Google patents foldable screen with ribbed elastic backing
Google describes a foldable display design where the backing layer behind the screen contains a flexible sheet with small, parallel ribs. These ribs are aligned with the hinge to help the display fold smoothly without cracking.
In the filing’s own words
A folding display device includes a housing and a continuous display coupled to the housing. The housing includes a first assembly, a second assembly; and a hinge assembly coupled to the first and second assemblies and defining a. folding axis. The continuous display is configured to fold around the folding axis and includes a display layer that includes an optical display, a cover layer overlying the display layer, and a backing layer underlying the display layer. The backing layer includes an elastic matrix or sheet and an array of ribs dispersed in or on the elastic matrix or sheet and aligned substantially parallel to the folding axis.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A foldable display, comprising: a continuous display that includes a flexible segment configured to fold around a folding axis, wherein the continuous display comprises: a display layer comprising an optical display; a cover layer overlying the display layer; and a backing layer underlying the display layer, wherein the backing layer comprises: an elastic matrix or sheet; and an array of ribs dispersed in or on the elastic matrix or sheet and aligned substantially parallel to the folding axis.
Facts
- Company
- Google (Google LLC)
- Official title
- FOLDABLE DISPLAY COMPRISING AN ELASTIC BACKING LAYER
- Publication number
- US20260293004A1
- Application number
- 19473185
- Filed
- Apr 26, 2023
- Published
- Sep 24, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H05K 5/0217 Electricity & electronicsH05K 5/03 Electricity & electronicsMore from Google in Chips & hardware
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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