# US 10,120,226 B2 · Display device with simplified appearance structure > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,120,226 B2 - Document ID: US10120226B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/950,467 - Filed: 2018-04-11 - Published: 2018-08-16 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2014-10-27 - Assignees: LG Electronics Inc. - Applicants: LG Electronics Inc. - Inventors: Munhe Lee; Gyoungbok Kim - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10120226B2 ## CPC - G02F 1/133308: {Support structures for LCD panels, e.g. frames or bezels} - G02B 6/009: {of the light source in the package (G02B6/0021 takes precedence)} - 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)} - H04N 5/64: Constructional details of receivers, e.g. cabinets or dust covers (furniture aspects {of television cabinets} A47B81/06) - G02F 1/133314: {Back frames} - G02F 1/133317: {Intermediate frames, e.g. between backlight housing and front frame} - G02F 1/13332: {Front frames} - G02F 2201/465: Snap -fit - G02F: OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A display apparatus includes a cabinet, a display panel disposed on a rear side of the cabinet to display an image toward a front side of the cabinet, a light source package disposed on a rear side of the display panel to provide light onto the display panel, a bottom cover disposed on a rear side of the light source package, the bottom cover being coupled to the cabinet to package the display panel and the light source package, a support mounted on a rear side of the bottom cover, the support including a plurality of first couplers, and a back cover covering at least part of rear side of the bottom cover, the back cover including a plurality of second couplers to be coupled with the plurality of first couplers. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display apparatus comprising: a cabinet; a display panel disposed on a rear side of the cabinet to display an image toward a front side of the cabinet; a light source package disposed on a rear side of the display panel to provide light onto the display panel; a bottom cover disposed on a rear side of the light source package, the bottom cover being coupled to the cabinet to package the display panel and the light source package; a support mounted on a rear side of the bottom cover, the support including a plurality of first couplers; and a back cover covering at least part of rear side of the bottom cover, the back cover including a plurality of second couplers to be coupled with the plurality of first couplers. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the bottom cover comprises a first portion covered by the back cover, and a second portion exposed to an outside of the display apparatus, and wherein the support placed at the first portion of the back cover. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of the second couplers protrude from a front surface of the back cover. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first coupler are spaced from each other. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second coupler are spaced a predetermined distance from each other. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a longitudinal direction of the support is arranged in a horizontal direction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the support arranged at a lower portion of the back surface of the bottom cover. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the main board disposed on a rear side of the support and covered by the back cover. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the cabinet includes at least one latch rib protrudes from the back surface of a front part of the cabinet, the at least one latch rib latch-coupled to the bottom cover. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The display apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the at least one latch rib includes a pair of latch ribs protruding from a lower portion of the back surface of the cabinet and spaced a predetermined distance from each other. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the cabinet includes at least one first rib portion protruding from a back surface of a front part at a lower portion of the cabinet, and wherein an edge of the back cover is fitted in-between the at least one first rib portion of the cabinet and the side part of the cabinet at a lower part of the display apparatus. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The display apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the at least one first rib portion includes a plurality of first rib portions spaced a predetermined distance from each other. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The display apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the plurality of first rib portions protrude from the front part of the back surface of the cabinet at an upper portion and both side portions and the plurality of first rib portions are fitted into the bottom cover. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the cabinet includes at least one latch protrusion protruding from the side part, and wherein the bottom cover includes a latch coupling portion coupled with the at least one latch protrusion of the cabinet. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The display apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the at least one latch protrusion includes a plurality of latch protrusions spaced a predetermined distance from each other along an edge of the cabinet. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The display apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the latch coupling portion of the bottom cover includes a plurality of latch coupling portions to correspond to the plurality of latch protrusions disposed on an upper edge and both sides edges of the cabinet. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The display apparatus according to claim 16, wherein a plurality of latch guide slop in a front side of the plurality of latch coupling portions guide insertion of the plurality of latch protrusions. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The display apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the latch coupling portion of the back cover includes a plurality of latch coupling portions to correspond to the latch protrusions disposed on a lower edge of the cabinet. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a panel guide for guiding mounting of the display panel on the bottom cover, wherein at least a portion of the cabinet is exposed to an outside of the display apparatus, and at least a portion of the cabinet contacts with the panel guide.