Portable display apparatus

• US 7,447,004 B2
• Filed: 03/07/2006
• Issued: 11/04/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lim, Seon-woo, Shin, Yong-ha
• Primary Examiner(s): Gandhi; Jayprakash N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Thomas; Bradley H
• Application Number:
  US11/368,644
• Publication Number:
  US 20060203439A1
• Time in Patent Office: 973 Days
• Field of Search: 361/679, 361/681, 361/683, 361/686, 361/687, 361/692, 361/736, 361/724, 361/728, 361/100, 361/752, 600/510, 174/535, 174/560
• US Class Current: 361/679.27
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• 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

Abstract

The present invention relates to a portable display apparatus including a main body casing to form an external appearance; a display panel provided in the main body casing, and displaying a picture; a main printed circuit board (PCB) provided in the main body casing to be disposed on a first side of the display panel; a first coupling member to couple a first side of the main PCB to the main body casing; and a second coupling member disposed on a first side of the display panel to be spaced from the first coupling member to couple a second side of the main PCB to the main body casing.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a front cover and a rear cover coupled together to define a casing;

a display panel provided within the casing and viewable through a window of the front cover;

a main printed circuit board (PCB) provided between the display panel and the rear cover;

a first coupling member disposed on an upper portion of the front cover to connect the PCB and the rear cover to the front cover; and

a second coupling member, spaced apart and unconnected from the first coupling member, disposed on a bottom portion of the front cover to connect the PCB and the rear cover to the front cover;

wherein the first coupling member comprises;

a first flat portion disposed against the upper portion of the front cover to couple with the rear cover,

a pair of substrate coupling portions extending from opposite sides of the first flat portion and raised away from the front cover to couple with the front cover; and

a pair of stepped portions extending from the substrate coupling portions to couple with the PCB.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display panel is supported against the front cover by at least the stepped portions of the first coupling member and at least a portion of the second coupling member.

3. The display apparatus of claim 2, wherein the front cover comprises first and second sets of coupling bosses at the upper and bottom portion of the front cover, respectively, the first coupling bosses couple to the pair of substrate coupling portions, and the second coupling bosses couple to the second coupling member.