# US 12,111,696 B2 · Flexible display module and flexible display apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,111,696 B2 - Document ID: US12111696B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/769,123 - Filed: 2020-08-18 - Published: 2023-05-04 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2019-10-15 - Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Liangyu Pan; Lei Wang; Yuan Yan; Haiyan Li; Yongqiang Pang; Yang Liu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12111696B2 ## CPC - G06F 1/1652: {the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable} - G06F 1/1616: {with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position} - G06F 1/1637: {Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing} - G06F 1/1684: {Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675} - G06F 1/1686: {the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera} - G06V 40/1329: {Protecting the fingerprint sensor against damage caused by the finger} - G09F 9/30: in which the desired character or characters are formed by combining individual elements (panels comprising a number of electrodes in a single cell controlling light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. electro-optical or magneto-optical cell, G02F1/00) - G09F 9/301: {flexible foldable or roll-able electronic displays, e.g. thin LCD, OLED} - G06V 40/13: Sensors therefor - H10K 59/12: Active-matrix OLED [AMOLED] displays - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING - G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES ## Abstract A flexible display module includes a cover, a flexible display panel, a rigid backplane component, and an optical device that are sequentially disposed. The optical device is disposed on a side of the rigid backplane component and is away from the flexible display panel. The rigid backplane component includes a rigid backplane body and a rigid light-transmitting component. The rigid light-transmitting component is disposed between the optical device and the flexible display panel, and the rigid light-transmitting component has a light transmission feature and is rigid. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A flexible display module, comprising: a flexible display panel; an optical device; and a rigid backplane component located between the flexible display panel and the optical device and comprising: a side that is away from the flexible display panel, wherein the optical device is disposed on the side; a rigid backplane body; and a rigid light-transmitting component, wherein the rigid backplane body and the rigid light-transmitting component are of an integral structure, wherein the rigid backplane body comprises a through hole in a one-to-one correspondence with the optical device, wherein the rigid light-transmitting component is located in the through hole, and wherein the rigid light-transmitting component comprises a curable adhesive. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The flexible display module of claim 1, wherein the rigid light-transmitting component comprises a rigid light-transmitting block, and wherein the rigid light-transmitting block is fixedly installed in the through hole. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The flexible display module of claim 2, wherein the through hole comprises a first through hole and a second through hole that are sequentially disposed in a direction away from the flexible display panel, wherein the first through hole comprises a first aperture, wherein the second through hole comprises a second aperture, wherein a first size of the first aperture is greater than a second size of the second aperture, and wherein the rigid light-transmitting block fits into the through hole. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The flexible display module of claim 1, wherein the rigid light-transmitting component comprises a first surface, wherein the rigid backplane body comprises a second surface, and wherein the first surface and the second surface are flush. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The flexible display module of claim 1, wherein the rigid light-transmitting component is a glass rigid light-transmitting component, a plastic rigid light-transmitting component, or a resin rigid light-transmitting component. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The flexible display module of claim 1, wherein the rigid light-transmitting component is a glass rigid light-transmitting component. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The flexible display module of claim 1, wherein the rigid light-transmitting component is a plastic rigid light-transmitting component. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The flexible display module of claim 1, wherein the rigid light-transmitting component is a resin rigid light-transmitting component. ### Claim 9 A flexible display apparatus, comprising: a flexible display module comprising: a flexible display panel; an optical device; and a rigid backplane component located between the flexible display panel and the optical device and comprising: a side that is away from the flexible display panel, wherein the optical device is disposed on the side; a rigid backplane body; and a rigid light-transmitting component, wherein the rigid backplane body and the rigid light-transmitting component are of an integral structure, wherein the rigid backplane body comprises a through hole in a one-to-one correspondence with the optical device, wherein the rigid light-transmitting component is located in the through hole, and wherein the rigid light-transmitting component comprises a curable adhesive. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The flexible display apparatus of claim 9, wherein the rigid light-transmitting component is a glass rigid light-transmitting component, a plastic rigid light-transmitting component, or a resin rigid light-transmitting component. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The flexible display apparatus of claim 9, wherein the rigid light-transmitting component is a glass rigid light-transmitting component. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The flexible display apparatus of claim 9, wherein the rigid light-transmitting component is a plastic rigid light-transmitting component. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The flexible display apparatus of claim 9, wherein the rigid light-transmitting component is a resin rigid light-transmitting component. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The flexible display apparatus of claim 9, wherein the rigid light-transmitting component comprises a rigid light-transmitting block, and wherein the rigid light-transmitting block is fixedly installed in the through hole. ### Claim 15 A flexible display apparatus, comprising: a flexible display module comprising: a flexible display panel; an optical device; and a rigid backplane component located between the flexible display panel and the optical device and comprising: a side that is away from the flexible display panel, wherein the optical device is disposed on the side; a rigid backplane body; and a rigid light-transmitting component, wherein the rigid backplane body and the rigid light-transmitting component are of an integral structure, and wherein the rigid light-transmitting component is a glass rigid light-transmitting component. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The flexible display apparatus of claim 15, wherein the rigid backplane body comprises a through hole in a one-to-one correspondence with the optical device, and wherein the rigid light-transmitting component is located in the through hole. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The flexible display apparatus of claim 16, wherein the rigid light-transmitting component comprises a curable adhesive. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The flexible display apparatus of claim 16, wherein the rigid light-transmitting component comprises a rigid light-transmitting block, and wherein the rigid light-transmitting block is fixedly installed in the through hole. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The flexible display apparatus of claim 18, wherein the through hole comprises a first through hole and a second through hole that are sequentially disposed in a direction away from the flexible display panel, wherein the first through hole comprises a first aperture, wherein the second through hole comprises a second aperture, wherein a first size of the first aperture is greater than a second size of the second aperture, and wherein the rigid light-transmitting block fits into the through hole. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The flexible display apparatus of claim 16, wherein the rigid light-transmitting component comprises a first surface, wherein the rigid backplane body comprises a second surface, and wherein the first surface and the second surface are flush. ### Claim 21 (depends on 15) The flexible display apparatus of claim 15, wherein the rigid backplane body comprises a through hole in a one-to-one correspondence with the optical device, wherein the rigid light-transmitting component is a rigid light-transmitting plate stacked on the rigid backplane body, and wherein the rigid light-transmitting plate is located between the rigid backplane body and the flexible display panel.