Flat Panel Display Integrated Housing Design
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional flat panel displays require a separate frame structure and additional components for support and protection, leading to increased design and manufacturing costs, as well as higher packaging and transportation costs due to the need for multiple assemblies in different factories.
Innovation Solution
A flat panel display design featuring a monolithic first housing with integrated supportive parts and side portions that incorporates the reflector, backlight unit, light guide plate, optical films, and cell, with a second housing that covers the perimeter of the cell and is assembled to the first housing, eliminating the need for a separate frame structure and additional plastic supports.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If a separate frame structure and additional plastic supports are used to protect and support the panel components, then the structural strength and protection are improved, but the device complexity and manufacturing cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the frame structure and plastic support functions into a single integrated housing assembly. The housing includes a top housing and bottom housing that are substantially identical and interconnected, with each housing serving both as protective enclosure and as support structure for panel components. This eliminates the need for separate frame structures and additional plastic supports, reducing component count while maintaining structural integrity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple separate components (frame structure, plastic support, top housing, bottom housing) are assembled in different factories, then the manufacturing flexibility is improved, but the productivity and assembly efficiency decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates the top housing and bottom housing into a coordinated assembly system where both housings are substantially identical and can be manufactured using the same mold, allowing complete assembly in a single factory. The housings are designed to interconnect and work together as a unified support and protection system, eliminating the need for separate assembly operations at different manufacturing locations.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If a traditional frame structure with multiple separate components is used, then the protective function is improved, but the packaging volume and transportation cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the protective frame structure and support functions into compact, substantially identical top and bottom housings that enclose and protect the panel components in a streamlined configuration. This integrated design reduces the overall packaging volume compared to traditional separate frame structures with additional plastic supports, while maintaining comprehensive protection for the display panel components.
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AI summary
In a flat panel display having a first housing and a second housing, features of a frame and a plastic support and a top support, which support, position, and fix each component, are incorporated into the outer top and bottom case, such that no additional structure component is needed for the flat panel display. The first housing has supportive parts and side portions for assembling and supporting each component of the flat panel display and the second housing is then assembled to the first housing for completion of the assembling of the flat panel display.