FLEXIBLE DISPLAY

• US 20070241002A1
• Filed: 07/19/2006
• Published: 10/18/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Inventors: Chen, Ming-Daw, Wu, Po-Sheng
• Application Number:
  US11/458,442
• Publication Number:
  US 20070241002A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 206/150
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1601 Constructional details related to the housing of computer displays, e.g. of CRT monitors, of flat displays constructional details related to flat displays integrated in a portable computer, e.g. laptop, handheld computer G06F1/1637; constructional details related to television receivers H04N5/64
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 9/301 flexible foldable or roll-able electronic displays, e.g. thin LCD, OLED
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 9/35 being liquid crystals G09F9/302 takes precedence; liquid crystal materials C09K19/00; liquid crystal panels comprising a number of electrodes in a single cell per se G02F1/13

Abstract

A flexible display including a container, a flexible panel and at least a supporting element is provided. The flexible panel is connected to the container such that the flexible panel can be rolled up inside the container. The supporting element has a shape-remembering characteristic and is disposed in or on the flexible panel. The supporting element can also be rolled up along with the flexible panel inside the container. When the flexible panel is spread out from the container, the supporting element supports the flexible panel and maintains the flexible panel in a spread-out state.

Claims

1. A flexible display, comprising:

a container;

a flexible panel, connected to the container suitable for being rolled up inside the container; and

at least a supporting element having a shape-remembering characteristic disposed in or on the flexible panel and suitable for being rolled up inside the container along with the flexible panel, wherein, when the flexible panel is spread out from the container, the supporting element supports the flexible panel and keeps the flexible panel in the spread-out state.

2. The flexible display of claim 1, wherein the flexible panel is rolled up into the container manually, semi-automatically or automatically.

3. The flexible display of claim 1, wherein the container has a support frame for erecting the flexible panel spread out.

4. The flexible display of claim 1, wherein the supporting element is a supporting strip disposed on the surface of the flexible panel.

5. The flexible display of claim 4, wherein the supporting element has an arc-shaped, U-shaped or a V-shaped cross-section.

6. The flexible display of claim 1, wherein the supporting element is a supporting layer disposed on the surface of the flexible panel.

7. The flexible display of claim 6, wherein the supporting element has an arc-shaped cross-section.

8. The flexible display of claim 1, wherein the flexible panel comprises a plurality of stacked layers and the supporting element is made out of one of the stacked layers.

9. The flexible display of claim 8, wherein the supporting element has an arc-shaped cross-section.