# US 10,503,204 B2 · Display screen assembly, method for assembling display screen assembly and electronic device

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- Number: US 10,503,204 B2
- Document ID: US10503204B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/370,482
- Filed: 2019-03-29
- Published: 2019-07-25
- Granted: 2019-12-10
- Earliest claimed: 2017-01-09
- Assignees: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.
- Applicants: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.
- Inventors: Jiao Cheng
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10503204B2

## CPC

- G06F 3/0416: {Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers}
- G02B 6/009: {of the light source in the package (G02B6/0021 takes precedence)}
- G06F 1/1603: {Arrangements to protect the display from incident light, e.g. hoods}
- G06F 1/1626: {with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]}
- G06F 1/1637: {Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing}
- G06F 1/1643: {the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads (details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615)}
- H04M 1/0266: {for a display module assembly}
- H10K 59/40: OLEDs integrated with touch screens
- G02F 1/133325: {Assembling processes}
- G06F 3/0412: {Digitisers structurally integrated in a display}
- G09G 3/3208: organic, e.g. using organic light-emitting diodes [OLED]
- H04M 1/185: {Improving the shock resistance of the housing, e.g. by increasing the rigidity}
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08)
- H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES
- G02F: OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
- G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00)

## Abstract

A display screen assembly, a method for assembling display screen assembly and an electronic device are provided. The display screen assembly includes: a display screen having a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area, a connector, a cover plate and a bracket. The connector includes a first joining portion, a second joining portion and a third joining portion. The first joining portion is coupled in the non-display area. The second joining portion is opposite to a side wall of the display screen. The third joining portion is fitted with a bottom surface of the display screen and corresponds to the non-display area. A lower surface of the cover plate is positioned to the top surface of the display screen and the first joining portion. The bracket includes a top portion joined to the bottom surface of the display screen and the third joining portion.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A display screen assembly, comprising:
a display screen having a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area;
a connector comprising a first joining portion, a second joining portion bending from an edge of the first joining portion, and a third joining portion bending from the second joining portion, the first joining portion being coupled to a top surface of the display screen by means of adhering and located in the non-display area of the display screen, the display area being exposed out of the first joining portion, the second joining portion being opposite to a side wall of the display screen and joined to the side wall of the display screen by means of adhering, and the third joining portion being fitted with a bottom surface of the display screen and corresponding to the non-display area;
a cover plate having a lower surface positioned to the top surface of the display screen and to the first joining portion; and
a bracket having a top portion joined to the bottom surface of the display screen and to the third joining portion.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The display screen assembly according to claim 1, wherein the display screen comprises an organic light-emitting diode flexible screen.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The display screen assembly according to claim 1, wherein the connector comprises any one of a membrane, a metal sheet and a plastic sheet.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The display screen assembly according to claim 1, wherein the first joining portion covers all of the non-display area.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The display screen assembly according to claim 1, wherein the first joining portion covers part of the non-display area.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The display screen assembly according to claim 1, wherein the third joining portion is joined to the bottom surface of the display screen by means of adhering.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The display screen assembly according to claim 1, wherein the top surface of the display screen is joined to the lower surface of the cover plate in a full-lamination manner.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The display screen assembly according to claim 1, wherein the top surface of the display screen is adhered to the lower surface of the cover plate by means of an optically clear adhesive.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The display screen assembly according to claim 1, wherein the cover plate is configured as a touch-screen cover plate.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The display screen assembly according to claim 1, wherein the bracket comprises a side wall extending upwards from an edge of the top portion, the display screen assembly further comprises a decoration enclosure, the decoration enclosure is arranged at a top of the side wall of the bracket and surrounds the cover plate and the display screen.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The display screen assembly according to claim 10, wherein the decoration enclosure is in-mold injection-molded to the bracket.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The display screen assembly according to claim 10, wherein the decoration enclosure and the bracket are integrally molded as an integral structure.

### Claim 13

A method for assembling a display screen assembly, comprising:
providing a display screen, a connector, a cover plate and a bracket, the display screen having a display area and a non-display area, and the connector having a first joining portion, a second joining portion and a third joining portion;
coupling the first joining portion to a lower surface of the cover plate;
positioning the lower surface of the cover plate to a top surface of the display screen;
adhering the first joining portion in the non-display area of the display screen and exposing the display area out of the first joining portion;
bending the second joining portion to a side wall of the display screen, such that the second joining portion is opposite to the side wall of the display screen;
adhering the second joining portion to the side wall of the display screen;
bending the third joining portion to a bottom surface of the display screen, such that the third joining portion is corresponding to the non-display area;
coupling the bottom surface of the display screen to a top portion of the bracket; and
coupling the third joining portion to the top portion of the bracket.

### Claim 14

An electronic device, comprising a rear cover and a display screen assembly coupled to the rear cover to define an accommodating space therebetween, wherein the display screen assembly comprises:
a display screen having a display area and a non-display area;
a connector having a first joining portion, a second joining portion bending from an edge of the first joining portion, and a third joining portion bending from the second joining portion, the first joining portion being adhered in the non-display area of the display screen, the second joining portion being opposite to a side wall of the display screen and adhered to the side wall of the display screen, and the third joining portion being fitted with a bottom surface of the display screen and corresponding to the non-display area;
a cover plate having a lower surface positioned to a top surface of the display screen and to the first joining portion; and
a bracket having a top portion joined to the bottom surface of the display screen and to the third joining portion.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The electronic device according to claim 14, further comprising a battery, wherein the battery is accommodated in the accommodating space.

### Claim 16 (depends on 14)

The electronic device according to claim 14, wherein the rear cover is coupled to the bracket by at least one of adhering, snapping, threaded connection and screwing.

### Claim 17 (depends on 14)

The electronic device according to claim 14, wherein the cover plate is configured as a touch-screen cover plate and comprises:
a touch panel having a touch control circuit and configured to achieve a touch operation of the display screen assembly; and
a protective cover sheet provided on the touch panel and configured to protect the touch panel from being damaged due to direct touch operations on the touch panel.

### Claim 18 (depends on 14)

The electronic device according to claim 14, wherein the bracket comprises a side wall extending upwards from an edge of the top portion, the display screen assembly further comprises a decoration enclosure, the decoration enclosure is arranged at a top of the side wall of the bracket and surrounds the cover plate and the display screen.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The electronic device according to claim 18, wherein the decoration enclosure is in-mold injection-molded to the bracket.

### Claim 20 (depends on 18)

The electronic device according to claim 18, wherein the decoration enclosure and the bracket are integrally molded as an integral structure.