Display apparatus comprising a front member and a rear member wherein a bent portion of the rear member is received within an accommodating space of the front member

• US 9,001,287 B2
• Filed: 12/06/2010
• Issued: 04/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: An, Jun-seok, Byoun, Dae-hyoun, Jin, Myeong-kuk, Kim, Seung-bum, Kim, Young-chul
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Paul
• Application Number:
  US12/961,078
• Publication Number:
  US 20110134359A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,583 Days
• Field of Search: 349 60- 65, 362 972- 974, 362/600, 362/608, 362/612, 362/615, 362632-634
• US Class Current: 349/65
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0055 Reflecting element, sheet or layer
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0085 Means for removing heat created by the light source from the package heat extraction or cooling elements for semiconductor light sources in general H01L33/64
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/009 of the light source in the package G02B6/0021 takes precedence
• 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 1/13332 Front frames
• 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 5/64 Constructional details of receivers, e.g. cabinets or dust covers furniture aspects of television cabinets A47B81/06

Abstract

Disclosed is a display apparatus which is light and slim in its external appearance. The display apparatus includes a display panel which displays an image signal; a backlight unit which provides light to the display panel; a front member which includes a body whose central portion is open such that an image displayed on the display panel can be frontwardly exposed, and a support unit which supports the display panel and the backlight unit in the inner side of the body; and a rear member which is coupled to the front member and supports the back side of the backlight unit.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a display panel which displays an image signal;

a backlight unit including a light source which emits light to be provided to the display panel;

a front member including a body whose central portion is open such that an image displayed on the display panel is frontwardly exposed, and a support unit which supports the display panel and the backlight unit in an inner side of the body; and

a rear member which is coupled to the front member and supports a back side of the backlight unit,

wherein the rear member provides at least a portion of an external appearance of the display apparatus,

wherein at least a portion of the light source contacts the rear member,

wherein at least one of the front member and the rear member is formed of a single member,

wherein the body of the front member comprises an accommodating space formed therein, the accommodating space having sides defined by two surfaces of the body which are substantially perpendicular to a surface of the display panel which displays the image signal; and

the rear member comprises a rear bent portion which is configured to be received within the accommodating space.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein heat generated in the light source of the backlight unit is radiated through the front member.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the support unit of the front member includes an opening which exposes the image displayed on the display panel frontward, a panel support which accommodates and supports the display panel, and a backlight support which accommodates and supports the backlight unit.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the backlight unit includes a light source which emits light to be provided to the display panel, and a light guide plate which supplies the light emitted from the light source uniformly, and

wherein the light source is arranged as an edge type light source disposed along at least one lateral side of the light guide plate, and heat generated from the light source is radiated through the backlight support of the front member.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the light source includes at least one LED and an LED board which supports the at least one LED, and

wherein the LED board is coupled to the backlight support of the front member.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the front member includes a material having thermal conductivity which is higher than a predetermined threshold.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the rear member includes a material having thermal conductivity which is higher than a predetermined threshold.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the end portion is a rear bent part whose edge is frontward bent, and

the accommodating space is configured to accommodate the rear bent part of the rear member such that the front member is coupled to the rear member.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a cover member which is disposed on a front side of the front member.

10. The display apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the cover member includes a cover bent part whose edge is rearward bent, and

wherein a cover bent accommodating part is disposed in the front side of the body of the front member and is configured to accommodate the cover bent part of the cover member such that the cover member is coupled to the front member.

11. The display apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the cover member includes a cover support which supports a front edge of the display panel, and an opening which is formed in an inner end portion of the cover support in order to expose the image displayed on the display panel frontward.

12. The display apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising at least one of an auxiliary sheet which is interposed between the backlight support and the light guide plate which contacts the backlight support, and a protection sheet which is interposed between the panel support and the display panel which contacts the panel support.

13. The display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a body unit comprising a body housing which accommodates a power board, which includes a power supply unit, and a main board, which includes an image signal receiving unit and an image processing unit, and a body connector which receives power signals from the power board and image signals from the main board;

a panel driving board disposed on the rear member and includes a display connector; and

a connection cable which connects the body connector to the display connector and provides the power signals and the image signals from the body connector to the display panel and the backlight unit through the display connector.

14. The display apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising a stand unit interposed between and coupled to a display unit and the body unit, where the display unit comprises the display panel, the backlight, the front member and the rear member,

the stand unit is vertically erect and supports the display unit with respect to the body unit, and

the connection cable is fed through an inside of the stand unit between the body connector and the display connector.

15. The display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a rear cover mounted on a back side of the rear member, and

a driving circuit comprising a power supply unit, an image signal receiving unit and an image processing unit, and interposed between the rear cover and the rear member.

16. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a reflection sheet for reflecting the light emitted from the light source toward the display panel is provided on the rear member.