Display apparatus
A display apparatus includes a rear chassis including a fastening hole, a light source module installed at the rear chassis and configured to emit light, a diffuser plate to diffuse light emitted from the light source module, a liquid crystal panel arranged in front of the diffuser plate, a front chassis arranged to cover sides of the liquid crystal panel and the diffuser plate, a middle mold to couple the diffuser plate so that the diffuser plate is arranged in front of the light source module, the middle mold including a fastening groove to align with the fastening hole, a bonding member to bond the diffuser plate to the middle mold, and a fastening member coupleable to the fastening groove by passing through the fastening hole from behind the rear chassis to couple the rear chassis to the middle mold.
1. A display apparatus comprising:
a rear chassis including a base, a middle mold supporter with a fastening hole, a link connectable to a first edge of the middle mold supporter and a bent portion at a second edge of the middle mold supporter, opposite the first edge, extending from the middle mold supporter such that the fastening hole of the middle mold supporter is between the link and the bent portion while the link is connected to the first edge of the middle mold supporter;
a light source module, installed on the base, and configured to emit light;
a diffuser plate to diffuse light emitted from the light source module;
a liquid crystal panel, arranged in front of the diffuser plate, and configured to display an image;
a front chassis arranged to cover sides of the liquid crystal panel and the diffuser plate;
a middle mold to couple the diffuser plate so that the diffuser plate is arranged in front of the light source module, the middle mold being supportable by the middle mold supporter of the rear chassis, and the middle mold including:
a fastening groove that aligns with the fastening hole of the middle mold supporter of the rear chassis while the middle mold supporter of the rear chassis is between a portion of the front chassis and the middle mold is supported by the middle mold supporter of the rear chassis, and
an insertion groove in which the bent portion of the rear chassis is insertable while the fastening groove is aligned with the fastening hole of the rear chassis;
a bonding member arranged between the middle mold and the diffuser plate to bond the diffuser plate to the middle mold; and
a fastening member to couple the rear chassis to the middle mold while the fastening member is coupled to the fastening groove of the middle mold by passing through the fastening hole of the rear chassis from behind the rear chassis and the bent portion of the rear chassis is inserted into the insertion groove of the middle mold,
wherein the link slantingly extends backward from an end of the base to connect to the first edge of the middle mold supporter.
2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the portion of the front chassis comprises a fixing hole arranged to align with the fastening hole of the rear chassis and the fastening groove of the middle mold, and the fastening member passes through the fixing hole of the front chassis to couple the rear chassis to the middle mold.
3. The display apparatus of claim 2 , further comprising:
a first fastening hole to align with the fastening groove of the middle mold and the fixing hole of the front chassis, and
a second fastening hole to align with the fastening groove of the middle mold and covered by the front chassis.
4. The display apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the fastening member comprises:
a first fastening member to be coupled to the fastening groove by passing through the fixing hole and the first fastening hole to couple the front chassis and rear chassis to the middle mold, and
a second fastening member to be coupled to the fastening groove by passing through the second fastening hole to couple the rear chassis to the middle mold.
5. The display apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the fastening member comprises:
a fastening portion arranged to be inserted and coupled to the fastening groove, and
a head portion having a diameter larger than a diameter of the fastening groove.
6. The display apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the first fastening member comprises a first head portion, and
wherein the first head portion is outside of the front chassis while the front chassis and rear chassis couple to the middle mold.
7. The display apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the second fastening member comprises a second head portion, and the second head portion is between the rear chassis and the front chassis and covered by the front chassis.
8. The display apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the front chassis is decoupled from the display apparatus by detaching the first fastening member from the middle mold.
9. The display apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the rear chassis and the light source module installed at the rear chassis are decoupled from the display apparatus by detaching the first fastening member from the middle mold and detaching the second fastening member from the middle mold.
10. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a chassis bonding member arranged between the front chassis and the middle mold to bond the front chassis to the middle mold.
11. The display apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the rear chassis and the light source module installed at the rear chassis are decoupled from the display apparatus by detaching the fastening member from the middle mold.
12. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a panel bonding member arranged between the liquid crystal panel and the middle mold to bond the liquid crystal panel to the middle mold.
13. The display apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the panel bonding member comprises ultraviolet (UV) resin applied in a liquid state and hardened by a UV ray.
14. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein outermost sides of the middle mold are coplanar with sides of the liquid crystal panel, or located father inside than the sides of the liquid crystal panel.