Display Device Front Cover Integration for Thinner Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display devices face challenges in improving structural design constraints, reducing component count, and thickness while enhancing assembly efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A display device design where the display panel, optical sheet, frame, and back cover are coupled to a front cover, reducing the number of components and simplifying the assembly process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If multiple components (display panel, optical sheet, frame, back cover) are separately assembled, then structural integrity is maintained, but device complexity and assembly time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate components (display panel, optical sheet, frame, and back cover) into a single integrated front cover structure. This merging reduces the total number of components and simplifies the assembly process while maintaining the structural integrity through the unified design of the front cover that incorporates all these functional elements.
Solution Approach 2:
The front cover is designed as a multi-functional component that simultaneously serves as the display panel support, optical sheet mounting structure, frame integration, and back cover attachment point. This universal design allows a single component to perform multiple functions that previously required separate parts, thereby reducing device complexity.
2Productivity
If traditional multi-component assembly is used, then manufacturing precision is maintained, but assembly efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
By merging the display panel, optical sheet, frame, and back cover into a single integrated front cover, the patent eliminates multiple alignment steps required in traditional assembly. The integrated structure ensures precise positioning of all components relative to each other by design, rather than requiring separate alignment operations during assembly.
3Length of stationary object
If conventional structural design is used, then component functionality is preserved, but device thickness increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a nested structure where the display panel, optical sheet, and frame are integrated within the front cover volume. Components are arranged in a nested configuration that maximizes space utilization and minimizes the overall device thickness while preserving all necessary functional capabilities of each component.
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AI summary
A display device is disclosed. The display device comprises a display panel, a front cover including a side part covering a side surface of the display panel, and a guide protruding from the side part to support the side surface of the display panel; and a frame including a rear part positioned in a rear of the display panel and a side part facing a side of the side part of the front cover where the guide protrudes, wherein the side part of the front cover is coupled to the frame, wherein the guide is elongated along the side surface of the display panel between the side surface of the display panel and the side part of the front cover, and wherein a gap is formed between the guide and the side part of the front cover.