IP Library Granted Patent US 7,916,237
Granted Patent B2
US 7,916,237 · App. 12/219,216 · Granted Mar 29, 2011

Liquid crystal display device

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Patent No.
US 7,916,237
App. No.
12/219,216
Granted
Mar 29, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid crystal display device has a reinforced rigidity against external impacts. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight assembly; and a bottom chassis disposed to receive the liquid crystal display panel and the backlight assembly, the bottom chassis having a projection projected from an inner surface of the bottom chassis towards the liquid crystal display panel and the backlight assembly.

Claims (16)

1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight assembly;

a bottom chassis disposed to receive the liquid crystal display panel and the backlight assembly,

the bottom chassis comprising a bottom surface comprising a projection projecting from the bottom surface of the bottom chassis towards the liquid crystal display panel and the backlight assembly, with the projection being disposed within a display area of the liquid crystal display panel; and

a flexible printed circuit board electrically connected with a pad formed on one portion of the liquid crystal display panel being curved to be extended from the pad to the inner surface of the bottom chassis, and the flexible printed circuit board being disposed without overlapping with the projection, with a height of the projection being either the same as or smaller than a thickness of the flexible printed circuit board.

2. The liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 1 , in which the projection is formed on a portion of the inner surface of the bottom chassis corresponding to a display area of the liquid crystal display panel.

3. The liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 1 , in which the projection further comprises an upper surface immediately physically contact to a constituent of the backlight assembly, with the constituent being disposed with the greatest distance from the liquid crystal display panel among constituents of the backlight assembly.

4. The liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

an adhesion member positioned between the bottom chassis and the backlight assembly and adhering the bottom chassis and the backlight assembly, and the adhesion member being adhered to areas of the inner surface of the bottom chassis other than areas where the projection is formed.

5. The liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 4 , with the height of the projection being the same as or smaller than a thickness of the adhesion member.

6. The liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 1 , in which more than one projection being formed on the inner surface of the bottom chassis.

7. The liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 6 , in which the projection is formed in a stripe shape.

8. The liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 7 , in which an extension direction of the stripe is parallel to one of intersection lines formed by rims formed at periphery of the inner surface of the bottom chassis and the inner surface of the bottom chassis.

9. The liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 6 , in which the projection is formed in a coin shape.

10. The liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 9 , in which the more than one projection formed in the coin shape are arranged on the inner surface of the bottom chassis in a matrix, with the matrix having a predetermined number of rows of coins and a predetermined number of columns of coins and predetermined distances being arranged between each of the coins.

11. The liquid crystal display device of claim 2 , in which the projection comprises a protrusion protruding from the inner surface of the bottom chassis and a recess recessed from an outer surface of the bottom chassis, and the recess is disposed corresponding to the protrusion.

12. The liquid crystal display device of claim 11 , in which the projection is spaced apart from peripheral walls of the bottom chassis.

Assignments (3)
DIVESTITURE Recorded Sep 21, 2012
From: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029070/0516 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 18, 2008
From: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022034/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 18, 2008
From: JUNG, JAI-SANG; KIM, TAE-YONG; KIM, MIN-SEOP; JUNG, JAE-HO; LEE, CHI-HOON
To: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD., A CORPORATION CHARTERED IN AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Reel/Frame 021424/0684 →