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Electronic devices with deformation-resistant displays

US12087187B2 · kind B2 · utility

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23Claims

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Assignee

Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

Yasmin F. Afsar · San Jose, US
Ben Hightower · Redwood City, US
Bhadrinarayana Lalgudi Visweswaran · Princeton, US
Chang-Chia Huang · San Jose, US
Hoon Kim · Ansan-si, KR
Paul S. Drzaic · Olivehurst, US
Prashant Mandlik · Lawrenceville, US
Terry C. Lam · Mountain View, US
Wen-I Hsieh · Hengshan, TW
Zhichun Shao · Albany, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 20, 2022
Grant date	Sep 10, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 20, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F1/1652
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A flexible display in a foldable electronic device may have a display cover layer and display panel that bend around a bend axis. The display panel may have an array of pixels configured to display an image through the display cover layer. The pixels may be formed from thin-film display circuitry that is supported by a flexible display panel substrate. The flexible substrate may be supported by a display support plate that bends about the bend axis. The display may be configured to allow attachment of the display panel substrate to the display support plate while helping to prevent undesired localized deformation of the thin-film display circuitry.

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