Display device including accommodating member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016334560-A1
Application number	US-201514927616-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 30, 2015
Priority date	May 12, 2015
Publication date	Nov 17, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A display device includes: a display panel including a display area in which an image is displayed and a non-display area around the display area; and an accommodating member in which the display panel is accommodated. The accommodating member includes a bottom portion on which the display panel is supported. The bottom portion of the accommodating member extends to define a side portion of the accommodating member bent to cover a side surface of the display panel. The side portion defined by the extended bottom portion extends to define a cover portion bent to cover the non-display area of the display panel.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A display device comprising:
a display panel comprising a display area in which an image is displayed and a non-display area around the display area and in which the image is not displayed; and an accommodating member in which the display panel is accommodated, the accommodating member comprising a bottom portion on which the display panel is supported, wherein the bottom portion of the accommodating member extends to define a side portion of the accommodating member, the side portion bent from the bottom portion to cover a side surface of the display panel; and the side portion defined by the extended bottom portion extends to define a cover portion of the accommodating member, the cover portion bent from the side portion to expose the display area of the display panel and to cover the non-display area of the display panel.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a reflective member disposed on a surface of the accommodating member, the surface facing the display panel.

3 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the reflective member is disposed on a surface of the bottom portion of the accommodating member.

4 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the reflective member comprises one or more of aluminum (Al), silver (Ag), gold (Au), titanium oxide, aluminum paste, aluminum powder, silicon oxide, aluminum oxide, zirconium oxide, magnesium fluoride, barium sulfate and calcium carbonate.

5 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the accommodating member is a reflective sheet.

6 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a flexible printed circuit board connected to the display panel,
wherein the side portion of the accommodating member defined by the extended bottom portion thereof defines an aperture through which the flexible printed circuit board extends.

7 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a flexible printed circuit board connected to the display panel, and an insulating member on the flexible printed circuit board connected to the display panel, wherein the cover portion of the accommodating member defined by the extended side portion thereof, comprises a first cover portion extended from the side portion at a first side of the bottom portion and a second cover portion extended from the side portion at a second side of the bottom portion opposite to the first side thereof, the first and second cover portions overlapping each other in a cross-sectional thickness direction, and in the cross-sectional thickness direction, the flexible printed circuit board connected to the display panel and the insulating member on the flexible printed circuit board connected to the display panel are each disposed between the overlapping first and second cover portions.

8 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a light source unit which is accommodated in the accommodating member and generates and provides light to the display panel.

9 . The display device of claim 8 , wherein the light source unit comprises a light source, and a light source substrate to which the light source is fixed.

10 . The display device of claim 9 , further comprising a fixing member between the accommodating member and the light source substrate, wherein the fixing member fixes the light source substrate to the accommodating member.

11 . The display device of claim 9 , wherein the accommodating member defines an aperture through which a portion of the light source substrate is exposed from the accommodating member.

12 . The display device of claim 11 , further comprising a heat dissipation member attached to the exposed portion of the light source substrate.

13 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a light guide plate between the display panel and the bottom portion of the accommodating member.

14 . The display device of claim 13 , further comprising a fixing member between the accommodating member and the light guide plate, wherein the fixing member fixes the light guide plate to the bottom portion of the accommodating member.

15 . The display device of claim 13 , further comprising an optical sheet between the display panel and the light guide plate fixed to the bottom portion of the accommodating member.

16 . The display device of claim 13 , further comprising:
a light source unit which is accommodated in the accommodating member and generates and provides light to the display panel, and a light shielding member between the display panel and the light guide plate and between the display panel and light source unit.

17 . The display device of claim 16 , wherein
the cover portion of the accommodating member defined by the extended side portion thereof, comprises a first cover portion extended from the side portion at a first side of the bottom portion and a second cover portion extended from the side portion at a second side of the bottom portion opposite to the first side thereof, the first and second cover portions overlapping each other in a cross-sectional thickness direction, and in the cross-sectional thickness direction, the first and second cover portions overlap each other at a same side of the light shielding member.

18 . The display device of claim 16 , wherein
the cover portion of the accommodating member defined by the extended side portion thereof, comprises a first cover portion extended from the side portion at a first side of the bottom portion and a second cover portion extended from the side portion at a second side of the bottom portion opposite to the first side thereof, the first and second cover portions overlapping each other in a cross-sectional thickness direction, and in the cross-sectional thickness direction, the first and second cover portions overlap each other at opposing sides of the light shielding member.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• You Junwoo
• Park Seki

Classifications

• G02B6/009 Primary

  of the light source in the package (G02B6/0021 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H05K1/028

  Bending or folding regions of flexible printed circuits (H05K1/0283 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H05K5/0017

  with operator interface units · CPC title

• G02B6/0091 Primary

  of the light source relative to the light guide (G02B6/0021 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G02B6/005

  provided by one optical element, or plurality thereof, placed on the light output side of the light guide · CPC title