Portable computer and method for mounting a flat panel display device module

• US 20020154476A1
• Filed: 05/24/2002
• Published: 10/24/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 11/11/1998
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Dae Hee Park, Jong H. Kim, Young W. Cho
• Inventors: Kim, Jong Hwan, Cho, Young Woo, Park, Dae Hee
• Granted Patent: US 7,170,741 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/683
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1637 Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing

Abstract

Disclosed is a computer that includes: a system body having an input device; a display module having a display surface and a rear surface; a display case having a side wall surface; and a hinge pivotally coupling the body to the display module, the hinge including a hinge frame having first and second surfaces, the first surface coupled with the rear surface of the display module, the second surface coupled with the side wall surface of the display case.

Claims

1. A portable computer, comprising:

a system body having an input device;

a display module having a display surface and a rear surface;

a display case having a side wall surface; and

a hinge pivotally coupling the system body to the display module, the hinge including a hinge frame having first and second surfaces, the first surface coupled with the rear surface of the display module, the second surface coupled with the side wall surface of the display case.

2. The computer of claim 1, wherein the display module is a liquid crystal display (LCD) module.

3. The computer of claim 2, wherein the first and second surfaces of the hinge frame are substantially perpendicular to each other.

4. The computer of claim 2, wherein the first surface of the hinge frame has at least one fixing protrusion protruded toward the rear surface of the display module, and the rear surface of the display module has at least one fixing hole corresponding to the fixing protrusion of the first surface.

5. The computer of claim 4, wherein the fixing protrusion is a fastener.

6. The computer of claim 4, wherein the second surface of the hinge frame is screw-coupled with the side wall surface of the display case.

7. The computer of claim 2, wherein the hinge frame further has a third surface for supporting an edge of the display surface of the display module, and the third surface is substantially perpendicular to the second surface.

8. A portable computer, comprising:

a system body;

a display module having a display surface and a side wall surface;

a display case having an inner surface; and

a hinge pivotally coupling the system body to the display case, the hinge including a hinge frame having first and second surfaces, the first surface coupled with the inner surface of the display case, the second surface coupled with the side wall surface of the display module.

9. The computer of claim 8, wherein the display module is a liquid crystal display (LCD) module.

10. The computer of claim 9, wherein the first surface of the hinge frame is screw-coupled with the inner surface of the display case, and the second surface of the hinge frame is screw-coupled with the side wall surface of the display module.

11. The computer of claim 9, wherein the first surface of the hinge frame has at least one fixing protrusion protruded toward the inner surface of the display case, and the inner surface has at least one fixing hole corresponding to the fixing protrusion of the first surface.

12. The computer of claim 11, wherein the fixing protrusion is a fastener.

14. The computer of claim 13, wherein the display module is a liquid crystal display (LCD) module.

15. The computer of claim 14, wherein the hinge frame is screw-coupled with the inner surface of the display case.

16. The computer of claim 14, wherein the hinge frame has at least one fixing protrusion protruded toward the inner surface of the display case, and the inner surface has at least one fixing hole corresponding to the fixing protrusion of the hinge frame.

17. The computer of claim 16, wherein the fixing protrusion is a fastener.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the display module is a liquid crystal display (LCD) module.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the first surface of the hinge frame has at least one fixing protrusion protruded toward the rear surface of the display module, and the rear surface of the display module has at least one fixing hole corresponding to the fixing protrusion of the first surface of the hinge frame.

21. The method of claim 18, wherein the first surface of the hinge frame is screw-coupled with the rear surface of the display module.

22. The method of claim 18, wherein the second surface of the hinge frame is screw-coupled with the side wall surface of the display case.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the display module is a liquid crystal display (LCD) module.

25. The method of claim 23, wherein the first surface of the hinge frame is screw-coupled with the inner surface of the display case.

26. The method of claim 23, wherein the second surface of the hinge frame is screw-coupled with the side wall surface of the display module.

27. The method of claim 23, wherein the first surface of the hinge frame is coupled to the inner surface of the display case by a fastener.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein the display module is a liquid crystal display (LCD) module.

30. The method of claim 28, wherein the surface of the hinge frame is screw-coupled with the inner surface of the display case.

31. The method of claim 28, wherein the surface of the hinge frame is coupled to the inner surface of the display case by a fastener.

13. A computer, comprising:

a system body;

a display module having a display surface;

a display case having side walls, the display module secured between the side walls of the display case; and

a hinge pivotally coupling the body to the display case, the hinge including a hinge frame coupled to the inner surface of the display case.

18. A method for mounting a display module in a portable computer including a system body, a display case having a side wall surface, a hinge having a hinge frame having first and second surfaces, the first surface being substantially parallel to a rear surface of the display module, the second surface being substantially parallel to the side wall surface of the display case, the hinge pivotally coupling the system body to the display case, the method comprising:

arranging the hinge frame so that the first surface thereof is positioned between the display case and the rear surface of the display module, and so that the second surface thereof is positioned between the display module and the side wall surface of the display case;

fastening the first surface of the hinge frame to the rear surface of the display module; and

fastening the second surface of the hinge frame to the side wall surface of the display case.

23. A method for mounting a display module having a side wall surface in a portable computer including a system body, a display case having inner and side wall surfaces, a hinge having a hinge frame having first and second surfaces, the first surface being substantially parallel to a rear surface of the display module, the second surface being substantially parallel to the side wall surface of the display case, the hinge pivotally coupling the system body to the display case, the method comprising:

arranging the hinge frame so that the first surface thereof is positioned between the display case and the rear surface of the display module, and so that the second surface thereof is positioned between the display module and the side wall surface of the display case;

fastening the first surface of the hinge frame to the inner surface of the display case; and

fastening the second surface of the hinge frame to the side wall surface of the display module.

28. A method for mounting a display module having a side wall surface in a portable computer including a system body, a display case having an inner and two side wall surfaces, a hinge having a hinge frame, the hinge pivotally coupling the system body to the display case, the method comprising:

arranging the hinge frame so that a surface thereof is positioned between the inner surface of the display case and the rear surface of the display module;

fastening the surface of the hinge frame to the inner surface of the display case; and

securing the display module between the side walls of the display case.