Plasma display apparatus and method of manufacturing chassis base used therefor

• US 7,646,360 B2
• Filed: 04/20/2005
• Issued: 01/12/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung SDI Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Samsung SDI Company Limited
• Inventors: Kim, Guy-Seong, Bang, Won-Kyu
• Primary Examiner(s): DHARIA, PRABODH M
• Application Number:
  US11/109,686
• Publication Number:
  US 20050236995A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,728 Days
• Field of Search: 345/60, 345/76, 345/169, 345/905, 345/4, 345/5, 345/204, 345/108, 345/41, 345/3.1, 345/214, 345/206, 361/681, 361/719, 361/703, 361/683, 361/699, 361/818, 315/169.3, 315/169.4, 313/46, 313/587, 313/582, 362/494, 362/294, 359/871, 359/838, 359/850, 359/865, 348/787
• US Class Current: 345/60
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/02 Details

Abstract

A plasma display apparatus includes a plasma display panel, a chassis base having a first surface to which the plasma display panel is attached and a second surface on which a driving circuit module is installed, and at least one gripper provided on the second surface of the chassis base, the gripper being integrally formed with the chassis base, the gripper being protruded with respect to the second surface of the chassis base. A technique of manufacturing a chassis base for a plasma display apparatus, includes applying a press working process to a chassis base body to provide a chassis base, forming a pair of parallel incision lines on the chassis base, and pressing a portion partitioned by the incision lines toward a thickness direction of the chassis base to form a grip body.

Claims

1. A plasma display apparatus comprising:

a plasma display panel;

a chassis base including a first surface to which said plasma display panel is attached and a second surface on which a driving circuit module is installed; and

at least one gripper provided on said second surface of said chassis base, said gripper being integrally formed from said second surface of said chassis base, said gripper being spaced-apart from a periphery of said second surface of said chassis base and protruding from said second surface of said chassis base.

2. The plasma display apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least a pair of grippers are provided in an upper end portion of said second surface and a lower end portion of said second surface, respectively.

3. The plasma display apparatus of claim 2, wherein the chassis base is formed by a press working process to comprise a rectangular shape including a pair of long sides and a pair of short sides, and said grippers are located in symmetrical positions with respect to a center axis of the long side of said chassis base.

4. The plasma display apparatus of claim 1, wherein said gripper has a grip body partitioned by a pair of parallel incision lines, and

wherein said grip body is protruded toward an exterior of said second surface of said chassis base, and both ends of said grip body are integrally connected with said second surface of said chassis base.

5. The plasma display apparatus of claim 4, wherein the incision lines are formed in the direction of the long side of said chassis base.

6. The plasma display apparatus of claim 4, wherein the incision lines are formed in the direction of the short side of said chassis base.

7. The plasma display apparatus of claim 4, wherein the incision lines are formed by a slitting process or a notching process.

8. The plasma display apparatus of claim 4, wherein said gripper includes an arc portion formed by bending an edge of said grip body to make a thickness.

9. A method of manufacturing a chassis base for a plasma display apparatus, comprising:

applying a press working process to a chassis base body to provide a chassis base;

forming a pair of parallel incision lines on said chassis base; and

pressing a portion partitioned by the incision lines toward a thickness direction of said chassis base to form a grip body.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein said pair of incision lines are formed by a slitting process.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein said pair of incision lines are formed by a notching process.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein said pair of incision lines are formed in each corner of said chassis base.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising of bending an edge of said grip body to form an arc portion.

14. A plasma display apparatus, comprising:

a plasma display panel;

a chassis base including a first surface directly attached to said plasma display panel and a second surface installed directly with a driving circuit module; and

a plurality of grippers provided on said second surface of said chassis base, said grippers being integrally formed from an interior region of said second surface of said chassis base, each one of said grippers projecting a grip body partitioned by at least a pair incision lines from said second surface of said chassis base.

15. The plasma display apparatus of claim 14, with said plurality of grippers being disposed on each corner of said second surface of said chassis base and said plurality of grippers being formed integrally in a single body with said chassis base.

16. The plasma display apparatus of claim 14, with said plurality of grippers comprising a pair of grippers disposed on upper left and right corners of said second surface or disposed on lower left and right corners of said second surface.

17. The plasma display apparatus of claim 14, with said plurality of grippers comprising a pair of grippers disposed in symmetric positions with respect to the center axis of the long side of said chassis base.

18. The plasma display apparatus of claim 14, with said plurality of grippers being disposed in center positions between each corner, symmetrically with respect to the center axis of the long side of said chassis base.

19. The plasma display apparatus of claim 14, with each one of said plurality of grippers including said grip body protruded from said second surface towards a direction away from said second surface accommodating a manual grasp of a user, the incision lines being elongated in a direction of either the long or short side of said chassis base, and a spacing hole being provided along a location of the incision lines and at least two ends of said grip body.

20. The plasma display apparatus of claim 14, with outer edge portions of said grip body being bent toward either said first or second surface to form an arc portion on at least two sides of said grip body parallel with an elongated side of the gripper and incision lines.