Display apparatus

• US 9,952,621 B2
• Filed: 04/08/2011
• Issued: 04/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Jeong, Hyun-chul, Chun, Jae-hwan, Won, Jong-ho, Chung, Sung-won, Kim, Jung-ki, Han, Sung-Sun, Kim, Yu-kwan, Kim, Jeong-Ki
• Primary Examiner(s): Blevins, Jerry M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chiem, Erin
• Application Number:
  US13/082,429
• Publication Number:
  US 20110187961A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,573 Days
• 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: H04N 5/645 Mounting of picture tube on chassis or in housing

Abstract

A display apparatus includes a display module and a front case. The display module displays images. The display module includes a boss fixing member having a combination hole. The front case covers a first surface of the display module and has a first boss that is inserted into the combination hole to combine the front case to the display module. The first boss is formed at inside edges of the display module. The boss fixing member is positioned within the edges of the display module which define the outdimension of the display module.

Claims

1. A display module comprising:

a display unit which provides an image to be displayed by the display module; and

a cover member which receives the image provided from the display unit and through which the image is displayed by the display module,

wherein

the display unit which provides the image to the cover member defines a fixing portion of the display unit at which a hole is defined and into which a combination member is insertable, and

in a top plan view, the cover member has a chamfered corner defined by a first outer line extending in a first direction, a second outer line extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and a third outer line which is straight and extends in a third direction to meet the first and second outer lines, and

the fixing portion, at which the hole is defined, protrudes from the third outer line of the cover member which receives the image from the display unit, such that the fixing portion and the hole defined thereby are entirely exposed by the cover member and such that the hole is spaced apart from the third outer line of the cover member in the top plan view.

2. The display module of claim 1, wherein the hole vertically passes through the display unit.

3. The display module of claim 1, wherein the hole is opened upwardly and/or downwardly.

4. The display module of claim 1, wherein

the display unit further includes a fixing member disposed in the hole of the display unit, the fixing member including a different material from the display unit surrounding the fixing member, a portion of the fixing member defining a hole therein.

5. The display module of claim 4, wherein the fixing member includes at least one selected from rubber, phorous resin, silicon and viton.

6. The display module of claim 4, wherein the fixing portion has a hook portion which partially covers an upper surface of the fixing member.

7. The display module of claim 4, wherein the fixing member has a protrusion which laterally protrudes from an inner side surface of the fixing member, the inner side surface defining the hole of the fixing member.

8. The display module of claim 1, wherein the display unit has a substantially rectangular shape in the top plan view, and the fixing portion is disposed at at least one corner of the rectangular shape.

9. The display module of claim 1, wherein the display unit has a substantially rectangular shape in the top plan view, and the fixing portion is disposed between adjacent corners of the rectangular shape.

10. The display module of claim 1, wherein the cover member comprises:

an upper portion extending in a direction substantially parallel to a display area of the display unit;

a first side portion which extends vertically from the upper portion to face a first side surface of the display unit; and

a second side portion which extends vertically from the upper portion to face a second side surface of the display unit,

wherein a portion of the upper portion, a portion of the first side portion, and a portion of the second side portion are continuously incised.

11. The display module of claim 1, wherein a width of the cover member along a vertical direction is greater than a width of the fixing portion along the vertical direction.