# US 12,114,441 B2 · Display panel and electronic apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,114,441 B2 - Document ID: US12114441B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/604,834 - Filed: 2021-09-01 - Published: 2023-08-03 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2021-08-18 - Assignees: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Huan Cao - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12114441B2 ## CPC - G06F 1/1652: {the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable} - H05K 5/0217: {Mechanical details of casings (covers, lids, hoods or members for covering apertures H05K5/03)} - 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} - G09F 9/301: {flexible foldable or roll-able electronic displays, e.g. thin LCD, OLED} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS - G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS ## Abstract The present disclosure provides a display panel and an electronic apparatus. The display panel includes a housing, a supporting component, and a display panel body The display panel body is attached to a side of the supporting component away from the housing, and the display panel body is configured to move along with movement of the supporting component. When the supporting component moves to a first position, the display panel body is in a bent state, and a first housing portion and a second housing portion of the housing are fitted. Thereby, a problem that there is a gap after a housing of a conventional inward-folding wedge-shaped display device is closed is resolved. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display panel, comprising: a housing, comprising a first housing portion and a second housing portion movably connected to the first housing portion; a supporting component, comprising a first supporting component and a second supporting component, the first supporting component being movably connected to the first housing portion, and the second supporting component being movably connected to the second housing portion; and a display panel body, attached to a side of the supporting component away from the housing, wherein the display panel body is configured to move along with movement of the supporting component, when the supporting component moves to a first position, the display panel body is in a bent state, the first housing portion and the second housing portion are fitted, and a first angle is formed between the first supporting component and the second supporting component to protect a bending portion formed by the display panel body, the first housing portion is provided with a first groove, and the first supporting component is disposed inside the first groove; and the second housing portion is provided with a second groove, and the second supporting component is disposed inside the second groove, both the first groove and the second groove comprise a groove wall and a groove bottom, and the groove wall is provided with a notch close to a movement joint of the first housing portion and the second housing portion, and the groove bottom is provided with a sliding groove on a side away from the notch, the supporting component is provided with a bump at a position corresponding to the sliding groove, and the bump is slidably mounted in the sliding groove. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display panel as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the supporting component moves to a second position, the display panel body is in a flat state, the housing and the supporting component are flat to cause the first housing portion to be level with the second housing portion, and a second angle is formed between the first supporting component and the second supporting component to support the display panel body, wherein the second angle is greater than the first angle. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display panel as claimed in claim 1, wherein a height of the groove wall is greater than a sum of thicknesses of the supporting component and the display panel body. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The display panel as claimed in claim 2, wherein the groove bottom is an inclined surface, and a height of the groove wall is increased as the groove bottom extends toward the notch. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The display panel as claimed in claim 4, wherein when the supporting component moves to the first position, the supporting component and the corresponding groove bottom are fitted; and when the supporting component moves to the second position, a third angle is formed between the supporting component and the corresponding groove bottom. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The display panel as claimed in claim 5, a magnitude of the third angle is equal to a half of a magnitude of the first angle. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The display panel as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sliding groove is provided with a cylindrical hole inside, the bump is provided with a cylinder shaft, and the cylinder shaft is movably mounted in the circular hole. ### Claim 8 An electronic apparatus, comprising a display panel, the display panel comprising: a housing, comprising a first housing portion and a second housing portion movably connected to the first housing portion; a supporting component, comprising a first supporting component and a second supporting component, the first supporting component being movably connected to the first housing portion, and the second supporting component being movably connected to the second housing portion; and a display panel body, attached to a side of the supporting component away from the housing, wherein the display panel body is configured to move along with movement of the supporting component, when the supporting component moves to a first position, the display panel body is in a bent state, the first housing portion and the second housing portion are fitted, and a first angle is formed between the first supporting component and the second supporting component to protect a bending portion formed by the display panel body, the first housing portion is provided with a first groove, and the first supporting component is disposed inside the first groove; and the second housing portion is provided with a second groove, and the second supporting component is disposed inside the second groove, both the first groove and the second groove comprise a groove wall and a groove bottom, and the groove wall is provided with a notch close to a movement joint of the first housing portion and the second housing portion, and the groove bottom is provided with a sliding groove on a side away from the notch, the supporting component is provided with a bump at a position corresponding to the sliding groove, and the bump is slidably mounted in the sliding groove. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein when the supporting component moves to a second position, the display panel body is in a flat state, the housing and the supporting component are flat to cause the first housing portion to be level with the second housing portion, and a second angle is formed between the first supporting component and the second supporting component to support the display panel body, wherein the second angle is greater than the first angle. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein a height of the groove wall is greater than a sum of thicknesses of the supporting component and the display panel body. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the groove bottom is an inclined surface, and a height of the groove wall is increased as the groove bottom extends toward the notch. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein when the supporting component moves to the first position, the supporting component and the corresponding groove bottom are fitted; and when the supporting component moves to the second position, a third angle is formed between the supporting component and the corresponding groove bottom. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 12, a magnitude of the third angle is equal to a half of a magnitude of the first angle. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein the sliding groove is provided with a cylindrical hole inside, the bump is provided with a cylinder shaft, and the cylinder shaft is movably mounted in the circular hole.