Encapsulation Structure with Interlocking Buckles for Thin Display Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current display devices require a thick bracket with large borders to accommodate a hook for fixation, leading to increased width and thickness, which is undesirable for modern display panel technology, especially in automotive applications.
Innovation Solution
An encapsulation structure featuring a frame with a first buckle along its sidewall and a bracket with a second buckle protruding from its inner surface, allowing the frame to be inserted into the bracket such that the buckles engage, reducing the thickness and width of the display device by positioning the backlight module between the bracket and frame.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a thick bracket with a hook is used to fix the display device, then the fixation reliability is improved, but the bracket thickness and border width increase
Solution Approach 1:
The hook structure is moved from the bracket to the frame, changing the dimension of the fixing mechanism. The frame's sidewall edge provides the hook that engages with the bracket's slot, allowing fixation without increasing bracket thickness. This dimensional relocation resolves the contradiction between fixation reliability and bracket thickness.
Solution Approach 2:
The fixing function is segmented between the frame and bracket: the frame contains the hook structure while the bracket contains the slot structure. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently - the bracket remains thin while the frame provides the necessary fixation mechanism, resolving the contradiction between reliable fixation and thin bracket design.
2Ease of operation
If a thick bracket is used to accommodate the hook, then the fixation function is improved, but the display device border width increases
Solution Approach 1:
The fixation mechanism is relocated to the frame's sidewall edge rather than the bracket's outer surface. This dimensional change allows the hook to engage with the bracket's inner slot without requiring the bracket to extend outward, thus maintaining a thin profile and narrow border width while preserving full fixation functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The hook structure is nested within the frame's sidewall edge, and the slot structure is nested within the bracket's inner surface. This nested arrangement allows the fixation mechanism to be contained within the existing component boundaries without adding external bulk, resolving the contradiction between fixation function and border width.
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AI summary
The present invention provides an encapsulation structure and a display device, the encapsulation structure includes a frame, a sidewall edge of the frame is provided with at least one first buckle along a sidewall direction of the frame; and a bracket, a sidewall of the bracket is protruded from an inner surface thereof to provide at least one second buckle, wherein when the frame is inserted into the bracket, the first buckle engages with the second buckle corresponding to the first buckle.