Apple Curl display Patent announcement: it is composed of display panel and transparent protective layer, which can be locally thinned when curled.

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens West window past, South China Daniel Wu's clue delivery! CTOnews.com, July 14 (Xinhua)-- Apple announced a patent on the website of the State intellectual property Office on July 14, entitled "Electronic Devices with Curly monitors." According to the patent bulletin, the patent application was announced under the serial number CN116434662A, and the application date was January 10 this year. It was announced today by Q A S Nguyen and C D Jones.

The summary shows that the electronic equipment in the patent has a curable display. The display contains the following components:

Display panel: this display panel has an array of pixels that produce an image

Transparent protection layer: the transparent protection layer overlaps with the pixel array.

CTOnews.com notes that the "transparent protective layer" mentioned above may contain a glass layer that can be partially thinned in the "curable part" to facilitate the curling of the display. In addition, when the display is rolled up or bent, compressive stress can be applied to the external surface of the glass layer to help prevent damage to the display.