IP Library Granted Patent US 8,125,772
Granted Patent B2
US 8,125,772 · App. 11/987,392 · Granted Feb 28, 2012

Electronic apparatus having a display device

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Patent No.
US 8,125,772
App. No.
11/987,392
Granted
Feb 28, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic apparatus having a display device and method of manufacturing are disclosed, and particularly, an electronic apparatus of reduced size by having a front cover having a first cut-out portion; a rear cover having a second cut-out portion, wherein the front cover and the rear cover are joined together to house the flat display panel therebetween such that first and second cut-out portions are aligned to form a groove; and at least one antenna in the groove.

Claims (11)

1. A flat panel display device comprising: a flat display panel; a front cover having a first cut-out portion; a rear cover having a second cut-out portion; a bottom cover having a third cut-out portion, wherein the front cover, the rear cover, and the bottom cover are joined together to house the flat display panel therebetween in order to form a flat panel display module such that the first, the second, and the third cut-out portions are aligned to form a groove; a rear case and a front case coupled together for assembling the flat panel display module, the groove exposing a portion of the rear case; and an antenna attached at the portion of the rear case exposed by the groove, wherein the size of the groove formed by aligning the first cut-out portion to the second cut-out portion is the same as or smaller than the size of the antenna, wherein the front cover, the rear cover, the bottom cover, the flat display panel and the antenna are housed within the attached front and rear case.

2. The flat panel display of claim 1 , further comprising a connection wire connecting the antenna, wherein the connection wire is aligned along a gap between an inner side surface of the joined front and rear covers and the attached front and rear cases.

3. The flat panel display of claim 1 , wherein the flat display panel is a liquid crystal display panel.

4. The flat panel display of claim 1 , wherein the flat display panel is an organic electroluminescent display panel.

5. The flat panel display of claim 1 , wherein the groove is formed at the upper right hand portion of the display module.

6. The flat panel display of claim 1 , wherein the first cut-out, the second cut-out, and the third cut-out portions have a substantially rectangular shape.

7. The flat panel display of claim 1 , wherein the first cut-out, the second cut-out, and the third cut-out portions have a substantially concave shape.

8. An electronic device comprising: a main body; a display device connected to the main body, the display device including: a flat display panel; a front cover having a first cut-out portion; a rear cover having a second cut-out portion; a bottom cover having a third cut-out portion, wherein the front cover, the rear cover, and the bottom cover are joined together to house the flat display panel therebetween in order to form a flat panel display module such that the first, the second, and the third cut-out portions are aligned to form a groove, a rear case and a front case coupled together for assembling the flat panel display module, the groove exposing a portion of the rear case; and an antenna attached at the portion of the rear case exposed by the groove of the rear cover, the front cover, and the bottom cover, wherein the size of the groove formed by aligning the first cut-out portion to the second cut-out portion is the same as or smaller than the size of the antenna, wherein the front cover, the rear cover, the bottom cover, the flat display panel and the antenna are housed within the attached front and rear case.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 , further comprising a connection wire connecting the antenna to a communication controller in the main body, wherein the connection wire is aligned along a gap between an inner side surface of the joined front and rear covers and the attached front and rear cases.

10. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the flat display panel is a liquid crystal display panel.

11. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the flat display panel is an organic electroluminescent display panel.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 17, 2008
From: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021754/0045 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2007
From: KIM, YOUNG-SU
To: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 020230/0890 →