A display device includes a display panel, a rear face housing, and a slender support member. The display panel is configured to display image. The rear face housing is disposed on a rear side of the display device with respect to the display panel. The support member is disposed between a peripheral edge portion of the display panel and a peripheral edge portion of the rear face housing. The support member supports the peripheral edge portion of the display panel from the rear side. The support member has a protruding portion that protrudes in a direction intersecting a lengthwise direction of the support member. The rear face housing includes an insertion component at the peripheral edge portion of the rear face housing, with the protruding portion of the support member being engaged with the insertion component of the rear frame housing.
1. A display device comprising:
a display having a rectangular shape with four edge portions;
a rear housing disposed on a rear facing side of the display, the rear housing having a rear facing wall with four edge portions and extension side walls extending from the edge portions of the rear facing wall towards a front of the display device; and
a support member disposed between one of the edge portions of the display and one of the edge portions of the rear facing wall, the support member supporting only the one of the edge portions of the display from the rear facing side,
the support member having an elongated main body that extends in a lengthwise direction of the support member, and a protruding portion that protrudes from an end part of the elongated main body in a direction that is perpendicular to the lengthwise direction of the support member inwardly towards a center of the display, and
the rear housing including an insertion component that is adjacent to the one of the edge portions of the rear facing wall, with the insertion component being spaced from a corner defined between the one of the edge portions of the rear facing wall and the adjacent one of the edge portions of the rear facing wall, with a front facing side of the protruding portion of the support member being engaged with a rear facing side of the insertion component of the rear housing.
2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the rear housing is made of sheet metal.
3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the insertion component inwardly extends to face the adjacent one of the edge portions of the rear facing wall, and
the protruding portion is disposed between the insertion component and the adjacent one of the edge portions of the rear facing wall.
4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the insertion component has a prong that extends towards the adjacent one of the edge portions of the rear facing wall, and
the protruding portion is disposed between the prong and the adjacent one of the edge portions of the rear facing wall.
5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the insertion component has end edges that non-parallelly extend with respect to each other, a width of the insertion component measured between the end edges gradually decreasing towards a distal end of the insertion component.
6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the insertion component has a drawing part with an insertion hole that is formed by drawing a part of the adjacent one of the edge portions of the rear facing wall towards the front of the display device, the protruding portion being disposed within the insertion hole.
7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the insertion component extends from the adjacent one of the edge portions of the rear facing wall towards the front of the display device, the insertion component having an insertion hole, the protruding portion being disposed within the insertion hole.
8. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the rear housing further includes a positioning component arranged to position the support member with respect to the rear housing at the one of the edge portions of the rear facing wall,
the positioning component inwardly extends to face the one of the edge portions of the rear facing wall, and
the positioning component has end edges that non-parallelly extend with respect to each other, a width of the positioning component measured between the end edges gradually decreasing towards a distal end of the positioning component.
9. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein
the support member further has one of a protrusion and a concave component,
the positioning component of the rear housing further has the other of the protrusion and the concave component, and
the protrusion and the concave component are engaged with respect to each other to position the support member with respect to the rear housing.
10. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein
the positioning component inwardly extends from one of the extension side walls that extends from the one of the edge portions of the rear facing wall to face the one of the edge portions of the rear facing wall.
11. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the insertion component inwardly extends from one of the extension side walls that extends from the adjacent one of the edge portions of the rear facing wall to face the adjacent one of the edge portions of the rear facing wall.
12. A display device comprising:
a display having a rectangular shape with four edge portions;
a rear housing disposed on a rear facing side of the display, the rear housing being made of sheet metal, the rear housing having a rear facing wall with four edge portions and extension side walls extending from the edge portions of the rear facing wall towards a front of the display device; and
a support member disposed between one of the edge portions of the display and one of the edge portions of the rear facing wall, the support member supporting only the one of the edge portions of the display from the rear facing side,
the support member having an elongated main body that extends in a lengthwise direction of the support member, and a protruding portion that protrudes from an end part of the elongated main body in a direction that is perpendicular to the lengthwise direction of the support member inwardly towards a center of the display,
the rear housing including an insertion component that is adjacent to the one of the edge portions of the rear facing wall, with the insertion component being spaced from a corner defined between the one of the edge portions of the rear facing wall and the adjacent one of the edge portions of the rear facing wall, with a front facing side of the protruding portion of the support member being engaged with a rear facing side of the insertion component of the rear housing, and
the rear housing further including a mounting component for mounting the support member relative to the rear housing at the one of the edge portions of the rear facing wall, the mounting component inwardly extending to face the one of the edge portions of the rear facing wall, and the mounting component having end edges that non-parallelly extend with respect to each other, a width of the mounting component measured between the end edges gradually decreasing towards a distal end of the mounting component.