Display apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10564456-B2
Application number	US-201816108338-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 22, 2018
Priority date	Apr 27, 2010
Publication date	Feb 18, 2020
Grant date	Feb 18, 2020

Abstract

Disclosed is a display apparatus which facilitates minimized thickness by innovatively removing a case and some portions of a set cover, which have been regarded as indispensable structures for the display apparatus, and simultaneously facilitates good aesthetic exterior appearance of the display apparatus by a novel design. The display apparatus comprises a set cover exposed externally to have a storage space; a support cover placed onto the storage space and formed to have a supporting space; a backlight unit received in the supporting space; a guide frame connected to the support cover while being supported by the support cover, and received in the storage space; and a liquid crystal display panel placed onto the guide frame, wherein the liquid crystal display panel displays images by adjusting transmittance of light emitted from the backlight unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display apparatus comprising:
a set cover exposed to an external side of the display apparatus and forming a storage space;
a guide frame connected to the set cover and disposed in the storage space; and
a display panel placed onto the guide frame, wherein a top edge of the display panel is exposed externally to the display apparatus,
wherein the set cover comprises:
a set plate for forming the storage space;
a set sidewall curved from the set plate;
a bending part with a predetermined curvature bent from one end of the set sidewall toward a lateral side of the display panel;
an inner sidewall vertically extended from an end of the bending part in parallel to the set sidewall, the inner sidewall connected to the guide frame; and
a space provided between the set sidewall and the inner sidewall,
wherein the bending part is exposed externally so as to cover the lateral side of the display panel, and the bending part forms an edge of the display panel,
wherein the guide frame comprises a guide sidewall to be in parallel to the inner sidewall and a first coupling member in an outer surface of the guide sidewall,
wherein the inner sidewall is spaced apart from the set sidewall with the space interposed therebetween, and an end of the inner sidewall is connected to the first coupling member of the guide frame.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a sealing member sealing a gap between the lateral side of the display panel and the bending part of the set cover.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the sealing member is inserted into the gap between the lateral side of the display panel and the bending part of the set cover.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the sealing member comprises a head which covers the gap between the lateral side of the display panel and the bending part of the set cover; and
a head supporter which is inserted into the gap between the lateral side of the display panel and the bending part of the set cover.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the guide frame further comprises a supporter protruding from the guide sidewall, the supporter for supporting the display panel.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the supporter comprises:
a first part protruding from the guide sidewall in an opposite direction to the set sidewall;
a curved part curved from the first part toward the set plate; and
a second part curved from the curved part and placed onto the set plate.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein further comprising a backlight unit received in the storage space and placed onto the second part, and
wherein the display panel is placed onto the first part, the display panel displays images by modulating transmittance of light emitted from the backlight unit.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a support cover placed in the storage space, the support cover supports the guide frame; and
a backlight unit arranged in the support cover,
wherein the display panel displays images by modulating transmittance of light emitted from the backlight unit.

9. A display apparatus comprising:
a set cover having a storage space prepared by a set plate and a set sidewall curved from the set plate;
a guide frame placed onto the storage space;
a display panel placed onto the guide frame; and
an edge frame inserted into a space between a lateral side of the display panel and the set sidewall, and directly connected to the guide frame by coupling a first coupling member of the guide frame and a second coupling member of the edge frame so as to cover a top surface and a lateral side of the set sidewall,
wherein the edge frame is exposed to the external so as to cover the lateral side of the display panel, and the edge frame forms an edge of the display panel without covering a top edge of the display panel, and
wherein the edge frame comprises:
a front part arranged to be in contact with the lateral side of the display panel, the front part for forming the edge of the display panel;
an inner protrusion vertically protruding from one end of the front part, the inner protrusion inserted into the lateral side of the display panel and the set sidewall;
an outer protrusion vertically protruding from the other end of the front part, the outer protrusion for covering an outer surface of the set sidewall; and
the second coupling member in a lateral surface of the inner protrusion, the second coupling member coupled to the first coupling member of the guide frame.

10. The display apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the guide frame comprises:
a guide sidewall to be in parallel to the set cover;
the first coupling member in an outer surface of the guide sidewall, the first coupling member connected to the edge frame; and
a supporter protruding from the guide sidewall to be in an opposite direction to the set sidewall, the supporter for supporting the display panel.

11. The display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the set cover further comprises a bending part with a predetermined curvature bent from one end of the set sidewall toward the lateral side of the display panel, and
wherein the front part of the edge frame covers the bending part of the set cover.

12. The display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the supporter comprises:
a first part protruding from the guide sidewall in an opposite direction to the set sidewall;
a curved part curved from the first part toward the set plate; and
a second part curved from the curved part and placed onto the set plate.

13. The display apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein further comprising a backlight unit received in the storage space and placed onto the second part, and
wherein the display panel is placed onto the first part, the display panel displays images by modulating transmittance of light emitted from the backlight unit.

14. The display apparatus according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a support cover placed in the storage space, the support cover supports the guide frame; and
a backlight unit arranged in the support cover,
wherein the display panel displays images by modulating transmittance of light emitted from the backlight unit.

15. A display apparatus comprising:
a display unit including a display panel and a backlight unit, the backlight including a reflective sheet;
a unitary set cover receiving and covering the display unit except a top surface of the display panel;
a guide frame formed under the display panel and supporting a rear surface of a display panel and connected to the set cover;
a unitary support cover covering the backlight unit except a top surface of the backlight unit and supporting the backlight unit and the guide frame, wherein the support cover comprises a support plate and a support sidewall which is vertically curved from the support plate; and
a sealing member sealing a gap between a lateral side of the display panel and the set cover,
wherein the reflective sheet is in contact with the support cover and wherein the support cover is in contact with the set cover,
wherein support cover is formed of the metal material,
wherein the guide frame comprises guide sidewall which is in parallel to the set sidewall and supporter which is curved from an upper end of the guide sidewall,
wherein the supporter is supported by the support sidewall and supports the rear surface of the display panel,
wherein the guide sidewall surrounds a lateral side of the support sidewall,
wherein

Assignees

• Lg Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Son Nam Do
• You Song Ryol
• Baek Kyeong Tak
• Kim Seong Rok
• Kim Dong Yong
• Jean Ki Nam

Classifications

• G02F1/133308 Primary

  Support structures for LCD panels, e.g. frames or bezels · CPC title

• G02F2201/465

  Snap -fit · CPC title

• G02F2001/133322

  Physics · mapped topic

• G02F1/133322

  Mechanical guidance or alignment of LCD panel support components · CPC title