Display Apparatus Slimming via Case Extraction and Adhesive Fixation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing display apparatus designs are limited in slimness and aesthetic appeal due to the use of lower and upper cases and set covers, which increase thickness and edge width, obstructing innovative design development.

Innovation Solution

A display apparatus design that minimizes thickness by removing cases and set covers, using a set cover with a guide frame and screw to support the display unit, and an adhesive member for fixation, while maintaining a good aesthetic appearance through novel structural elements like sealing caps and optimized edge coverage.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Strength

If lower and upper cases and set covers are used to receive and protect display components, then structural support and protection are provided, but thickness and edge width are increased, limiting slimness and aesthetic design

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestructural supportVSAvoidthickness
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSLength of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The invention extracts and removes the lower case and front set cover from the display device structure. By eliminating these components, the device achieves reduced thickness and edge width, enabling slimmer designs while maintaining essential structural support through alternative means such as the guide frame and adhesive members.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Object-affected harmful factors

If upper case and front set cover are used to cover liquid crystal display panel edges, then component protection is provided, but edge width is increased, obstructing innovative design development

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecomponent protectionVSAvoidedge width
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSLength of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The invention removes the front set cover that traditionally covered the edges of the liquid crystal display panel. This extraction eliminates the obstacle to slim edge design while alternative protection methods are employed to maintain component protection without increasing edge width.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Reliability

If traditional case and set cover structures are used, then component reception and protection are ensured, but device complexity and manufacturing constraints are increased

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecomponent receptionVSAvoidstructure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The invention simplifies the overall device structure by extracting and removing the lower case and front set cover components. This reduction in structural complexity eliminates manufacturing constraints associated with traditional multi-component assemblies while alternative arrangements ensure that display components remain properly received and protected.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS10191315B2Display apparatus
Publication Date: 2019.01.29 LG DISPLAY CO LTD
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AI summary

Disclosed is a display apparatus which facilitates minimized thickness by innovatively removing a case and some portions of a set cover, which have been regarded as indispensable structures for the display apparatus, and simultaneously facilitates good aesthetic exterior appearance of the display apparatus by a novel design. The display apparatus comprises a set cover exposed externally and formed to have a storage space; a guide frame received in the storage space; a screw coupled to the guide frame by penetrating through the set cover so as to fix the guide frame to the set cover; a display unit placed onto the guide frame; and an adhesive member for fixedly adhering the display unit to the guide frame.