Display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9658659-B2
Application number	US-201414760435-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 10, 2014
Priority date	Jan 10, 2013
Publication date	May 23, 2017
Grant date	May 23, 2017

Abstract

A display device according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a display module, and a heat dissipation unit which is coupled to a rear side of the display module. The heat dissipation unit includes a core part including a plurality of hollow polygonal columns extending in a front/back direction, a front sheet which is coupled to a front portion of the core part, and a rear sheet which is coupled to a rear portion of the core part. The core part has a thickness of about 40% to about 60% in the front/back direction with respect to a total thickness of the heat dissipation unit in the front/back direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A display device comprising:
a display module;
a heat dissipation unit coupled to a rear side of the display module;
a mid-cabinet disposed between the display module and the heat dissipation unit;
a PCB plate coupled to a rear portion of the heat dissipation unit; and
a rear cover coupled to a rear portion of the PCB plate to cover the PCB plate,
wherein the heat dissipation unit comprises:
a core part comprising a plurality of hollow polygonal columns extending in a front-to-rear direction;
a front sheet coupled to a front portion of the core part; and
a rear sheet coupled to a rear portion of the core part,

wherein the heat dissipation unit has an edge portion that is stepped backward from a front surface thereof to define a mid-cabinet accommodation part, and
wherein a portion of the mid-cabinet is disposed in the mid-cabinet accommodation part.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the core part has a honeycomb structure comprising a plurality of hollow hexagonal columns.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the mid-cabinet comprises:
an edge part extending in the front-to-rear direction from the outside of each of the display module and the heat dissipation unit; and
an insertion part protruding and extending inward from the edge part,
wherein the insertion part is inserted into the mid-cabinet accommodation part.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the edge part further protrudes in the front-to-rear direction than the insertion part.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the front sheet comprises:
a first bent part that is bent to extend rearward from an end of the core part; and
a second bent part that is bent to extend outward from a rear end of the first bent part,
wherein the mid-cabinet accommodation part is defined by a rear surface of the display module, the first bent part and the second bent part.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising an end block,
wherein ends of the front and rear sheets outwardly extend longer than an end of the core part, and
wherein the end block is inserted in-between the front sheet and the rear sheet from an outside of the core part.

7. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the end block comprises:
an inner part; and
an outer part disposed outside the inner part, the outer part having a front surface disposed behind a front surface of the inner part to establish a stepped portion,
wherein the mid-cabinet accommodation part is defined in a front side of the outer part.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display module comprises:
a display panel; and
a back cover attached to a rear surface of the display panel,
wherein the display panel comprises an organic light-emitting display (OLED) panel.

9. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the front and rear sheets comprises a metal material.

10. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the rear sheet is configured to be thicker in the front-to-rear direction than the front sheet is.

11. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a thickness of the core part with respect to a total thickness of the heat dissipation unit in the front-to-rear direction is 40% to 60%.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc
• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Yun Seunghyun
• Lee Sangsoo
• Hwang Hyunseok
• Lee Jangil
• Yoo Kwangsik
• Choi Youngdon
• Hong Seokmin
• Nam Kihoon
• Choi Woohyuk
• Ryu Inkeun

Classifications

• G06F1/20 Primary

  Cooling means · CPC title

• G02F1/133308 Primary

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

• H05K7/20963

  Heat transfer by conduction from internal heat source to heat radiating structure (H05K7/20972 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G02F2001/133314

  Physics · mapped topic

• H05K1/0203

  Cooling of mounted components (H05K1/0272 takes precedence) · CPC title