IP Library Granted Patent US 10,485,147
Granted Patent B2
US 10,485,147 · App. 15/906,395 · Granted Nov 19, 2019

Display device

Inventors: Honglyeol Oh (Seoul, KR); Sangjoon Oh (Seoul, KR); Byoungwook Han (Seoul, KR); Joongnyon Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H05K7/20972G02F1/133308G02F1/133504H05K7/2099H05K7/20136H05K7/20336H05K7/20963H05K7/20981G02F2001/133314G02F2001/133331
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Patent No.
US 10,485,147
App. No.
15/906,395
Granted
Nov 19, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device is provided to achieve air circulation through an inner structure or an outer structure of the display device for efficient heat dissipation. The display device includes a housing, a display module mounted in the housing, a closed-loop air circulation system, and an open-loop air circulation system. The closed-loop air circulation system includes a first channel defined between a front surface of the display module and a front surface of the housing so as to extend along the front surface of the display module, and a second channel defined between one side surface of the display module and one side surface of the housing that is opposite the one side surface of the display module. The first channel is configured to receive air from a first end of the second channel and to discharge the air to a second end of the second channel.

Claims (27)

1. A display device comprising:

a housing;

a display module mounted in the housing;

a closed-loop air circulation system; and

an open-loop air circulation system, wherein

the closed-loop air circulation system comprises:

a first channel defined between a front surface of the display module and a front surface of the housing so as to extend along the front surface of the display module; and

a second channel defined between one side surface of the display module and one side surface of the housing that is opposite the one side surface of the display module so as to extend along the one side surface of the display module in a longitudinal direction thereof,

the first channel being configured to receive air from a first end of the second channel and to discharge the air to a second end of the second channel, and wherein

the open-loop air circulation system comprises:

a third channel isolated from the first channel and the second channel;

an inlet port for receiving air from an outside through the third channel; and

an outlet port for discharging the air to the outside through the third channel.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the housing comprises a window for covering at least a portion of the front surface of the display module, and

the first channel is defined between the window and the front surface of the display module.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one fan provided at an upper part or a lower part of the display module such that the first channel receives air and discharges the received air to the second channel.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the closed-loop air circulation system is a first closed-loop air circulation system, and wherein the display device further comprises a second closed-loop air circulation system provided at a rear of the first closed-loop air circulation system.

5. The display device according to claim 4 , further comprising a diaphragm bracket for partitioning the first closed-loop air circulation system and the second closed-loop air circulation system from each other.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a heat exchanger for transferring heat from the closed-loop air circulation system to the open-loop air circulation system.

7. The display device according to claim 6 , further comprising a front guide bracket for guiding air such that the air is introduced into the second channel from the first channel and such that the air from the second channel is introduced into the heat exchanger.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the heat exchanger comprises an auxiliary guide bracket for guiding the air introduced from the second channel so as to discharge the same to the first channel.

9. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the heat exchanger is any one of a heat pipe type heat exchanger, a water-cooling type heat exchanger, a thermoelectric module type heat exchanger, and a loop heat pipe type heat exchanger.

10. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the closed-loop air circulation system is hermetically isolated from the open-loop air circulation system.

11. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the display module comprises a rear surface, which is opposite the front surface, an upper surface, a lower surface, which defines an inside of the upper surface, a first side surface, and a second side surface, which is opposite the first side surface, and wherein

the second channel is provided at the first side surface and the second side surface of the display module so as to extend along the side surfaces of the display module.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2018
From: OH, HONGLYEOL; OH, SANGJOON; HAN, BYOUNGWOOK; KIM, JOONGNYON
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 045065/0137 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0158952 · Nov 24, 2017 · national
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62488842 · Apr 23, 2017
Provisional Application 62528542 · Jul 5, 2017
Related Publication 20180310439A1 · Oct 25, 2018
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