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Granted Patent B2
US 10,437,374 · App. 15/877,652 · Granted Oct 8, 2019

Display device

Inventors: Taehee Lee (Hwaseong-si, KR); Wonki Hong (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
G06F3/0414G06F3/041H04M1/026H04M1/0268H05K5/0017H05K5/0217H05K5/03G06F2203/04102
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,437,374
App. No.
15/877,652
Granted
Oct 8, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device including a bottom cover, a window disposed on the bottom cover, a frame disposed between the bottom cover and the window, a display panel disposed between the frame and the window, a bracket disposed between the display panel and the frame, and a pressure sensing portion disposed between the bracket and the display panel, in which the frame includes a base portion disposed between the bottom cover and the bracket, a first support portion protruding from an edge of the base portion toward an edge of the window, and a second support portion protruding from the first support portion, disposed between an edge of the bracket and the base portion, and spaced apart from the base portion.

Claims (32)

1. A display device comprising:

a bottom cover;

a window disposed on the bottom cover;

a frame disposed between the bottom cover and the window;

a display panel disposed between the frame and the window;

a bracket disposed between the display panel and the frame; and

a pressure sensing portion disposed between the bracket and the display panel,

wherein the frame comprises:

a base portion disposed between the bottom cover and the bracket;

a first support portion protruding from an edge of the base portion toward an edge of the window; and

a second support portion protruding from the first support portion, disposed between an edge of the bracket and the base portion, and spaced apart from the base portion.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the frame further comprises a protrusion portion protruding from the second support portion toward the base portion.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein:

the first support portion comprises at least one inclined surface; and

the second support portion protrudes from the inclined surface of the first support portion.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the inclined surface is adjacent to a surface of the base portion facing the bracket.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein an angle between the inclined surface and the surface of the base portion is an obtuse angle.

6. The display device of claim 3 , wherein an angle between the first support portion and the second support portion is equal to or less than a right angle.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the frame further comprises:

a third support portion protruding from an edge of the base portion toward an edge of the bottom cover; and

a fourth support portion protruding from the third support portion, disposed between the base portion and the bottom cover, and spaced apart from the base portion.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the edge of the base portion from which the third support portion protrudes faces the edge of the base portion from which the first support portion protrudes.

9. The display device of claim 7 , wherein:

the third support portion comprises at least one inclined surface; and

the fourth support portion protrudes from the inclined surface of the third support portion.

10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the inclined surface is adjacent to a surface of the base portion facing the bottom cover.

11. The display device of claim 10 , wherein an angle between the inclined surface and the surface of the base portion is an obtuse angle.

12. The display device of claim 9 , wherein an angle between the third support portion and the fourth support portion is equal to or less than a right angle.

13. The display device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the bottom cover, the window, the pressure sensing portion, the display panel, and the bracket has a curved edge.

14. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising at least one of:

a first tape disposed between the edge of the bottom cover and the edge of the frame; and

a second tape disposed between the first support portion and the window, between the first support portion and the display panel, between the first support portion and the pressure sensing portion, and between the second support portion and the bracket.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2018
From: LEE, TAEHEE; HONG, WONKI
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044699/0547 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0012292 · Jan 25, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180210602A1 · Jul 26, 2018
Cited By (1)
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