Display device and method of assembling the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsAh-Ram LEE, Jae-Lok CHA, Wal-Hee KIM
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Abstract
A display device includes a display panel having an upper surface and being configured to display an image, a mold frame configured to receive the display panel, and a lower receiving member having an inner wall disposed on a peripheral area thereof and being configured to receive mold frame and the display panel. The mold frame includes a peripheral area disposed around an open portion of the mold frame, and a side wall disposed in the peripheral area. The side wall of the mold frame is connected to the inner wall of the lower receiving member, and the panel supporter of the mold frame is disposed on the upper surface of the display panel to support the display panel.
Claims20
A display device comprising:
- a display panel having an upper substrate and a bottom substrate and configured to display an image;
- a mold frame configured to receive the display panel, the mold frame comprising:
- a peripheral area disposed around an open portion of the mold frame;
- a side wall disposed in the peripheral area;
- and
- a display panel supporter extending from the side wall toward the open portion of the mold frame;
- and
- a lower receiving member having an inner wall being disposed on a peripheral area thereof and configured to receive the mold frame and the display panel, wherein
- the side wall of the mold frame faces the inner wall of the lower receiving member, and
- the panel supporter of the mold frame is disposed on an upper surface of the bottom substrate of the display panel to support the display panel.
A method of assembling a display device comprising:
- disposing a display panel in a mold frame, the mold frame comprising:
- a peripheral area disposed around an open portion of the mold frame;
- a side wall disposed in the peripheral area;
- a display panel supporter extending from the side wall toward the open portion of the mold frame;
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- an extending portion which extends outwardly from the side wall away from the open portion of the mold frame to be disposed on an upper peripheral surface of a lower receiving member configured to receive the mold frame;
- disposing a light guide plate on the display panel;
- disposing a light source proximate to a side of the light guide plate;
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- combining the mold frame with the lower receiving member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.