Liquid crystal display module
AssigneeLG. Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
InventorHyo-Jin Kim
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Abstract
A liquid crystal display (LCD) module includes a liquid crystal display panel having upper and lower substrate with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween. A backlight unit is arranged under the liquid crystal display panel. The LCD module includes an upper frame and a lower frame. The upper frame has a horizontal portion and a vertical portion, the horizontal portion pressing an edge of the liquid crystal display panel and having at least one fixing hole. The lower frame has a side wall portion and a bottom portion and accommodates the liquid crystal display panel. The bottom portion of the lower frame supports the backlight unit, and the side wall portion has at least one protruding portion at a location corresponding to the fixing hole of the upper frame.
Claims20
A liquid crystal display module, comprising:
- a liquid crystal display panel having first and second substrates with a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates;
- a backlight unit adjacent the liquid crystal display panel;
- a first frame having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion pressing an edge of the liquid crystal display panel and having at least one fixing hole;
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- a second frame having a side portion and a bottom portion and accommodating the liquid crystal display panel, the bottom portion supporting the backlight unit, the side portion having at least one protruding portion at a location corresponding to the fixing hole of the first frame.
A liquid crystal display module comprising:
- a liquid crystal display panel having first and second substrates with a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates;
- first and second polarization layers on the first and second substrates, respectively;
- a backlight unit adjacent the liquid crystal display panel;
- an upper frame having a horizontal portion and a vertical portion, the horizontal portion pressing an edge of the liquid crystal display panel and having at least one fixing element;
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- a lower frame having a side wall portion and a bottom portion and accommodating the liquid crystal display panel, the bottom portion supporting the backlight unit, the side wall portion having at least one protruding portion at a location corresponding to the fixing element of the upper frame.
A method of assembling a liquid crystal display module comprising:
- providing a liquid crystal display panel having first and second substrates with a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates;
- attaching a backlight unit adjacent the liquid crystal display panel;
- attaching an upper frame having a horizontal portion and a vertical portion, the horizontal portion pressing an edge of the liquid crystal display panel and having at least one fixing element;
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- attaching a lower frame having a side wall portion and a bottom portion and accommodating the liquid crystal display panel, the bottom portion supporting the backlight unit,
- wherein the side wall portion has at least one protruding portion located corresponding to the fixing element of the upper frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.