IP Library Granted Patent US 8,497,936
Granted Patent B2
US 8,497,936 · App. 13/236,451 · Granted Jul 30, 2013

Display apparatus including receiving container receiving a camera module and a display panel

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Patent No.
US 8,497,936
App. No.
13/236,451
Granted
Jul 30, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display apparatus includes a display panel for display an image, a camera module and a receiving container. The camera module includes a lens part mounted on a printed circuit board. The receiving container includes a main receiving space receiving the display panel and a sub receiving space extended from the main receiving space and receiving the camera module.

Claims (57)

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a display panel adapted to display an image;

a camera module having a lens part mounted on a printed circuit board; and

a receiving container having a main receiving space receiving the display panel and a sub receiving space extended from the main receiving space and receiving the camera module,

wherein the receiving container further comprises sidewalls, a first bottom connected to the sidewalls and disposed in an area corresponding to the main receiving space, and a second bottom extended from a first sidewall of the sidewalls.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein

the main receiving space is defined by the sidewalls and the first bottom, and the sub receiving space is defined by the first sidewall and the second bottom.

3. The display apparatus of claim 2 , further comprising a protrusion portion formed at a side of the second bottom fixing a position of the camera module.

4. The display apparatus of claim 2 ,

wherein the second bottom is extended from an upper portion of the first sidewall and is not extended from a lower portion of the first sidewall, and the sub receiving space is formed on a lower surface of the second bottom in an area between the upper portion of the first sidewall and the lower portion of the first sidewall.

5. The display apparatus of claim 4 ,

wherein the second bottom comprises an opening portion through which the lens part is exposed at an upper surface of the second bottom.

6. The display apparatus of claim 4 ,

wherein the camera module is fixed to a lower surface of the second bottom by an adhesion member.

7. The display apparatus of claim 4 ,

wherein the camera module further comprises a first flexible film extended along a bottom surface of the first bottom opposite the main receiving space.

8. The display apparatus of claim 7 ,

wherein the display panel further comprises a second flexible film, and

the first flexible film and the second flexible film are branched out from a common flexible film.

9. The display apparatus of claim 2 ,

wherein the second bottom is extended from a central portion of the first sidewall, and

the sub receiving space comprises an upper receiving portion defined by an upper portion of the first sidewall and the second bottom and a lower receiving portion defined by a lower portion of the first sidewall and the second bottom.

10. The display apparatus of claim 9 ,

wherein the camera module is received at the upper receiving portion of the sub receiving space.

11. The display apparatus of claim 10 ,

wherein the camera module further comprises a first flexible film, and

the second bottom comprises an opening portion through which the first flexible film is extended along the first bottom opposite the main receiving space.

12. The display apparatus of claim 10 ,

wherein the camera module further comprises a first flexible film, and

the first flexible film is bent to a side end of the second bottom and is extended along the first bottom opposite the main receiving space.

13. The display apparatus of claim 12 ,

wherein the display panel further comprises a second flexible film, and

the first flexible film and the second flexible film are branched out from a common flexible film.

14. The display apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein an upper area of a side end of the display panel is covered by a tape.

15. A display apparatus comprising:

a display panel adapted to display an image;

a camera module including a lens part mounted on a printed circuit board;

a mold frame supporting the display panel and the camera module; and

a receiving container receiving the display panel, the camera module and the mold frame,

wherein the mold frame and the receiving container are separate components.

16. The display apparatus of claim 15 ,

wherein the mold frame comprises a main body portion and a supporting portion protruding from the main body portion, and

a side end of the display panel and the camera module are adjacent to each other at the supporting portion.

17. The display apparatus of claim 15 , further comprising a top chassis disposed over the display panel and covering the mold frame and the camera module,

wherein the top chassis and the receiving container are separate components.

18. The display apparatus of claim 17 ,

wherein the top chassis comprises an opening portion through which the lens part of the camera module is exposed.

19. A receiving container comprising:

a main receiving space receiving a display panel;

a sub receiving space extended away from the main receiving space and receiving a camera module;

a plurality of sidewalls and a first bottom connected to the sidewalls defining the main receiving space; and

a second bottom extended from a first sidewall of the sidewalls, the first sidewall and the second bottom defining the sub receiving space,

wherein the second bottom comprises a first end extending substantially perpendicularly from the first sidewall, a second end extending substantially perpendicularly from the first sidewall, and a third end connecting the first and second ends,

and the receiving container is formed as one structure.

20. The display apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the receiving container further comprises sidewalls, a first bottom connected to the sidewalls and disposed in an area corresponding to the main receiving space, and a second bottom extended from a first sidewall of the sidewalls.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 17, 2012
From: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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