Slim type notebook personal computer

• US 6,177,971 B1
• Filed: 12/11/1998
• Issued: 01/23/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: LG Philips LCD Company Limited (LG Display Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Kim, Jin-Kyu, Jung, Yu-Ho
• Primary Examiner(s): Dudek, James A.
• Application Number:
  US09/210,354
• Time in Patent Office: 774 Days
• Field of Search: 349/58, 349/60, 349/158
• US Class Current: 349/60
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133308 Support structures for LCD panels, e.g. frames or bezels
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/13332 Front frames
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 2201/503 Arrangements improving the resistance to shock

Abstract

A slim type notebook personal computer mounted with a liquid crystal display module in such a manner to have a thin thickness. In the computer, a top bezel is secured to the edge of a lower glass substrate included in the liquid crystal display module. A buffing member positioned between the edge of the lower glass substrate and the top bezel buffs an impact to be applied to the edge of the lower glass substrate.

Claims

1. A flat panel display assembly, comprising:

a first substrate;

a second substrate disposed against the first substrate, the second substrate being smaller in width than the first substrate to expose at least one periphery of the first substrate;

a buffer member adjacent the second substrate and the first substrate, the buffer member extending to and engaging a periphery of the second substrate, the periphery including at least a side edge of the second substrate and a portion of a surface of the second substrate adjacent to said side edge the buffer member abutting against the at least one periphery of the first substrate; and

an extending part connected to a casing and defining a display area, the extending part pressed against the buffer member that extends to the periphery of the second substrate.

2. The flat panel display assembly of claim 1, wherein the extending part is disposed above and covers at least a portion of the periphery of the second substrate.

3. The flat panel display assembly of claim 1, wherein the extending part is disposed above and covers at least a portion of a periphery of the first substrate.

4. The flat panel display assembly of claim 1, wherein the extending part is a bezel that defines the display area of the second substrate.

5. The flat panel display assembly of claim 3, further comprising a frame connected to the casing and placed on the buffer member above the periphery of the second substrate.

8. The flat panel display assembly of claim 1, wherein the buffer member is made of an impact absorption material.

6. A flat panel display assembly comprising:

a first substrate;

a second substrate disposed against the first substrate the second substrate being smaller in width than the first substrate to expose at least one periphery of the first substrate;

a buffer member adjacent the second substrate and the first substrate, the buffer member extending to and engaging a periphery of the second substrate and abuts against the at least one periphery of the first substrate;

an extending part connected to a casing and defining a display area, the extending part pressed against the buffer member that extends to the periphery of the second substrate,

wherein the extending part is disposed above and covers at least a portion of a periphery of the first substrate; and

driving circuits that drive the flat panel display assembly, wherein the driver is place in a gap formed between the extending part of the casing and the buffer member.

7. The flat panel display assembly of claim 6, further comprising at least one spacer placed in the gap, wherein the spacer has a thickness at least that of the driver circuits to absorb force applied on the extending member against the first substrate.

9. The flat panel display assembly of claim 6, further including a plurality of spacers placed in the gap above the second substrate, wherein the spacers and driver circuits are alternatively arranged.

10. The flat panel display assembly of claim 6, wherein the extending part is disposed above and covers at least a portion of the periphery of the second substration.

11. The flat panel display assembly of claim 6, wherein the extending part is a bezel that defines the display are of the second substrate.

12. The flat panel display assembly of claim 6, wherein the buffer member is made of an impact absorption material.

13. A flat panel display assembly, comprising:

a housing having a first extension portion extending from the housing in a first direction;

a first substrate;

a second substrate adjacent the first substrate, the second substrate being smaller in width than the first substrate to expose at least one periphery of the first substrate;

a first buffer member adjacent a first side of the second substrate and the first substrate, the buffer member extending to and engaging a periphery of the second substrate, the buffer member abutting against the at least one periphery of the first substrate;

wherein the first extension portion forces the first buffer member to press the second substrate onto the first substrate in a second direction.

14. The flat panel display assembly of claim 13, further comprising a second buffer member adjacent a second side of the second substrate and the housing includes a second extension portion, the second extension portion forcing the second buffer member to press the second substrate onto the first substrate.

15. The flat panel display assembly of claim 13, wherein the first and second extension portions are bezels that define a display area of the second substrate.

16. The flat panel display assembly of claim 13, wherein the second substrate is between the first and second buffer members.

17. The flat panel display assembly of claim 16, further comprising a polarizing plate between the first and second buffer members.

18. The flat panel display assembly of claim 16, wherein the housing extends continuously from the first extension portion to the second extension portion.

19. The flat panel display assembly of claim 16, wherein the first extension portion exerts a force on only a portion of the first buffer member.

20. The flat panel display assembly of claim 13, wherein the first buffer member has three sections including a first section extending in the first direction, a second section extending in the second direction, and a third section extending in the first direction.

21. The flat panel display assembly of claim 20, wherein the first section and the third section extend from the second section at different locations.

22. The flat panel display assembly of claim 20, wherein the first extension portion exerts a force onto the third section.

23. The flat panel display assembly of claim 20, wherein the first extension portion exerts a force at the first section of the first buffer member and the first extension portion is spaced from the third section of the first buffer member.

24. The flat panel display assembly of claim 23, further comprising a frame between the first extension portion and the third section of the first buffer member.

25. The flat panel display assembly of claim 23, wherein a gap is defined by the first extension portion and the third section of the first buffer member.

26. The flat panel display assembly of claim 25, further comprising an integrated circuit element in the gap.

27. The flat panel display assembly of claim 25, further comprising a spacer placed in the gap having a thickness at least that of the integrated circuit element.

28. The flat panel display assembly of claim 25, further comprising an integrated circuit element in one area of the gap and a spacer in another area of the gap.

29. The flat panel display assembly of claim 26, further comprising a plurality of integrated circuit elements and a plurality of spacers positioned alternately in the gap.