Display device

• US 9,661,764 B2
• Filed: 12/31/2012
• Issued: 05/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Hyun Choul, Kan, Woo Young, Park, Doo Soon, Jung, Sung Soo, Lee, Weon Hee, Jung, Hyun Jun
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Binh
• Application Number:
  US13/731,402
• Publication Number:
  US 20130170156A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,604 Days
• Field of Search: 36167901, 36167902, 36167921, 36167922, 36167923, 36167924, 36167926, 3616793, 36167955, 36167956, 361728, 349 58
• 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 1/133385 with cooling means, e.g. fans
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0017 with operator interface units
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/84 Passivation; Containers; Encapsulations

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a display device having an intermediate panel firming supporting a display panel, maximizing heat dissipation and having a light weight, and a bracket facilitating assembly of the intermediate panel with other components. The display device includes the display panel, the intermediate panel disposed on the rear surface of the display panel, the bracket including a first combining part combined with the intermediate panel and a second combining part combined with the display panel and provided with guide grooves on the second combining part, a side cover including a frame part disposed at the edges of the display panel and the bracket, support parts extending from the frame part and supporting the bracket and a guide rib protruding in the forward direction of the support part and combined with the guide groove, and a rear cover disposed on the rear surface of the intermediate panel.

Claims

1. A display device comprising:

a display panel disposed at a front of the display device;

a support disposed at a rear of the display panel to support the display panel;

a frame comprising a frame part disposed at an outer portion of the display panel and supporting parts extended from the frame part to be disposed at the rear of the display panel and coupling with the display panel; and

a rear cover disposed at a rear surface of the support and the rear cover forming an external appearance of a rear surface of the display device,

wherein the support comprises;

an intermediate panel disposed on the rear of the display panel to reinforce the display panel and to minimize concentration of heat generated from the display panel; and

a bracket disposed between the intermediate panel and the rear cover,

wherein the bracket comprises;

a first combining part attached to the intermediate panel; and

a second combining part configured to attach to the display panel, and

wherein the bracket further comprises guide grooves disposed on a rear surface of the second combining part.

2. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the supporting parts are coupled to the display panel by an adhesive.

3. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the supporting parts are coupled to the display panel by double-sided tape.

4. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the supporting parts are coupled to the display panel though the bracket.

5. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the intermediate panel comprises:

an inner part; and

at least one outer part mounted on at least one of a front surface and a rear surface of the inner part.

6. The display device according to claim 5, wherein the inner part is formed of a plastic plate.

7. The display device according to claim 6, wherein the at least one outer part is foamed of aluminum.

8. The display device according to claim 5, wherein the inner part comprises a plurality of cells.

9. The display device according to claim 8, wherein each of the plurality of cells has a hexagonal shape.

10. The display device according to claim 5, wherein the inner part has a honey comb structure.

11. The display device according to claim 5, wherein the inner part comprises a wave-shaped corrugated structure.

12. The display device according to claim 5, wherein at least one of the inner part and the at least one outer part comprises an insulator formed of plastic.

13. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the frame further comprises a guide rib protruding in the frontal direction from the supporting parts, which are received in one of the guide grooves.

14. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the supporting parts of the frame comprise a first supporting part provided at an upper end of the frame and a second supporting part provided at a lower end of the frame.

15. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the second combining part protrudes toward a frontal direction from the first combining part.

16. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the intermediate panel has a light weight.

17. The display device comprising:

a display panel disposed at a front of the display device;

an intermediate panel disposed at a rear of the display panel to reinforce the display panel and to minimize concentration of heat generated from the display panel;

a frame comprising a frame part disposed at an outer portion of the display panel and supporting parts extended from the frame part to be disposed at the rear of the display panel and coupling the display panel;

at least one circuit board disposed at a rear surface of the intermediate panel;

a rear cover disposed at the rear of the display panel and covering the at least one circuit board; and

a bracket disposed between the intermediate panel and the rear cover,

wherein the bracket comprises;

a first combining part attached to the intermediate panel; and

a second combining part configured to attach to the display panel, and

wherein the bracket comprises guide grooves disposed on a rear surface of the second combining part.

18. The display device according to claim 17, wherein the at least one circuit board comprises a first substrate generating an image signal displayed on the display panel.

19. The display device according to claim 17, wherein the at least one circuit board comprises a second substrate connecting the display device to an external power supply.

20. The display device according to claim 17, wherein the supporting parts are coupled to the display panel by an adhesive.

21. The display device according to claim 17, wherein the supporting parts are coupled to the display panel by a double-sided tape.

22. The display device according to claim 17, wherein the supporting part is coupled to the display panel though the bracket.

23. The display device according to claim 17, further comprising a holder combined with the rear surface of the intermediate panel, and

wherein the at least one circuit board is seated on the holder.

24. The display device according to claim 17, wherein the intermediate panel comprises:

an inner part; and

at least one outer part mounted on at least one of a front surface and a rear surface of the inner part.

25. The display device according to claim 24, wherein the inner part is formed of a plastic plate.

26. The display device according to claim 24, wherein the inner part comprises a plurality of cells, and each of the plurality of cells has a hexagonal shape.

27. The display device according to claim 24, wherein the inner part has a honey comb structure.

28. The display device according to claim 24, wherein the inner part has a wave-shaped corrugated structure.

29. The display device according to claim 24, wherein at least one of the inner part and the at least one outer part includes an insulator formed of plastic.

30. The display device according to claim 17, wherein the second combining part protrudes toward a frontal direction from the first combining part.

31. The display device according to claim 17, wherein the intermediate panel has light weight.