Support of flexible component and light-emitting device
AssigneeSemiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
InventorAkio Endo
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Abstract
To provide a support for supporting a flexible component and a light-emitting device. A first substrate, a second substrate, a rack, a pinion, and a hinge are provided. When the second substrate is moved, the rotational force of the pinion is transmitted to the rack of the first substrate and thus the first substrate is moved in the horizontal direction while being overlapped with one of hinge pieces of the hinge; accordingly, the flexible component can be bent while the flexible component is fixed to the first substrate and the second substrate and the allowable curvature radius is maintained in the vicinity of the hinge.
Claims20
A support of a flexible component comprising:
- a first substrate;
- a second substrate;
- a first rack;
- a first pinion;
- and
- a first hinge,
- wherein the first rack is fixed to a corner of the second substrate,
- wherein a center of the first pinion is fixed to a shaft of the first hinge,
- wherein the shaft of the first hinge is fixed to one of hinge pieces of the first hinge,
- wherein a first slotted hole and a first screw is provided in the other of the hinge pieces of the first hinge as a first slide function,
- wherein the first hinge is provided over the first substrate and the second substrate so that teeth of the first rack and teeth of the first pinion engage with each other in a state where the first substrate is adjacent to a side of the corner of the second substrate to which the first rack is fixed,
- wherein the second substrate and the other of the hinge pieces of the first hinge are fixed to each other so that the second substrate moves in a horizontal direction with the other of the hinge pieces of the first hinge while being overlapped with the other of the hinge pieces of the first hinge,
- wherein the first substrate and the one of the hinge pieces of the first hinge are fixed to each other, and
- wherein when the first substrate is moved, a rotational force of the first pinion is transmitted to the first rack, and thus the second substrate is moved in a horizontal direction while being overlapped with the other of the hinge pieces of the first hinge.
A light-emitting device comprising:
- a first substrate and a second substrate;
- a first hinge including a first piece, a second piece, and a first shaft;
- a first rack and a first pinion mechanically connected to each other, the first rack fixed to a corner of the second substrate, wherein a center of the first pinion is fixed to the first shaft;
- and
- a flexible light-emitting device comprising a first region, a second region and a third region between the first region and the second region,
- wherein the first region of the flexible light-emitting device is fixed to the first substrate with a first bonding layer interposed therebetween,
- wherein the second region of the flexible light-emitting device is fixed to the second substrate with a second bonding layer interposed therebetween,
- wherein the first substrate is fixed to the first piece, and
- wherein the second substrate is connected to the second piece so that the second substrate slides with respect to the second piece according to a movement of the first rack and the first pinion.
An electronic device comprising:
- a first substrate and a second substrate;
- a first hinge including a first piece, a second piece, and a first shaft;
- a first rack and a first pinion mechanically connected to each other, the first rack fixed to a corner of the second substrate, wherein a center of the first pinion is fixed to the first shaft;
- and
- a flexible light-emitting device fixed to the first substrate and the second substrate,
- wherein the first substrate is fixed to the first piece,
- wherein the second substrate is connected to the second piece so that the second substrate slides with respect to the second piece according to a movement of the first rack and the first pinion, and
- wherein at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate has a light-transmitting property.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.