Airbag assembly and method for bending a flexible panel using same
AssigneeWuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
InventorYoushui Shi
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Abstract
A method for bending a flexible panel includes first, providing an airbag assembly; second, inflating the airbag assembly; next, abutting against the bending area with the airbag assembly; and lastly, bending the flexible panel by pivoting on the airbag assembly so that a bent portion of the flexible panel tightly contacts a surface of the airbag assembly, and the terminal area is located behind the flexible panel. The airbag assembly includes a housing and an elastic film. The housing includes at least one outlet and at least one inlet. The elastic film wraps the housing to form a gas chamber. The outlet and the inlet communicate with the gas chamber.
Claims12
An airbag assembly, configured to bend a flexible panel, comprising:
- a housing comprising at least one outlet and at least one inlet;
- a rubber film wrapping a periphery of the housing, wherein the housing runs through the rubber film, the periphery of the housing is attached to a proximal end of the rubber film near the at least one inlet and a distal end of the rubber film away from the at least one inlet to form a gas chamber between the housing and the rubber film, the at least one outlet and the at least one inlet communicate with the gas chamber, and the gas chamber is inflatable to bend the flexible panel to a required curvature;
- a gas source;
- a gas pipeline communicating with the gas source and the at least one inlet of the housing;
- a pressure sensor disposed in the gas pipeline;
- a pressure-adjusting valve connected to the gas source and the housing through the gas pipeline;
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- a controller electrically connected to the pressure sensor and the pressure-adjusting valve and configured to receive an output signal from the pressure sensor and to control the pressure-adjusting valve to be turned on and off.
An airbag assembly, configured to bend a flexible panel, comprising:
- a housing comprising at least one outlet and at least one inlet;
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- an elastic film wrapping a periphery of the housing, wherein the housing runs through the elastic film, the periphery of the housing is attached to a proximal end of the elastic film near the at least one inlet and a distal end of the elastic film away from the at least one inlet to form a gas chamber between the housing and the rubber film, the at least one outlet and the at least one inlet communicate with the gas chamber, and the gas chamber is inflatable to bend the flexible panel to a required curvature.
A method for bending a flexible panel comprising a bending area and a terminal area adjacent to the bending area, the method comprising:
- providing an airbag assembly, wherein the airbag assembly comprises a housing comprising at least one outlet and at least one inlet, and an elastic film wrapping a periphery of the housing, the housing runs through the elastic film, the periphery of the housing is attached to a proximal end of the elastic film near the at least one inlet and a distal end of the elastic film away from the at least one inlet to form a gas chamber between the housing and the rubber film, the at least one outlet and the at least one inlet communicate with the gas chamber, and the gas chamber is inflatable to bend the flexible panel to a required curvature;
- inflating the airbag assembly;
- abutting against the bending area with the airbag assembly;
- and
- bending the flexible panel by pivoting on the airbag assembly so that a bent portion of the flexible panel tightly contacts a surface of the airbag assembly, and the terminal area is located behind the flexible panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.