Mobile device with display wrapping around surfaces

• US 9,838,518 B2
• Filed: 02/29/2016
• Issued: 12/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Inventors: Lei, Jun, Gao, Yuan, Han, Gaocai
• Primary Examiner(s): Lai, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US15/056,405
• Publication Number:
  US 20160381194A1
• Time in Patent Office: 645 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1652 the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0266 for a display module assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0269 mounted in a fixed curved configuration, e.g. display curved around the edges of the telephone housing
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a mobile device including a frame assembly with an accommodating space formed therein for disposing functional parts of the mobile device, and a primary display module disposed on an outer side of the frame assembly. The primary display module wraps around a front surface, a back surface, and side surfaces of the mobile device. By the solution of the disclosure, a full-screen mobile device is achieved so that the user may enjoy completely new experience by way of greater display area.

Claims

1. A mobile device, comprising:

a frame assembly with an accommodating space formed therein for disposing functional parts of the mobile device;

a primary display module disposed on an outer side of the frame assembly, wherein the primary display module wraps around a front surface, a back surface, and side surfaces of the mobile device;

a first auxiliary display module attached to a top end face of the mobile device, and sized to cooperate with the primary display module to form a partially closed structure; and

a second auxiliary display module attached to a bottom end face of the mobile device, and sized to cooperate with the partially closed structure to form a closed structure,

wherein the primary display module comprises a first flexible display module and a second flexible display module, the first flexible display module comprising a first curved portion and the second flexible display module comprising a second curved portion,

wherein the first curved edge of the first flexible display module are connected to the second curved edge of the second flexible display module to form a partially closed display structure when the primary display module is mounted in the mobile device; and

wherein the first curved portion ends in a first curved edge and the second curved portion ends in a second curved edge.

2. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the primary display module comprises a display module with a partially closed display structure.

3. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the primary display module comprises a display module with an integrated flexible flat structure;

and

wherein edges on both sides of the primary display module are connected to each other to form a partially closed display structure when the display module is mounted in the mobile device.

4. The mobile device according to claim 3, wherein a connection gap of the partially closed display structure is disposed at a side surface of the mobile device.

5. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein a connection gap between the first flexible display module and the second flexible display module is located between the first curved edge and the second curved edge on one of two side surfaces.

6. The mobile device according to claim 5, wherein the first flexible display module and the second flexible display module are symmetrical to each other over a line connected between the two connection gaps on two curved side surfaces.

7. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the first flexible display module and the second flexible display module are wrapped on the outer side of the frame assembly according to an external wall structure of the frame assembly.

8. A housing structure, comprising:

a frame assembly including circuitry parts disposed thereon;

a primary display module disposed on an outer side of the frame assembly, wherein the primary display module wraps around the frame assembly; and

an a first auxiliary display module disposed on a first end face of the frame assembly and a second auxiliary display module disposed on at least one a second end face of the frame assembly, wherein the first and second auxiliary display modules cooperate with the primary display module to form a closed structure that fully covers a mobile device;

wherein the primary display module comprises a first flexible display module and a second flexible display module, the first flexible display module comprising a first curved portion and the second flexible display module comprising a second curved portion, and

wherein the first curved portion ends in a first curved edge and the second curved portion ends in a second curved edge.

9. The housing structure according to claim 8, wherein the primary display module comprises a display module with an integrated partially closed display structure.

10. The housing structure according to claim 9, wherein the partially closed display structure comprises a continuous surface having parallel portions positioned across a front side and a back side of the frame assembly and curved portions positioned between the front side and the back side.

11. The housing structure according to claim 8, wherein the primary display module comprises a display module with an integrated flexible flat structure;

and

wherein edges on both sides of the primary display module are connected to each other to form a partially closed display structure when the display module is mounted in a mobile device.

12. The housing structure according to claim 11, wherein a connection gap of the partially closed display structure is disposed at a side surface of the mobile device.

13. The housing structure according to claim 8, wherein the first curved edge of the first flexible display module are connected to the first curved edge of the second flexible display module to form a partially closed display structure when the primary display module is mounted in a mobile device.

14. The housing structure according to claim 13, wherein a connection gap between the first flexible display module and the second flexible display module is located at each of two side surfaces of the mobile device next to one or more of the first curved portion and the second curved portion.