Display Housing Seal for Single-Application Waterproofing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Display apparatuses installed outdoors face challenges in maintaining waterproof and dustproof functions due to exposure to water and dust, with conventional sealing methods requiring multiple adhesive applications and leading to gaps and reduced assembly performance.
Innovation Solution
A sealing member with a bendable design that forms a closed loop with a single adhesive application, featuring a flexible material with a specific cross-sectional shape to ensure uniform sealing and improved coupling, preventing gaps at corners and enhancing assembly efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional sealing methods are used, then waterproof and dustproof functions are achieved, but multiple adhesive applications are required and assembly performance is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The sealing member integrates multiple functions into a single component: the body portion provides sealing, the bent portion forms a closed loop structure, and adhesive is applied once to achieve both sealing and structural integrity. This eliminates the need for multiple separate adhesive applications required by conventional methods.
Solution Approach 2:
The sealing member is divided into distinct functional portions: a body portion for primary sealing and a bent portion that extends and bends to form a closed loop. This segmentation allows each portion to perform its specific function while simplifying the overall assembly process.
2Reliability
If conventional sealing methods are used, then sealing is achieved, but gaps occur at corners and assembly efficiency is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The bent portion is designed to be flexible and adaptable, extending and bending to conform to corner geometries. This dynamic structure ensures continuous sealing contact at corners without gaps, while the single adhesive application maintains high assembly efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The bent portion acts as a flexible sealing element that can deform to match the corner contours of the housing and housing cover, ensuring continuous sealing contact and eliminating gaps that would occur with rigid conventional methods.
3Reliability
If multiple adhesive applications are used, then sealing is achieved, but assembly time increases and productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The bent portion is pre-formed into a closed loop structure with adhesive application points positioned in advance. This preliminary preparation allows the sealing member to be installed in a single operation, eliminating the need for multiple sequential adhesive applications and reducing assembly time.
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AI summary
A display apparatus including a sealing member having an improved structure, the display apparatus includes a housing including an opening, a display module including a display panel, the display module arranged inside the housing for the image to be displayed through the opening, a housing cover coupled to the housing to cover the opening while covering a rear surface of the display module, and a sealing member provided to seal a gap between the housing and the housing cover, the sealing member including a contact surface convexly formed toward the housing cover and a first protrusion and a second protrusion arranged on the contact surface, wherein at least a portion of the contact surface located between the first protrusion and the second protrusion is located at a same level as the first protrusion and the second protrusion or protrudes outward of the first protrusion and the second protrusion.