Support assembly and storage and deployment apparatus for flexible display panel

A support assembly for supporting a flexible display panel, comprising:

• a support structure configured to support the flexible display panel;
• and
• a driving structure configured to drive the support structure against the flexible display panel,
• wherein at least a portion of the support structure is fixedly connected to the flexible display panel so that when the flexible display panel is reciprocated in a first direction and a second direction, the support structure is switchable between a first state and a second state, wherein the support structure has a smaller support surface in the first state than in the second state, and the first direction is opposite to the second direction,
• wherein the support structure comprises a plurality of support plates, the support structure changes from a stacked state to a spliced state when the flexible display panel is moved in the first direction, and changes from the spliced state to the stacked state when the flexible display panel is moved in the second direction, wherein in the stacked state, the plurality of support plates are stacked on top of each other, and in the spliced state, the plurality of support plates are sequentially spliced into a flat plate shape,
• wherein the driving structure comprises:
• a bearing plate configured to bear the plurality of support plates in the stacked state;
• and
• an elastic member connected to the bearing plate and configured to apply a force toward the flexible display panel on the bearing plate so that the support plates on the bearing plate are driven to abut against the flexible display panel.