaporation patterns.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If mask plates are welded on frames in different shapes due to varying product arrangements, then adaptability to different products is improved, but tension on the mask plate increases and flexibility deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadaptability to different product arrangementsVSAvoidmask plate flexibility
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The mask plate is segmented by introducing an elongated hole that divides the solid structure into regions, reducing the overall entity region area and thereby decreasing tension while maintaining adaptability to different product arrangements

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The mask plate design incorporates an elongated hole that changes the physical parameters of the plate, specifically reducing the entity region area and improving flexibility while maintaining the ability to adapt to different shapes and product arrangements

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If mask plates have increased tension due to different shapes, then adaptability to various configurations is improved, but evaporation force uniformity deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconfiguration adaptabilityVSAvoidevaporation force uniformity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The elongated hole segments the mask plate structure, creating a more flexible configuration that allows for uniform evaporation force distribution across different shapes and configurations

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

By changing the physical parameters of the mask plate through the elongated hole, the tension is reduced and flexibility is improved, resulting in uniform evaporation force and preventing mixed color effects

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Adaptability or versatility

If mask plates have poor flexibility due to different shapes, then adaptability to various arrangements is improved, but fit between mask plate and evaporation member deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvearrangement adaptabilityVSAvoidfit between mask plate and evaporation member
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The elongated hole segments the mask plate, reducing the entity region area and improving flexibility to achieve better fit with the evaporation member while maintaining arrangement adaptability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The physical parameter change introduced by the elongated hole improves the mask plate's flexibility and fit characteristics without compromising its ability to adapt to various arrangements

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS20230357914A1Mask plate assembly and method for manufacturing same
Publication Date: 2023.11.09 CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

Provided is a mask plate assembly. The mask plate assembly includes: a frame, wherein an opening portion is defined in a center portion of the frame; a shielding strip, wherein the shielding strip is disposed on the opening portion, and two ends of the shielding strip are fixed on the frame; and a mask plate, wherein the mask plate is fixed on the frame, and an evaporation hold and an elongated hole are defined in the mask plate, wherein the evaporation hole is opposite to the opening portion, and the elongated hole is opposite to the shielding strip to shield the elongated hole by the shielding strip.