Display device

• US 9,713,272 B2
• Filed: 06/03/2016
• Issued: 07/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Han, Seokbong, Shin, Jongyoun, Park, Sunha, Kim, Younsoo, Park, Misun, Kim, Yooseok, Huh, Byungmu
• Primary Examiner(s): Wilson, Adrian S
• Application Number:
  US15/172,989
• Publication Number:
  US 20170118852A1
• Time in Patent Office: 410 Days
• Field of Search: 248917, 36167958, 349 58- 60
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/041 Allowing quick release of the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/16 Details concerning attachment of head-supporting legs, with or without actuation of locking members thereof
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/02 for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle
• 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: G06F 1/1656 Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0017 with operator interface units
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0204 Mounting supporting structures on the outside of casings
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/84 Passivation; Containers; Encapsulations

Abstract

A display device includes a display panel, a back cover placed in the back surface of the display panel, and a coupling unit placed in an area between the back cover and the display panel. The display device can be closely coupled to a to-be-attached surface.

Claims

1. A display device, comprising:

a display panel;

a back cover placed at a rear of the display panel; and

a first coupling unit placed between the back cover and the display panel,

wherein the first coupling unit includes;

a first portion of the first coupling unit, elongated along a side of the display panel, and positioned adjacent to the side of the display panel, and

a second portion of the first coupling unit, elongated along an another side of the display panel and positioned adjacent to the another side of the display panel,

wherein the another side of the display panel is opposite to the side of the display panel.

2. The display device of claim 1, wherein the first coupling unit includes a metal plate having a picture frame shape and the metal plate is provided at sides of the display panel.

3. The display device of claim 2, wherein the back cover includes an opening around at least one side of the back cover corresponding to the at least one side of the metal plate.

4. The display device of claim 2, further comprising another metal plate attachable to a surface, wherein at least one of the metal plate in the display device and the another metal plate is magnetic.

5. The display device of claim 4, wherein the another metal plate further includes a hook.

6. The display device of claim 2, further comprising a groove formed at an upper central part of the back cover, wherein a hanger is placed within the groove.

7. The display device of claim 1, wherein the back cover includes at least one opening formed in the back cover and the first coupling unit is placed in an area in the display device corresponding to the opening of the back cover and is placed between the back cover and the display panel.

8. The display device of claim 7, wherein the at least one opening of the back cover extends lengthwise and the first coupling unit correspondingly extends lengthwise.

9. The display device of claim 7, wherein the first coupling unit includes a magnetic material, a metal material, an adhesive, or Velcro.

10. The display device of claim 7, further comprising a second coupling unit attachable to a surface, wherein the second coupling unit is inserted into the at least one opening of the back cover, faces the first coupling unit, and is coupled with the first coupling unit magnetically.

11. The display device of claim 7, wherein the at least one opening of the back cover includes at least two openings placed on upper and lower sides of the back cover.

12. The display device of claim 7, wherein the at least one opening of the back cover includes a horizontal opening and a vertical opening, wherein the horizontal opening is placed at an upper portion or a lower portion of the back cover, wherein the vertical opening is placed at a left portion or a right portion of the back cover, and wherein the horizontal opening and the vertical opening communicate with each other.

13. The display device of claim 7, further comprising a bracket placed at a boundary area of the at least one opening of the back cover.

14. The display device of claim 13, wherein a thickness of the boundary area of the at least one opening is thinner than a thickness at another area of the back cover, and the bracket is placed in the boundary area of the at least one opening.

15. The display device of claim 13, wherein the bracket is exposed from the at least one opening of the back cover and protrudes in a direction parallel to a back surface of the back cover.

25. The display device of claim 1, wherein the display panel includes a transparent substrate, an upper electrode, an image forming layer, and a lower electrode.

16. A display device, comprising:

a display unit; and

an attachment unit to attach the display unit to a surface,

wherein the display unit comprises;

a display panel; and

a back cover placed at a rear of the display panel and to have at least one opening formed in the back cover,

wherein the attachment unit comprises;

at least one hook to be placed to an area of the surface, to be inserted into the at least one opening of the back cover,

wherein the attachment unit is coupled with the display unit magnetically.

17. The display device of claim 16, wherein the at least one opening formed in the back cover includes two opening formed at an upper portion of the back cover and arranged in a first direction, and the at least one hook of the attachment unit includes two hooks to be placed in areas of the surface corresponding to the two openings formed in the back cover, to be inserted into the respective openings in the back cover, wherein the first direction is from left to right or from right to left.

18. The display device of claim 17, wherein the attachment unit further comprises at least one coupling unit to be placed in an area of the surface corresponding to a bottom portion of the display unit, to be coupled with the back cover of the display unit, and the at least one coupling unit of the attachment unit is elongated in the first direction.

19. The display device of claim 18, wherein the at least one coupling unit further comprises two coupling units to be placed in an area of the surface corresponding to a left portion and a right portion of the back cover and arranged in the first direction, and each of the coupling unit is elongated in a second direction, wherein the second direction is from upper to lower or from lower to upper.

20. The display device of claim 19, wherein the coupling units of the attachment unit are magnetic and the back cover of the display unit is metallic.

21. The display device of claim 16, wherein at least one coupling unit is placed between the display panel and the back cover at a bottom portion of the display unit, and the at least one coupling unit is elongated in a first direction, wherein the first direction is from left to right or from right to left.

22. The display unit of claim 21, wherein the at least one coupling unit further comprises two coupling units placed at a left portion and a right portion of the back cover and arranged in the first direction, and each of the coupling unit is elongated in a second direction, wherein the second direction is from upper to lower or from lower to upper.

23. The display device of claim 22, wherein the coupling units placed at the back cover are magnetic.

24. The display device of claim 16, wherein a width of the at least one opening formed in the back cover in a second direction is greater than a height of a portion of the at least one hook inserted into the at least one opening formed in the back cover, wherein the second direction is from upper to lower or from lower to upper.

26. The display device of claim 16, wherein the display panel includes a transparent substrate, an upper electrode, an image forming layer, and a lower electrode.