# US 12,222,756 B2 · Support structural member and display device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,222,756 B2 - Document ID: US12222756B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/190,480 - Filed: 2023-03-27 - Published: 2023-07-20 - Granted: 2025-02-11 - Earliest claimed: 2021-01-27 - Assignees: KunShan Go-Visionox Opto-Electronics Co., Ltd - Applicants: KunShan Go-Visionox Opto-Electronics Co., Ltd - Inventors: Yongfeng Zhao; Fan Dong; Liwei Ding; Fu Liao; Hongqi Hou; Zheng Li - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12222756B2 ## CPC - G06F 1/1624: {with sliding enclosures, e.g. sliding keyboard or display} - F16M 11/045: {adapted to left-right translation movement} - F16M 11/18: with mechanism for moving the apparatus relatively to the stand - F16M 13/00: Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles (heads thereof F16M11/02 {; undercarriages thereof F16M11/20} ; adapted to be stuck in the ground A45F3/44 {; sockets or holders for poles or posts E04H12/22}); Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles {(supports for measuring instruments G01D11/30; supports for casings of remote control switching devices H01H9/025)} - G06F 1/1637: {Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing} - G06F 1/1652: {the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable} - G06F 1/1677: {for detecting open or closed state or particular intermediate positions assumed by movable parts of the enclosure, e.g. detection of display lid position with respect to main body in a laptop, detection of opening of the cover of battery compartment} - G06F 1/1681: {Details related solely to hinges (hinge details related to the transmission of signals or power are classified in G06F1/1683)} - H04M 1/0237: {Sliding mechanism with one degree of freedom} - H04M 1/0268: {including a flexible display panel} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - F16M: FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## Abstract Support structural members, which are used in a flexible display panel. The support structural members comprise a main body support member, which includes a bearing part used for bearing a portion of the flexible display panel; a sliding support member, which is connected to the main body support member in a manner that allows movement along a second direction, the sliding support member includes a first support part and a second support part which are distributed at an interval along a first direction, the first support part being used for extending the main body support member and jointly supporting the flexible display panel with the bearing part; a pushing member, which is connected to the second support part in a manner that allows movement along the second direction, the pushing member includes a stopping part. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A support structural member for a flexible display panel, comprising: a main body support member, comprising a bearing portion for bearing a part of the flexible display panel; a sliding support member, movably connected to the main body support member along a second direction, wherein the sliding support member comprises a first support portion and a second support portion spaced along a first direction, and the first support portion extends beyond the main body support member and supports the flexible display panel together with the bearing portion; a pushing member, movably connected to the second support portion along the second direction, wherein the pushing member comprises a stopper protruding from a support surface of the second support portion for supporting the flexible display panel to stop an end of the flexible display panel and push the flexible display panel to move; and a drive component for driving the sliding support member to move relative to the main body support member, wherein the driver component comprises: a first drive group, comprising a first drive wheel and a first rack that are engaged with each other, wherein the first rack is connected to the stopper and extends along the second direction; a second drive group, comprising a second drive wheel and a second rack that are engaged with each other, wherein the second rack is connected to the second support portion and extends along the second direction, and the second drive wheel is engaged with the first drive wheel. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The support structural member according to claim 1, the drive component drives the sliding support member to move relative to the main body support member at a first speed V1 and drives the pushing member to move relative to the second support portion at a second speed V2, wherein the second speed V2 is an integer multiple of the first speed V1. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The support structural member according to claim 2, wherein the second speed V2 is twice the first speed V1. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The support structural member according to claim 2, wherein the second drive wheel comprises a first gear and a second gear coaxially arranged, the first gear is engaged with the first drive wheel, the second gear is engaged with the second rack, and a radius of the first gear is an integral multiple of that of the second gear. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The support structural member according to claim 4, wherein the ratio of the second speed V2 to the first speed V1 is equal to the ratio of the radius of the first gear to that of the second gear. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The support structural member according to claim 4, wherein the radius of the first gear is twice the radius of the second gear. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The support structural member according to claim 3, wherein at least one of the first drive wheel and the second drive wheel is provided with a winding driver to drive the first drive wheel and the second drive wheel to rotate and drive the sliding support member to extend beyond the main body support member. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The support structural member according to claim 7, wherein the winding driver is a coil spring. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The support structural member according to claim 8, further comprising: a locking component comprising: a stopping portion for engaging with at least one of the first drive wheel and the second drive wheel; a pressing portion fixedly connected with the stopping portion via a connecting rod, wherein the connecting rod is rotatably arranged around a rotating shaft to drive the pressing portion move the stopping portion to engage with or disengaged from the first drive wheel and the second drive wheel. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The support structural member according to claim 9, wherein the pressing portion is protruded from the main body support member. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The support structural member according to claim 9, wherein the locking component further comprises an elastic portion connected to a side of the connecting rod close to the stopping portion, and the elastic portion is reciprocatingly deformable to drive the stopping portion to engage with the first drive wheel and the second drive wheel. ### Claim 12 (depends on 2) The support structural member according to claim 2, wherein there are more than two groups of drive components, and the two or more groups of drive components are spaced apart along a third direction, and the third direction intersects the first direction and the second direction. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The support structural member according to claim 12, wherein the two or more groups of drive components are symmetrically distributed along the third direction, and the first racks of the two or more groups of drive components are connected to each other. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The support structural member according to claim 1, wherein the pushing member further comprises a main body portion with a bearing surface for bearing the flexible display panel, and the stopper is disposed on the main body portion and protrude from the bearing surface. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The support structural member according to claim 14, wherein the number of the stopper is two or more, and the two or more stoppers are distributed on the main body portion at intervals along the third direction. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The support structural member according to claim 1, further comprising a transition connection portion on a side thereof away from the main body support member, wherein the first support portion and the second support portion are connected to each other by the transition connection portion, and the first support portion comprises two or more first support beams spaced along the third direction; the bearing portion comprises a first bearing portion and a second bearing portion distributed in sequence along the first direction, the second bearing portion is located on a side of the first bearing portion toward the transition connection portion, the second bearing portion comprises two or more second support beams spaced along the third direction, and the second support beams and the first support beams are alternately distributed along the third direction. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The support structural member according to claim 1, further comprising: a guard component disposed on outer surfaces of the main body support member and the sliding support member, wherein the guard component is arranged to be spaced apart from the main body support member and the sliding support member. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The support structural member according to claim 17, wherein the guard component comprises a first guard portion provided on the main body support member and a second guard portion provided on the sliding support member, the first guard portion and the second guard portion encloses to form a visible window to expose the flexible display panel from the visible window. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) A display device, comprising: the support structural member of claim 1; a flexible display panel, comprising a first end and a second end opposite to each other, wherein the first end is connected to the main body support member, the second end is located on the second support portion and is stopped by the stopper to push the second end to move in a direction away from the main body support member.