Display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11522280-B2
Application number	US-202117225902-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 8, 2021
Priority date	May 13, 2020
Publication date	Dec 6, 2022
Grant date	Dec 6, 2022

Abstract

Provided is a display device. The display device includes a main body having a display, an outer box in which a control board configured to control the display is embedded, the outer box being separated from the main body, a first antenna provided in the main body, a second antenna configured to wirelessly communicate with the first antenna, the second antenna being provided in the outer box, an antenna bracket to which the second antenna is coupled, and an antenna mount to which the antenna bracket is coupled, the antenna mount being configured to cover an opening defined in the outer box. The antenna bracket includes an antenna cover configured to cover the second antenna and made of a transparent or translucent plastic material.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A display device comprising:
a main body having a display;
an outer box in which a control board configured to control the display is embedded, the outer box being separated from the main body;
a first antenna provided in the main body;
a second antenna configured to wirelessly communicate with the first antenna, the second antenna being provided in the outer box;
an antenna bracket to which the second antenna is coupled; and
an antenna mount to which the antenna bracket is coupled, the antenna mount being configured to cover an opening defined in the outer box,
wherein the antenna bracket comprises an antenna cover configured to cover the second antenna and made of a transparent or translucent plastic material,
wherein the antenna mount comprises a pair of restriction portions inwardly extended to restrict the antenna bracket in a horizontal direction,
wherein the pair of restriction portions are in contact with both sides of the antenna cover,
wherein the antenna cover is restricted between the pair of restriction portions.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the antenna cover has a dielectric constant less than a dielectric constant of the antenna mount.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the antenna cover is made of polyphenylene ether (PPE) or liquid crystal polymer (LCP).

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the antenna bracket further comprises a coupling portion connected to the antenna cover and coupled to the antenna mount.

5. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein the antenna cover has a dielectric constant less than a dielectric constant of the coupling portion.

6. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein the coupling portion is made of a polycarbonate material.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the antenna cover has a thickness corresponding to a multiple of a half-wavelength in the antenna cover of communication radio waves, which are transmitted and received between the first antenna and the second antenna.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the antenna cover is a multiple of a unit thickness according to following equation;

t
=

c

2
⁢
f
⁢

ɛ
⁢

⁢
r

where,
t: unit thickness
c: speed of light
f: frequency of communication radio waves transmitted and received between first and second antennas
εr: dielectric constant according to material of the antenna cover.

9. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the antenna cover protrudes upward from the outer box through the opening.

10. A display device comprising:
a main body having a display;
an outer box in which a control board configured to control the display is embedded, the outer box being separated from the main body;
a first antenna provided in the main body;
a second antenna configured to wirelessly communicate with the first antenna, the second antenna being provided in the outer box;
an antenna bracket to which the second antenna is coupled; and
an antenna mount to which the antenna bracket is coupled, the antenna mount being configured to cover an opening defined in the outer box,
wherein the antenna bracket comprises an antenna cover configured to cover the second antenna and made of a transparent or translucent plastic material,
wherein the antenna bracket further comprises a protrusion rib that protrudes from both sides of the antenna cover, and
wherein the antenna mount has a sliding groove for receiving a portion of the protrusion rib.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Bae Joonsub
• Kim Dongwoo
• Hwang Sangmoon
• Kim Yonghan

Classifications

• H01Q1/1207

  for fastening a rigid aerial element · CPC title

• H01Q1/22 Primary

  by structural association with other equipment or articles · CPC title

• H01Q1/42 Primary

  Housings not intimately mechanically associated with radiating elements, e.g. radome · CPC title

• H01Q1/12

  Supports; Mounting means · CPC title

• H04N5/64

  Constructional details of receivers, e.g. cabinets or dust covers (furniture aspects {of television cabinets} A47B81/06) · CPC title