Display Device with Frame Configuration

• US 20130207526A1
• Filed: 10/30/2012
• Published: 08/15/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Darwin Precisions Corporation (AU Optronics Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Briview (Xiamen) Corp. (AU Optronics Corporation)
• Inventors: Chen, Chi-Chang, Lai, Yu-Jen
• Granted Patent: US 9,482,892 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 312/7.2
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 5/0635 fastened over the edges of the sheets or plates
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133308 Support structures for LCD panels, e.g. frames or bezels
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133314 Back frames
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/13332 Front frames
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 2201/46 Fixing elements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1601 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

Abstract

A display device includes a display module, an outer frame, an active engaging unit, and a passive engaging unit. The display module has at least one side surface. The outer frame surrounds the display module and has last least one inner surface facing the side surface, wherein a gap is formed between the inner surface and the side surface. The active engaging unit extends from the display module into the gap and further extends along the gap. The passive engaging unit is disposed on the inner surface and protrudes toward the side surface. The active engaging unit engages with the passive engaging unit to restrict the relative movement between the display device and the outer frame.

Claims

1. A display device, comprising:

a display module having at least one side surface;

an outer frame surrounding the display module and having last least one inner surface facing the side surface, wherein a gap is formed between the inner surface and the side surface;

an active engaging unit extending from the display module into the gap and further extending along the gap;

a passive engaging unit disposed on the inner surface and protruding toward the side surface, wherein the active engaging unit engages with the passive engaging unit to restrict the relative movement between the display device and the outer frame along the direction parallel to the inner surface.

2. The display device of claim 1, wherein the active engaging unit includes a fixing part and an engaging part, the engaging part extends from an end of the fixing part and bends with respect to the fixing part, the fixing part is fixed on a bottom face of the display module, wherein the engaging part is a plate inserted into the gap to engage with the passive engaging unit.

3. The display device of claim 2, wherein the passive engaging unit is a slot disposed on the inner surface and has an opening opposite to the bottom face, the engaging part is a plate hook inserted into the slot through the opening along the gap.

4. The display device of claim 2, wherein the extending direction of the fixing part is substantially perpendicular to the extending direction of the engaging part on the projection plane parallel to the bottom face.

5. The display device of claim 3, wherein the outer frame includes a front plate extending toward the center of the display module from an end of the inner surface that is located away from the bottom face, the distance between the opening of the slot and the front plate is larger than the height of the plate hook inserted into the slot.

6. The display device of claim 3, wherein the passive engaging part is a plate attached onto the inner surface, a hole is formed on the plate, a part of the plate considered as one side of the hole protrudes outward and away from the inner surface to form the slot.

7. The display device of claim 3, wherein the slot is integrally formed on the inner surface.

8. The display device of claim 2, wherein the passive engaging unit is a slot disposed on the inner surface and has an opening facing the bottom face, the engaging part is inserted into the slot through the opening along the gap.

9. The display device of claim 8, wherein the passive engaging part is a plate attached onto the inner surface, a hole is formed on the plate, a part of the plate considered as one side of the hole protrudes outward and away from the inner surface to form the slot.

10. The display device of claim 8, wherein the slot is integrally formed on the inner surface.

11. The display device of claim 2, wherein the passive engaging unit is an engaging piece disposed on the inner surface, the engaging part has a clamp structure and includes an upper clamping arm and a lower clamping arm, the upper clamping arm and the lower clamping arm respectively extend into the upper end of the engaging piece near the bottom face and the lower end of the engaging piece away from the bottom face to engage with the engaging piece.

12. The display device of claim 11, wherein the thickness of the engaging piece in the gap is larger than the thickness of the upper clamping arm and the thickness of the lower clamping arm.

13. The display device of claim 11, wherein the engaging piece includes a connecting part and a protruding part, the connecting part is a plate attached onto the inner surface, the protruding part extends from one end of the connecting part, the protruding part is narrower than the connecting part and leaves spaces at the upper side and the lower side of the connecting part with respect to the bottom face for the upper clamping arm and the lower clamping arm to extend into and engage with the protruding part.

14. The display device of claim 1, wherein the display module includes a back cover having a bottom face and a side edge, the side edge bends to form a side wall, the active engaging unit is integrally formed on the side wall.

15. The display device of claim 14, wherein the passive engaging unit is a slot having an opening facing the back cover, the engaging part is inserted into the slot along the gap.

16. The display device of claim 14, wherein the passive engaging unit is a first protruding part protruding toward the side wall and the active engaging unit is a second protruding part protruding toward the inner surface, the second protruding part is under the first protruding part with respect to the bottom face, the first protruding part props up the second protruding part to prevent the display module from separating from the outer frame along the gap and toward the back cover.