Display device and method of assembling the same
AssigneeSamsung Display 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.
Claims17
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 first side wall surrounding an open portion of the mold frame;
- a display panel supporter extending from an upper portion of the first side wall toward the open portion of the mold frame;
- and
- a protrusion extending from the first side wall away from the open portion of the mold frame;
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- a lower receiving member having a second side wall configured to receive the mold frame and the display panel, the second side wall of the lower receiving member comprising a fixing aperture,
- wherein an outer side surface of the first side wall of the mold frame faces an inner side surface of the second side wall of the lower receiving member,
- the display panel supporter of the mold frame covers a peripheral portion of an upper surface of the display panel to support the display panel, and
- the protrusion of the mold frame is inserted into the fixing aperture of the second side of the lower receiving member.
A method of assembling a display device comprising:
- disposing a display panel in a mold frame, the mold frame comprising:
- a first side wall surrounding an open portion of the mold frame;
- a display panel supporter extending from an upper portion of the first side wall toward the open portion of the mold frame;
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- an extending portion which extends outwardly from the first side wall away from the open portion of the mold frame to be disposed on an upper surface of a lower receiving member configured to receive the mold frame;
- disposing an attaching member on a periphery of the display panel facing the lower receiving panel;
- attaching the attaching member to the optical sheet;
- disposing an optical sheet between the display panel and the light guide plate, the optical sheet comprising at least one of a protective sheet, a prism sheet and a diffusion sheet;
- 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,
- wherein an outer surface of the first side wall of the mold frame faces an inner surface of a second side wall of the lower receiving member, and the display panel supporter of the mold frame covers a peripheral portion of an upper surface of the display panel to support the display panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.