# US 12,181,925 B2 · Display module and mobile terminal > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,181,925 B2 - Document ID: US12181925B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/624,856 - Filed: 2021-12-29 - Published: 2023-06-22 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2021-12-22 - Assignees: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Zhenyu Yang; Dengqian Li - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12181925B2 ## CPC - G06F 1/1637: {Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing} - G06F 1/1656: {Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories (mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203)} - G06F 1/1641: {the display being formed by a plurality of foldable display components (G06F1/1647 takes precedence)} - G06F 1/1652: {the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract The present application provides a display module and a mobile terminal. The display module includes a display panel and a support layer. The display panel includes a first plane part, a second plane part and a bending part. The support layer is located between the first plane part and the second plane part. The support layer includes a first support part and a second support part. The second plane part corresponds to the second support part. In a light-emitting direction of the display panel, a thickness of the first support part is greater than a thickness of the second support part. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display module comprising: a display panel, wherein the display panel comprises a first plane part, a second plane part, and a bending part, the bending part is located between the first plane part and the second plane part, and the second plane part is bent to a side of the display panel away from a light-emitting direction; a support layer, wherein the support layer is located between the first plane part and the second plane part, the support layer comprises a first support part and a second support part, both of the first support part and the second support part correspond to the first plane part, the first support part is disposed at a side of the second support part away from the bending part, and the second plane part corresponds to the second support part; and a reinforcing layer disposed between the second support part and the second plane part; wherein in the light-emitting direction of the display panel, a thickness of the first support part is greater than a thickness of the second support part; and a gap is formed between a side surface of the reinforcing layer close to the first plane part and the second plane part. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display module according to claim 1, wherein a side of the first support part close to the first plane part is flush with a side of the second support part close to the first plane part. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display module according to claim 1, wherein the second plane part is disposed on the reinforcing layer. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The display module according to claim 3, wherein an orthographic projection of the second plane part on the reinforcing layer is located in the reinforcing layer. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The display module according to claim 3, wherein the first support part and the second support part are integrally formed. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The display module according to claim 4, wherein the first support part and the second support part are detachably connected. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The display module according to claim 6, wherein at least one of the first support part and the second support part is provided with a plurality of fixing slots, at least one of the first support part and the second support part is provided with a plurality of fixing keys corresponding to the fixing slots, and one of the fixing keys corresponds to one of the fixing slots. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The display module according to claim 7, wherein the first support part is provided with the plurality of fixing slots, the second support part is provided with the plurality of fixing keys, and the fixing slots on the first support part correspond to the fixing keys on the second support part. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The display module according to claim 7, wherein the first support part is provided with the plurality of fixing keys, the second support part is provided with the plurality of fixing slots, and the fixing keys on the first support part correspond to the fixing slots on the second support part. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The display module according to claim 7, wherein the first support part and the second support part are provided with the plurality of fixing keys and the plurality of fixing slots, the fixing keys on the first support part correspond to the fixing slots on the second support part, and the fixing slots on the first support part correspond to the fixing keys on the second support part. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The display module according to claim 7, wherein an orthographic projection of the reinforcing layer on the support layer is located in the second support part. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The display module according to claim 11, wherein the first support part is spaced from the reinforcing layer. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The display module according to claim 12, wherein a spacing between the first support part and the reinforcing layer is greater than a thickness of the first support part along the light-emitting direction of the display panel. ### Claim 14 (depends on 7) The display module according to claim 7, wherein each of the fixing keys comprises at least a first fixing part and a second fixing part connected with the first fixing part. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The display module according to claim 14, wherein a shape or a size of the first fixing part is different from a shape or a size of the second fixing part. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The display module according to claim 1, wherein in the light-emitting direction of the display panel, a ratio of a thickness of the second support part to a thickness of the first support part ranges from ⅕ to ⅘. ### Claim 17 (depends on 7) The display module according to claim 7, wherein the plurality of fixing keys are arranged at equal intervals on the first support part or the second support part. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The display module according to claim 17, wherein, in an arrangement direction of the plurality of fixing keys, a ratio of a spacing between the two adjacent fixing keys to a length of the first support part or the second support part ranges from ⅕ to ⅓. ### Claim 19 A mobile terminal, wherein the mobile terminal comprises a terminal body and a display module, and the display module and the terminal body are combined as a whole, wherein the display module comprises: a display panel, wherein the display panel comprises a first plane part, a second plane part, and a bending part, the bending part is located between the first plane part and the second plane part, and the second plane part is bent to a side of the display panel away from a light-emitting direction; a support layer, wherein the support layer is located between the first plane part and the second plane part, the support layer comprises a first support part and a second support part, both of the first support part and the second support part correspond to the first plane part, the first support part is disposed at a side of the second support part away from the bending part, and the second plane part corresponds to the second support part part; and a reinforcing layer disposed between the second support part and the second plane part; wherein in the light-emitting direction of the display panel, a thickness of the first support part is greater than a thickness of the second support part; and a gap is formed between a side surface of the reinforcing layer close to the first plane part and the second plane part. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The display module according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the first support part and the second support part is provided with a plurality of fixing slots, another one of the first support part and the second support part is provided with a plurality of fixing keys corresponding to the fixing slots; wherein one of the fixing keys comprises a first fixing part and a second fixing part connected to the first fixing part, the first fixing part is connected to the first support part or a main part of the second support part, and the second fixing part is connected to one end of the first fixing part away from the main part of the first support part or the main part of the second support part; wherein a plane shape of the first fixing part is rectangle, a plane shape of the second fixing part is circle, and a diameter of the circle of the second fixing part is greater than a width of a connection position between the first fixing part and the second fixing part; or, both a plane shape of the first fixing part and a plane shape of the second fixing part are rectangle, and a width of the second fixing part is greater than a width of the first fixing part in a connection direction perpendicular to the first fixing part and the second fixing part.