Display device and laptop computer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9658649-B2
Application number	US-201414328595-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 10, 2014
Priority date	Jul 19, 2013
Publication date	May 23, 2017
Grant date	May 23, 2017

Abstract

A display device and a laptop computer including the same are disclosed. The display device includes a display module, a front cover including a front horizontal part, which covers an edge of a front surface of the display module and extends in a horizontal direction, and a front vertical part, which extends from the front horizontal part in a vertical direction and is positioned on the side of the display module, and a back cover including a back horizontal part, which is positioned in the rear of the display module and extends in the horizontal direction, and a back vertical part, which extends from the back horizontal part in the vertical direction and corresponds to the front vertical part of the front cover.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device comprising: a display panel; a front cover including a front horizontal surface, which covers an edge of a front surface of the display panel and extends in a horizontal direction, and a front vertical surface, which extends from the front horizontal surface in a vertical direction and is positioned on a side of the display panel; a frame provided at a rear of the display panel, the frame including an opening; and
a back cover including a back horizontal surface, which is positioned at a rear of the frame and extends in the horizontal direction, and a back vertical surface, which extends from the back horizontal surface in the vertical direction, faces an outside of the front vertical surface of the front cover and covered by the front horizontal surface, the front cover further including a protrusion that extends from the front vertical surface of the front cover and inserted into the opening in the frame.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the frame includes a horizontal frame surface extending in the horizontal direction and a vertical frame surface extending from the horizontal frame in the vertical direction, and
wherein the hole is formed at an intersection of the horizontal frame surface and the vertical frame surface by removing portions of the horizontal frame surface and the vertical frame surface.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the protrusion extends from the front vertical surface of the front cover in horizontal direction.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the front vertical surface of the front cover overlaps the back vertical surface of the back cover.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the display device is included in a first body of laptop computer, and a hinge connects the first body to a second body that includes a user input device.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kwon Haeok
• An Byeongduk
• Lee Junhyung

Classifications

• G02F2001/13332

  Physics · mapped topic

• G02F1/133308

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

• G06F1/1601

  Constructional details related to the housing of computer displays, e.g. of CRT monitors, of flat displays (constructional details related to flat displays integrated in a portable computer, e.g. laptop, handheld computer G06F1/1637; constructional details related to television receivers H04N5/64) · CPC title

• G06F1/1637 Primary

  Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing · CPC title

• G02F2001/133314

  Physics · mapped topic