# US 10,371,994 B2 · Display device including cover with aperture in side wall thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,371,994 B2 - Document ID: US10371994B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/728,643 - Filed: 2017-10-10 - Published: 2018-06-21 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2016-12-20 - Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Display Co. Ltd. - Inventors: Yong Kwon Soh; Hyun Jin Maeng; Yong Jun Lee - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10371994B2 ## CPC - G02F 1/13452: {Conductors connecting driver circuitry and terminals of panels} - G02F 1/133308: {Support structures for LCD panels, e.g. frames or bezels} - G02F 1/133311: {Environmental protection, e.g. against dust or humidity} - G02F 1/13332: {Front frames} - G02F 2202/28: Adhesive materials or arrangements - 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 ## Abstract A display device is provided. The display device includes a display panel and an upper container in which the display panel is disposed. The upper container includes a cover portion which covers top edges of the display panel, a side wall which extends from the cover portion to cover a side of the display panel, and apertures defined in the side wall of the upper container, the apertures exposing the display panel to outside the display device at the side wall. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display device, comprising: a display panel which displays an image; an upper container in which the display panel is disposed, including: a cover portion which covers top edges of the display panel, a side wall which extends from the cover portion to cover a side of the display panel; and an aperture defined in the side wall of the upper container, the aperture exposing the display panel to outside the display device at the side wall of the upper container; and a driving circuit unit which is attached to the display panel at the side thereof and extends from the display panel to be disposed along an inner side of the side wall of the upper container, wherein at the side of the display panel at which the driving circuit unit is attached to the display panel, the driving circuit unit extended along the inner side of the side wall contacts a first surface of the driving circuit unit with the inner side of the side wall of the upper container to define a contact portion thereof, and the aperture is defined in the side wall of the upper container at a location between the contact portion and the cover portion of the upper container. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate which is opposite to the first substrate, the first substrate extending further than the second substrate at the side of the display panel. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The display device of claim 2, wherein the driving circuit unit is attached to the first substrate at the side of the display panel at which the first substrate extends further than the second substrate, wherein the side wall in which the aperture is defined is disposed at the side of the display panel at which the driving circuit unit is attached to the first substrate. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the driving circuit unit includes a driving chip mounted on a second surface of the driving circuit unit opposite to the first surface thereof, the driving chip mounted at the contact portion. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein an upper surface of the display panel is spaced apart from the cover portion of the upper container to define a gap between the display panel and the cover portion of the upper container. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The display device of claim 5, wherein the gap and the aperture defined in the side wall of the upper container are spatially connected to each other by a space within the display device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, further comprising: a membrane member attached to the side wall in which the aperture is defined, the membrane member covering the aperture. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The display device of claim 7, wherein the membrane member has a rectangular shape extended along the side wall in which the aperture is defined. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The display device of claim 7, wherein the aperture is provided in plurality in the side wall of the upper container, and the membrane member is provided in plurality attached to the side wall in which the apertures are defined, the plurality of membrane members corresponding with the plurality of apertures. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The display device of claim 7, further comprising: an adhesive member between the membrane member and the side wall in which the aperture is defined, to attach the membrane member to the side wall, wherein the adhesive member does not overlap with the aperture. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The display device of claim 7, further comprising: an adhesive member which attaches the membrane member to the side wall in which the aperture is defined, the adhesive member contacting one surface of the membrane member and sides thereof to contact the side wall in which the aperture is defined, wherein the adhesive member does not overlap with the aperture. ### Claim 12 A display device, comprising: a display panel which displays an image; an upper container in which the display panel is disposed, including: a cover portion which covers top edges of the display panel, a side wall which extends from the cover portion to cover a side of the display panel; an aperture defined in the side wall of the upper container; and a protruding portion which protrudes from an inner side of the side wall in which the aperture is defined, wherein the protruding portion protrudes from an inner side surface of the side wall in which the apertures are defined towards the display panel, and wherein the protruding portion is defined by a bent portion of the side wall in which the apertures are defined. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The display device of claim 12, wherein the protruding portion includes a reinforcing member, which is coupled to the inner side surface of the side wall in which the aperture is defined. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The display device of claim 12, wherein the display panel comprises: a driving circuit unit extended along the inner side surface of the side wall in which the aperture is defined to contact a first surface of the driving circuit unit with: the inner side surface of the side wall at a contact portion thereof, and the protruding portion protruded from the inner side surface of the side wall. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The display device of claim 14, wherein the aperture is defined in the side wall of the upper container at a location between the cover portion of the upper container and the protruding portion in contact with the first surface of the driving circuit unit. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The display device of claim 12, further comprising: a membrane member attached to the side wall in which the aperture is defined, the membrane member covering the aperture. ### Claim 17 A display device, comprising: a display panel which displays an image; an upper container in which the display panel is disposed, including: a cover portion which covers top edges of the display panel, and a side wall which extends from the cover portion to cover a side of the display panel; a space formed between the display panel and the side wall of the upper container; an aperture defined in the side wall of the upper container, the aperture exposing the space to outside the display device at the side wall of the upper container; a gap formed between an upper surface of the display panel and the cover portion which covers top edges of the display panel, the gap exposing the space to outside the display device at the cover portion; and a driving circuit unit attached to the display panel at a side thereof corresponding to the side wall in which the aperture defined, wherein the driving circuit unit attached to the display panel extends from the display panel to be disposed along an inner side of the side wall of the upper container, the driving circuit unit extended along the inner side of the side wall contacting the inner side of the side wall of the upper container to define a contact portion thereof, the aperture is defined in the side wall of the upper container at a location between the contact portion and the cover portion of the upper container, the space formed between the display panel and the inner side of the side wall of the upper container is divided by the driving circuit unit, into: a first region formed between the driving circuit unit, and each of the cover portion and the side wall of the upper container, and a second region formed between the driving circuit unit and the display panel, the gap and the first region of the space are spatially connected directly to each other to expose the first region to outside the display device at the cover portion, and the first region of the space and the aperture are spatially connected directly to each other to expose the first region to outside the display device at the side wall of the upper container.