DISPLAY APPARATUS

• US 20100046193A1
• Filed: 10/30/2009
• Published: 02/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: CHOI, Man Yong
• Granted Patent: US 8,345,415 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/818
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133308 Support structures for LCD panels, e.g. frames or bezels
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/64 Constructional details of receivers, e.g. cabinets or dust covers furniture aspects of television cabinets A47B81/06

Abstract

A display apparatus is provided. A frame is fixed and supported at the rear of a front panel forming the front portion of the display apparatus, and a separate bracket member is not mounted on the edges of the front panel. Thus, the front exterior of the display apparatus is neatly finished, and the display screen looks bigger than it actually is.

Claims

1-7. -7. (canceled)

8. A display apparatus, comprising:

a front panel that defines a front of the display apparatus, wherein side edge portions of the front panel are externally exposed;

a plurality of frames attached to a rear surface of the front panel so as to support the front panel;

a display module attached to the plurality of frames to output an image; and

a rear housing to accommodate the display module and the plurality of frames such that the display module and the plurality of frames are shielded from view from outside of the display apparatus, wherein the rear housing is close to a rear surface of the front panel without covering the side edge portions of the front panel, and wherein the front panel covers whole of the front surface of the display module and includes a light transmitting material to enable the image output by the display module to be viewed from outside of the display apparatus.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 8, wherein one of the plurality of frames comprises:

an adhering surface on which an adhering member is provided; and

a gasket mounting surface on which a grounding gasket is provided.

10. The display apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the one of the frames further comprises a rib to separate the adhering surface and the gasket mounting surface.

11. The display apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the one of the plurality of frames is attached to the rear surface of the front panel by the adhering member that is provided on the adhering surface, the adhering member including one of a double-sided tape or an adhesive.

12. The display apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising a gasket formed of a conductive material provided on the gasket mounting surface, wherein the gasket, the plurality of frames, and the rear housing are electrically connected to block electromagnetic interference.

13. The display apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising a gasket formed of a conductive material mounted on the gasket mounting surface and extending to the rear housing along the rear surface of the frame, wherein the plurality of frames are formed of a non-conductive material including an injection molded plastic.

14. The display apparatus according to claim 8, wherein one of the plurality of frames comprises a reinforcing rib to reinforce a strength of the one of the plurality of frames.

15. The display apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising a plurality of brackets, each of the brackets attached at a point where two of the plurality of frames adjoin each other at their ends, wherein a body of each bracket includes a bracket mounting portion that protrudes from a rear surface of one of the frames.

16. The display apparatus according to claim 8, wherein one of the plurality of frames includes an inclined surface on an upper front end, and the display apparatus further comprises a sealing member to cover the inclined surface.

17. The display apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising a leakage preventing rib formed on an upper frontal perimeter of one of the plurality of frames to prevent an adhering member from leaking to an outside of the display apparatus.

18. The display apparatus according to claim 8, wherein one of the plurality of frames includes a cavity.

19. The display apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising an opaque film layer attached to a portion of the rear surface of the front panel to which the frames are coupled, the opaque film to block exposure of the plurality of frames.

20. A display apparatus comprising:

a display module to provide an image;

a front panel that includes a light transmissive material provided on a front surface and side edge portions that are externally exposed, the light transmissive material to enable the image provided by the display module to be viewed from outside of the display apparatus;

a plurality of frames provided on a rear surface of the front panel to support the front panel; and

a rear housing to accommodate the display module and the plurality of frames such that the display module and the plurality of frames are shielded from view from outside of the display apparatus, wherein the rear housing is provided close to the rear surface of the front panel without covering the side edge portions of the front panel.

21. The display apparatus according to claim 20, wherein one of the plurality of frames comprises:

an adhering surface, wherein an adhering member is provided on the adhering surface; and

a gasket mounting surface, wherein a grounding gasket is provided on the gasket mounting surface.

22. The display apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the one of the plurality of frames further comprises a rib to separate the adhering surface and the gasket mounting surface.

23. The display apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the one of the plurality of frames is attached to the rear surface of the front panel by the adhering member provided on the adhering surface, wherein the adhering member includes a double-sided tape or an adhesive.

24. The display apparatus according to claim 21, further comprising a gasket formed of a conductive material provided on the gasket mounting surface, wherein the gasket, the plurality of frames, and the rear housing are electrically connected to block electromagnetic interference.

25. The display apparatus according to claim 21, further comprising a gasket formed of a conductive material provided on the gasket mounting surface to extend to the rear housing along the rear surface of the frame, wherein the one of the plurality of frames is formed of a non-conductive material including an injection molded plastic.

26. The display apparatus according to claim 20, wherein one of the plurality of frames comprises a reinforcing rib to reinforce a strength of the one of the plurality of frames.

27. The display apparatus according to claim 20, further comprising a plurality of brackets, each of the brackets provided between ends of a corresponding two of the plurality of frames.

28. The display apparatus according to claim 20, wherein one of the plurality of frames includes an inclined surface, and the display apparatus further comprises a sealing member to cover the inclined surface.

29. The display apparatus according to claim 20, further comprising a leakage preventing rib to prevent an adhering member from leaking to an outside of the display apparatus.

30. The display apparatus according to claim 20, further comprising an opaque film layer to attach to a portion of the rear surface of the front panel to which the plurality of frames are provided, and wherein the opaque film layer to block exposure of the plurality of frames.