IP Library Granted Patent US 8,057,089
Granted Patent B2
US 8,057,089 · App. 11/012,344 · Granted Nov 15, 2011

Inverter cover shield for liquid crystal display module

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Patent No.
US 8,057,089
App. No.
11/012,344
Granted
Nov 15, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An inverter cover shield device includes a receiving portion for receiving an inverter; a wire guiding portion for guiding at least one internal wire extending from the inverter, the wire guiding portion including a contact portion and a non contact portion, the contact portion supporting the at least one internal wire, and the contact portion being positioned between the non-contact portion and the receiving portion.

Claims (11)

1. An inverter cover shield device for a liquid crystal display module, the liquid crystal module including a liquid crystal panel, a backlight assembly underneath the liquid crystal panel and including at least one lamp, a bottom cover underneath the backlight assembly, and an inverter underneath the bottom cover and applying electric power to the at least one lamp through at least one internal wire, the inverter cover shield device comprising:

a receiving portion including an inner side and a bottom side, the receiving portion for accommodating the inverter such that the inverter is disposed between the receiving portion and the bottom cover; and

a wire guiding portion including an outer side, the wire guiding portion for guiding the at least one internal wire extending from the inverter such that the at least one internal wire is disposed between the wire guiding portion and the bottom cover the wire guiding portion and the receiving portion being a one-piece structure, the wire guiding portion having at least one protruding portion that supports and contacts the at least one internal wire, and at least one indentation portion that is not in contact with the at least one internal wire,

wherein the inverter cover shield is underneath the bottom cover,

wherein the receiving portion, the wire guiding portion, the contact portion and the non contact portion are made of metallic material.

2. The inverter cover shield device according to claim 1 , wherein the protruding portion extends from the indentation portion towards the internal wire.

3. The inverter cover shield device according to claim 1 , wherein the protruding portion includes a polygon shape.

4. The inverter cover shield device according to claim 1 , wherein the protruding portion includes one of a rectangular shape and a triangular shape.

5. The inverter cover shield device according to claim 1 , wherein the protruding portion includes a curved shape.

6. The inverter cover shield device according to claim 1 , wherein the protruding portion includes a semicircular shape.

7. The inverter cover shield device according to claim 1 , wherein a distance from the indentation portion to the at least one internal wire is greater than about 0.5 mm.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 19, 2008
From: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021147/0009 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2004
From: KIM, BYOUNG-CHUL
To: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 016131/0187 →