Display Apparatus Thickness Reduction via Frame Extraction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional flat panel display apparatuses face limitations in minimizing thickness and enhancing design beauty due to the necessity of case and set cover elements, which lead to increased thickness and difficulty in achieving innovative designs, as well as issues with light leakage during high temperature deformations.
Innovation Solution
A display apparatus design that eliminates certain case and set cover elements, utilizing a panel supporting member with a side inserting space, adhesive member, guide frame, and cover member to allow movement of the panel supporting member, thereby minimizing thickness, enhancing design aesthetics, and preventing light leakage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If front set cover and rear set cover are used to cover the top edge of the liquid crystal display panel, then the display apparatus is protected and assembled, but the thickness of the display apparatus increases and border widths enlarge
Solution Approach 1:
The invention removes the front set cover and rear set cover from the display apparatus structure. By extracting these covering elements that were traditionally used to protect the display panel edges, the patent achieves reduced thickness and border widths while maintaining protection through alternative means (the frame structure and adhesive bonding system).
Solution Approach 2:
The invention merges the protective function previously separated into front and rear set covers into the integrated frame structure. The frame now serves both as the structural boundary and as the protective element, eliminating the need for separate covering components and reducing overall thickness.
2Reliability
If front set cover and rear set cover are used in the display apparatus, then the display panel is covered and protected, but various innovative designs are difficult to realize due to step height in border portion
Solution Approach 1:
By removing the front and rear set covers, the invention eliminates the step height problem in border portions that constrained design flexibility. This extraction allows for continuous, smooth borders and enables various innovative design configurations without the limitations imposed by separate covering components.
Solution Approach 2:
The frame structure is designed to perform multiple functions: providing structural support, defining the display boundary, and protecting the display panel edges. This multi-functional approach replaces the need for separate set covers and enables greater design versatility across different application scenarios.
3Reliability
If case elements are used to receive the liquid crystal display panel and backlight unit, then the components are supported and protected, but the thickness of the display apparatus increases
Solution Approach 1:
The invention merges the support and protection functions into a streamlined frame structure that directly holds the display panel and backlight unit. By integrating these functions into a single, optimized structural element rather than using separate case components, the thickness is minimized while maintaining adequate support and protection.
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AI summary
Disclosed is a display apparatus which does not use some elements of cases and set cover members necessary for producing the display apparatus and thus can minimize a thickness and enhance a sense of beauty with an innovative design. The display apparatus includes a display panel, a panel supporting member, an adhesive member, a guide frame, and a cover member. The panel supporting member is disposed to have a side inserting space, and supports a rear edge of the display panel. The adhesive member is disposed at the panel supporting member, and couples the display panel and the panel supporting member. The guide frame supports the panel supporting member. The cover member is inserted into the side inserting space of the panel supporting member, and surrounds a side surface of the guide frame, thereby enabling movement of the panel supporting member.