Display apparatus and electronic equipment

• US 8,848,353 B2
• Filed: 05/14/2012
• Issued: 09/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Sato, Yutaka, Ogura, Tetsukazu
• Primary Examiner(s): Edwards, Anthony Q
• Application Number:
  US13/471,069
• Publication Number:
  US 20120224310A1
• Time in Patent Office: 869 Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.27
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1613 for portable computers cooling arrangements therefor G06F1/203; constructional details or arrangements for pocket calculators, electronic agendas or books G06F15/0216; constructional details of portable telephone sets: with several bodies H04M1/0202
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/186 Securing of expansion boards in correspondence to slots provided at the computer enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/187 Mounting of fixed and removable disk drives

Abstract

A display apparatus may include a display module having a flat display unit with a front surface and a touchscreen panel extending to cover the front surface by protruding from the display unit. The display unit may have a display screen and projecting pieces projecting parallel to the front surface. The display apparatus may further include a front cover part including an opening to receive the display unit, and a front surface to receive a region of the touchscreen panel protruding from the display unit, and a presser member inserted between the front surface of the front cover part and the projecting pieces in order to minimize floating or lifting of the display module from the front cover part.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a display module having a flat display unit with a front surface, and a touchscreen panel provided on the display unit and extending to cover the front surface by protruding from the display unit, said display unit having a display screen on the front surface thereof and projecting pieces projecting parallel to the front surface from a side surface of the display unit at a position separated from the front surface towards a rear surface of the display unit;

a front cover part including an opening to receive the display unit, and a front surface to receive a protruding region of the touchscreen panel protruding from the display unit; and

a presser member inserted between the front surface of the front cover part and the projecting pieces in order to minimize floating or lifting of the display module from the front cover part.

2. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the front cover part includes a recess, formed in the front surface of the front cover part, to receive the protruding region of the touchscreen panel.

3. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the touchscreen panel is bonded on the front surface of the front cover part.

4. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the touchscreen panel is adhered on the front surface of the front cover part by a double-sided adhesive tape.

5. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the presser member is fixed on the front cover part.

6. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the presser member is fixed on the front cover part by screws.

7. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a rear cover part covering a rear surface of the display unit.

8. An electronic equipment comprising:

a display apparatus comprising;

a display module having a flat display unit with a front surface, and a touchscreen panel provided on the display unit and extending to cover the front surface by protruding from the display unit, said display unit having a display screen on the front surface thereof and projecting pieces projecting parallel to the front surface from a side surface of the display unit at a position separated from the front surface towards a rear surface of the display unit;

a front cover part including an opening to receive the display unit, and a front surface to receive a protruding region of the touchscreen panel protruding from the display unit; and

a presser member inserted between the front surface of the front cover part and the projecting pieces in order to minimize floating or lifting of the display module from the front cover part; and

a main unit having a keyboard and a hinge, and accommodating a circuit board mounted with electronic parts having a computing function,

wherein the main unit is connected to the display apparatus via the hinge, and includes a closed state in which the display apparatus overlaps the keyboard with the front surface of the front cover part facing the keyboard, and an open state in which the front surface of the front cover part faces a front of the electronic equipment or faces obliquely upwards towards the front of the electronic equipment.

9. The electronic equipment as claimed in claim 8, wherein the front cover part of the display apparatus includes a recess, formed in the front surface of the front cover part, to receive the protruding region of the touchscreen panel.

10. The electronic equipment as claimed in claim 8, wherein the touchscreen panel of the display apparatus is bonded on the front surface of the front cover part.

11. The electronic equipment as claimed in claim 8, wherein the touchscreen panel of the display apparatus is adhered on the front surface of the front cover part by a double-sided adhesive tape.

12. The electronic equipment as claimed in claim 8, wherein the presser member of the display apparatus is fixed on the front cover part.

13. The electronic equipment as claimed in claim 12, wherein the presser member is fixed on the front cover part by screws.

14. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein the display apparatus further comprises:

a rear cover part covering a rear surface of the display unit.