IP Library Granted Patent US 9,482,892
Granted Patent B2
US 9,482,892 · App. 13/663,515 · Granted Nov 1, 2016

Display frame device with locking mechanism

Inventors: Yu-Jen Lai (Taoyuan, TW); Chi-Chang Chen (Taoyuan, TW)
Assignee: DARWIN PRECISIONS CORPORATION
G02F1/133308F16B5/0635G02F2001/13332G02F2001/133314G02F2201/46G06F1/1601
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Patent No.
US 9,482,892
App. No.
13/663,515
Granted
Nov 1, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a display module, an outer frame, an active engaging unit, and a passive engaging unit. The display module has at least one side surface. The outer frame surrounds the display module and has last least one inner surface facing the side surface, wherein a gap is formed between the inner surface and the side surface. The active engaging unit extends from the display module into the gap and further extends along the gap. The passive engaging unit is disposed on the inner surface and protrudes toward the side surface. The active engaging unit engages with the passive engaging unit to restrict the relative movement between the display device and the outer frame.

Claims (18)

1. A display device, comprising:

a display module having at least one side surface;

an outer frame surrounding the display module and having last least one inner surface facing the side surface, wherein a gap is formed between the inner surface and the side surface;

an active engaging unit extending from the display module into the gap and further extending along the gap; and

a passive engaging unit disposed on the inner surface and protruding toward the side surface, wherein the active engaging unit engages with the passive engaging unit to restrict the relative movement between the display device and the outer frame along the direction parallel to the inner surface, wherein

the active engaging unit includes a fixing part and an engaging part,

the engaging part extends from an end of the fixing part and bends with respect to the fixing part,

the fixing part is fixed on a bottom face of the display module,

the engaging part is a plate inserted into the gap to engage with the passive engaging unit,

the passive engaging unit is a slot disposed on the inner surface and has an opening opposite to the bottom face,

the engaging part is a plate hook inserted into the slot through the opening along the gap,

the fixing part and the engaging part are two plates substantially perpendicular to each other,

the enagaging part includes a connections portion, a first end edge and a second end edge arranged in a co-planar manner, the engaging part is connected to the fixing part by the first end edge, the first end edge is connected between the fixing part and the connection portion, the connection portion is connected between the first end edge and the second end edge, the first end edge and the second end edge are spaced from each other at a distance and concurrently arranged at a side of the connection portion, and

the engaging part is engaged with the passive engaging unit in a way that the second end edge extends into the slot through the opening of the passive engaging unit, and the connection portion and the first end edge stay outside the opening, wherein the slot of the passive engaging unit has inner walls located inside the gap and capping on the engaging part in a way that the engaging part is prohibited from movement towards the bottom face, the side surface, the inner surface and an elongated direction of the gap that is parallel to the bottom surface; wherein the slot of the passive engaging unit has inner walls located inside the gap and capping on the engaging part, and the inner walls of the passive engaging unit is between the side surface of the display module and the second end edge of the engaging part.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the extending direction of the fixing part is substantially perpendicular to the extending direction of the engaging part on the projection plane parallel to the bottom face.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the outer frame includes a front plate extending toward the center of the display module from an end of the inner surface that is located away from the bottom face, the distance between the opening of the slot and the front plate is larger than the height of the plate hook inserted into the slot.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the passive engaging part is a plate attached onto the inner surface, a hole is formed on the plate, a part of the plate considered as one side of the hole protrudes outward and away from the inner surface to form the slot.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the slot is integrally formed on the inner surface.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 15, 2015
From: FORHOUSE CORPORATION
To: DARWIN PRECISIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035440/0440 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 22, 2014
From: BRIVIEW CORPORATION
To: FORHOUSE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 034571/0634 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2012
From: LAI, YU-JEN; CHEN, CHI-CHANG
To: BRIVIEW CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029208/0666 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 101104515 A · Feb 13, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130207526A1 · Aug 15, 2013