Flat panel display device

• US 8,248,821 B2
• Filed: 12/08/2009
• Issued: 08/21/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Moon, Chan-Kyoung, Lee, Hyun-Hee, Yee, Dong-Su, Kim, Hyun-Cheul, Hwang, Jung-Ho, Cho, Dai-Han, Kim, Min-Su, Wang, Chan-Hee
• Primary Examiner(s): Edmonds, Lisa Lea
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cunningham, Xanthia C
• Application Number:
  US12/632,926
• Publication Number:
  US 20100142172A1
• Time in Patent Office: 987 Days
• Field of Search: 361/679.34, 361/679.21, 361/679.22, 361/681, 361/683, 361/685, 361/807, 361/809, 361/810, 407/68
• US Class Current: 361/809
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133308 Support structures for LCD panels, e.g. frames or bezels
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 2201/503 Arrangements improving the resistance to shock

Abstract

A flat panel display device having improved drop characteristics, that minimize a drop shock of the flat panel display device by controlling the size of a shock-absorbing tape, the flat panel display device including: a display panel having a display part to display an image and a pad part; a supporting member configured to support the display panel; and the shock-absorbing tape disposed between the display panel and the supporting member. The shock-absorbing tape is in contact with the display part of the display panel and ⅓ to ⅚ of the pad part of the display panel.

Claims

1. A flat panel display device, comprising:

a display panel having a display part to display an image and a pad part that does not display the image;

a supporting member to support the display panel; and

a shock-absorbing tape disposed between the display panel and the supporting member, the shock-absorbing tape being in contact with the display part of the display panel and ⅓

to ⅚

of the pad part of the display panel.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display panel comprises a first substrate and a second substrate having a smaller area than the first substrate, and the shock-absorbing tape is disposed between the first substrate and the supporting member.

3. The device as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:

a polarizer disposed on the second substrate of the display panel.

4. The device as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:

a touch panel disposed on the second substrate of the display panel.

5. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the supporting member is formed of a metal or synthetic resin.

6. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shock-absorbing tape is a double-sided tape.

7. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shock-absorbing tape is an insulating tape.

8. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shock-absorbing tape is formed of a metal or synthetic resin.

9. The device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the display part of the display panel is an area in which the first substrate and the second substrate overlap.

10. The device as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:

a polarizer disposed on the second substrate of the display panel;

a touch panel to receive an input signal; and

an ESP tape disposed between the touch panel and the polarizer.

11. The device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a driving driver provided on the pad part to convert a received image signal into an image signal displayable by the display part as the image.

12. A flat panel display device, comprising:

a display panel having a display part to display an image and a pad part that does not display the image;

a supporting member to support the display panel;

a touch panel to receive an input signal; and

a shock-absorbing tape disposed between the display panel and the supporting member, the shock-absorbing tape being in contact with all of the display part of the display panel and up to ⅚

of the pad part of the display panel.

13. The device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the display panel comprises a first substrate and a second substrate having a smaller area than the first substrate, and the shock-absorbing tape is disposed between the first substrate and the supporting member.

14. The device as claimed in claim 13, further comprising:

a polarizer disposed on the second substrate of the display panel.

15. The device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the supporting member is formed of a metal or synthetic resin.

16. The device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the shock-absorbing tape is a double-sided tape.

17. The device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the display part of the display panel is an area in which the first substrate and the second substrate overlap.

18. A flat panel display device, comprising:

a display panel having a display part to display an image and a pad part that does not display the image;

a supporting member to support the display panel; and

a shock-absorbing tape disposed between the display panel and the supporting member, the shock-absorbing tape being in contact with all of the display part of the display panel.

19. The device as claimed in claim 18, wherein the shock-absorbing tape is in contact with all of the display part and ⅓

to ⅚

of the pad part of the display panel.

20. The device as claimed in claim 18, further comprising:

a touch panel to receive an input signal,

wherein the shock-absorbing tape is in contact with up to ⅚

of the pad part of the display panel.