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Granted Patent B2
US 12,026,018 · App. 17/860,448 · Granted Jul 2, 2024

Display device

Inventors: Jaehun Lee (Seoul, KR); Kangyeung Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
G06F1/166
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Patent No.
US 12,026,018
App. No.
17/860,448
Granted
Jul 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a display device. The display device of the present disclosure may include: a base; a head spaced apart from the base and including a display panel; a pole extending from the base in a direction in which the head is spaced apart from the base; an articulated connector coupled to the head; an elevating module movably coupled to the pole in a length direction of the pole; and an arm extending in a direction intersecting the head and the pole, the arm having one side connected to the articulated connector and the other side connected to the elevating module.

Claims (63)

1. A display device comprising:

a base;

a head spaced apart from the base and including a display panel;

a pole extending from the base toward the head;

a connector coupled to the head;

an elevating module coupled to the pole and moving at the pole in a length direction of the pole;

an arm including one side connected to the connector and the other side connected to the elevating module;

a cover assembly covering a rear part of the head around the connector; and

a cable electrically connected with the display panel,

wherein the connector, comprises:

a front bracket fixed to a rear surface of the head;

a rear bracket opposite to the head with respect to the front bracket;

a pivot shaft penetrating the front bracket and the rear bracket such that the front bracket is rotatably coupled to the rear bracket;

a tilt shaft penetrating a left wing and a right wing of the rear bracket in an intersecting direction of the pivot shaft;

a holder connected to the tilt shaft; and

a connection portion extending from the holder toward the one side of the arm,

wherein the cover assembly comprises:

a cover disposed at a rear of the holder of the connector and including an elongated hole into which the connection portion of the connector is inserted; and

a cover ring coupled with the head around the cover and rotating together with the head,

wherein the cable passes through the elongated hole of the cover under the connection portion of the connector,

wherein the rear bracket further includes a stopper formed at a side the rear bracket,

wherein the front bracket further includes a protrusion bent and extending from the front bracket in a length direction of the pivot shaft, and

wherein the stopper of the rear bracket is disposed in a circular path of the protrusion of the front bracket when the front bracket rotates relative to the rear bracket such that the stopper of the rear bracket limits a circular movement of the protrusion of the front bracket.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the connector comprises:

a rear grab which is opposite to the front bracket with respect to the rear bracket, and which is fixed to the rear bracket, and to which the pivot shaft is rotatably coupled;

a cap fixed to a distal end of the pivot shaft; and

a disc spring positioned between the rear grab and the cap, and to which the pivot shaft is rotatably coupled.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the disc spring further comprises:

a first disc spring convex from the rear grab toward the cap; and

a second disc spring positioned between the first disc spring and the cap, and convex from the cap toward the rear grab.

4. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the connector further comprises a disc positioned between the rear grab and the disc spring, and to which the pivot shaft is fixed,

wherein the disc comprises a plurality of bosses which protrudes from the disc toward the rear grab, and which are spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction of the disc,

wherein the rear grab further comprises:

a plurality of fixing holes which has a size corresponding to the boss, and which are spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction of the rear grab; and

a plurality of slots which extends in the circumferential direction of the rear grab, which are longer than the fixing hole, and which are alternately disposed with the plurality of fixing holes.

5. The display device of claim 1 ,

wherein the connecter comprises:

a first body connected with the connection portion and the arm, the first body opened up and down; and

a first fastening member which penetrate the opening of the first body, and to which the first body is rotatably coupled to the arm, the first fastening member providing the first swivel axis.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein connector further comprises:

a fixing washer which is adjacent to one end of the first fastening member, which is fixed to an inner side of the arm, and through which the first fastening member passes;

a disc spring which is opposite to the one end of the first fastening member with respect to the fixing washer, which is convex toward the fixing washer, and through which the first fastening member passes;

a washer which is opposite to the fixing washer with respect to the disc spring, and through which the first fastening member passes; and

a bushing which is opposite to the disc spring with respect to the washer, and through which the first fastening member passes, the bushing including a flange positioned on the first body and a portion positioned in the opening of the first body.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the elevating module comprises a rotation unit rotating about a second swivel axis extending in a vertical direction,

wherein the rotation unit comprises:

a vertical member coupled to the pole;

a second body connected to the vertical member and opened up and down; and

a second fastening member which penetrates the opening of the second body, to which the second body is rotatably coupled, and which is fixed to the arm, the second fastening member providing the second swivel axis.

8. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the elevating module comprises:

a vertical member positioned inside the pole, extending in the length direction of the pole, and coupled to the arm; and

a stem positioned between the vertical member and the base, coupled to the base.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the elevating module further comprise a roller coupled to one side of the vertical member such that the roller is supported by an inner surface of the pole when the vertical member moves in the length direction of the pole.

10. The display device of claim 8 , further comprising the cable extending along the pole,

wherein the cable is inserted into the vertical member and the stem such that the cable is arranged in the pole.

11. The display device of claim 10 , wherein the connector comprises an elastic member which is wound around an outer circumference of the tilt shaft in a coil shape, and which includes one end in contact with the rear bracket and the other end in contact with the holder.

12. The display device of claim 10 , wherein the arm comprises a cable groove formed onto a lower surface of the arm, the cable groove extended from the connector toward the elevating module, and

wherein the cable extends from the vertical member toward the connector and is inserted into the cable groove.

13. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the connector comprises:

a guide groove rotating together with the tilt shaft around the tilt shaft; and

a pin disposed at the guide groove around the tilt shaft such that the guide groove limits a range of the rotation of the tilt shaft by the pin contacting both end sides of the guide groove.

14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the guide groove includes an upper side and a lower side in a circumference direction of the tilt shaft, and wherein the pin is in contact with the upper side or the lower side of the guide groove when a movement of the pin is limited by the guide groove.

15. The display device of claim 14 , wherein the pin is fixed to the holder and the guide groove is formed at a side of the rear bracket.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 8, 2022
From: LEE, JAEHUN; LEE, KANGYEUNG
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 060617/0821 →
Priority Claims (3)
KR 10-2021-0095813 · Jul 21, 2021 · national
KR 10-2022-0008832 · Jan 20, 2022 · national
WO PCT/KR2022/001623 · Jan 28, 2022 · international
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230024561A1 · Jan 26, 2023
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