FLAT PANEL DISPLAY INTEGRATED WITH TOUCH SCREEN PANEL

• US 20110193800A1
• Filed: 11/18/2010
• Published: 08/11/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Jung, Chang-Sub, Son, Yang-Han, Kim, Min-Seop
• Application Number:
  US12/949,760
• Publication Number:
  US 20110193800A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface

Abstract

A display apparatus includes a flat panel display (FPD), a touch screen panel provided on a front surface of the FPD, and a sealing material formed to surround external surfaces of the FPD and the touch screen panel.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a flat panel display (FPD);

a touch screen panel on a front surface of the FPD; and

a sealing material surrounding external surfaces of the FPD and the touch screen panel.

2. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the FPD comprises:

a backlight module for transmitting light generated by a light source;

a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel for displaying an image with the light;

a mold frame for fixing the backlight module and the LCD panel; and

a top chassis and a bottom chassis coupled to each other from top to bottom to fix the backlight module, the LCD panel, and the mold frame therebetween.

3. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a double-sided tape for attaching the touch screen panel to a partial top surface of the top chassis.

4. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sealing material comprises a synthetic resin material.

5. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sealing material is formed by insert molding.

6. A display apparatus comprising:

a flat panel display (FPD) comprising a display panel, a mold frame for fixing the display panel, and a top chassis and a bottom chassis coupled to each other from top to bottom to fix the display panel and the mold frame therebetween;

a double-sided tape on a partial top surface of the top chassis;

a touch screen panel attached on a front surface of the FPD by the double-sided tape; and

a first sealing material being adapted to contact one surface of the double-sided tape formed on the top chassis and to wrap around an inside surface of the top chassis opposite to the partial top surface.

7. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 6, further comprising a second sealing material positioned at a region between the bottom chassis and the mold frame.

8. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein the first sealing material or the second sealing material surrounds four surfaces of the FPD.

9. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein the first sealing material or the second sealing material comprises an elastic material.

10. A display apparatus comprising:

a flat panel display (FPD) having a front side;

a touch screen panel on the front side of the FPD; and

a sealing material surrounding external surfaces of the FPD and the touch screen panel for sealing a space therebetween.

11. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the FPD comprises:

a display panel for displaying an image;

a top chassis and a bottom chassis coupled to each other with the display panel therebetween; and

a double-sided tape for attaching the touch screen panel to a partial top surface of the top chassis,

wherein the sealing material surrounds the double-sided tape.