IP Library Granted Patent US 7,903,399
Granted Patent B2
US 7,903,399 · App. 12/320,885 · Granted Mar 8, 2011

Flat panel display device

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Patent No.
US 7,903,399
App. No.
12/320,885
Granted
Mar 8, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A flat panel display device includes a bezel and a flat display panel accommodated in the bezel. The bezel includes a substrate part, bent parts, each of which is formed on one of edges of the substrate part and extends substantially perpendicular to the substrate part, and a protrusion formed at an end of one of the bent parts. In another embodiment, a flat panel display device further includes a cover bezel covering the bezel and the flat display panel. The cover bezel has an open window through which light from the flat panel display transmits, and the cover bezel includes an insertion part that is coupled with the protrusion.

Claims (31)

1. A flat panel display (FPD) device, comprising:

a flat display panel including a plurality of pixels to display an image; and

a bezel for accommodating the flat display panel, the bezel comprising:

a substrate part having a surface on which the flat display panel is disposed;

a protrusion; and

a bent part formed between the substrate part and the protrusion to connect the protrusion to the substrate part, the bent part including a hemming structure in which a layer of the bent part extending substantially perpendicular to the surface of the substrate part is folded about an axis substantially parallel to the surface of the substrate.

2. The FPD device according to claim 1 , wherein the protrusion protrudes substantially parallel to the substrate part from the end of the one of the bent parts.

3. The FPD device according to claim 1 , wherein the flat display panel is attached to the bezel by a cushion tape having an adhesive tape on one and the other surfaces thereof.

4. The FPD device according to claim 3 , wherein the cushion tape is formed of a PORON material.

5. The FPD device according to claim 1 , wherein the bezel is formed of a conductive metallic material.

6. The FPD device according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate part, the bent parts and the protrusion are formed of the same material.

7. The FPD device according to claim 1 , wherein the flat display panel further includes a thin film transistor having a semiconductor layer.

8. A flat panel display (FPD) device, comprising:

a flat display panel including a plurality of pixels to display an image;

a bezel for accommodating the flat display panel, the bezel comprising:

a substrate part having a surface on which the flat display panel is disposed;

a protrusion; and

a bent part formed between the substrate part and the protrusion to connect the protrusion to the substrate part, the bent part including a hemming structure in which a layer of the bent part extending substantially perpendicular to the surface of the substrate part is folded about an axis substantially parallel to the surface of the substrate; and

a cover bezel covering the bezel and the flat display panel, the cover bezel having an open window through which light from the flat panel display transmits, the cover bezel including an insertion part that is coupled with the protrusion.

9. The FPD device according to claim 8 , wherein the insertion part has an opening to which the protrusion is coupled, the cover bezel further including a bent part that is formed by bending an edge of the cover bezel.

10. The FPD device according to claim 9 , wherein the insertion part is formed at the bent part of the cover bezel, and extends beyond the bent part of the cover bezel.

11. The FPD device according to claim 8 , wherein the protrusion is formed perpendicular to the bent part of the bezel.

12. The FPD device according to claim 8 , wherein the protrusion includes a coupling part fastened to the insertion part and a body part supporting the coupling part.

13. The FPD device according to claim 12 , wherein the coupling part is formed thicker than the body part.

14. The FPD device according to claim 8 , wherein the insertion part has an opening to which the protrusion is coupled, an outer size of the opening of the insertion part being smaller than an inner size of the opening of the insertion part.

15. The FPD device according to claim 8 , wherein the bezel and the cover bezel are formed of a metallic material.

16. The FPD device according to claim 8 , wherein the substrate part, the bent part of the bezel and the protrusion are formed of the same material.

17. The FPD device according to claim 8 , wherein the flat display panel is attached to the bezel by a cushion tape having an adhesive tape on one and the other surfaces thereof.

18. The FPD device according to claim 8 , wherein the flat display panel is attached to the cover bezel by a cushion tape having an adhesive tape at one surface thereof.

19. The FPD device according to claim 18 , wherein the cushion tape is formed of a PORON material.

20. The FPD device according to claim 8 , wherein the flat display panel further includes a thin film transistor having a semiconductor layer.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Sep 21, 2012
From: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029087/0636 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 1, 2009
From: KIM, MIN-CHEOL; CHOI, GIL-JAE; LEE, SANG-HYUN
To: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD., A CORPORATION CHARTERED IN AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Reel/Frame 022653/0569 →