IP Library Granted Patent US 11,079,792
Granted Patent B2
US 11,079,792 · App. 16/888,259 · Granted Aug 3, 2021

Display panel, bracket and display device including the same

Inventors: Yi Joon Ahn (Seoul, KR); Sung Chul Kim (Seongnam-si, KR); Jung Hun Noh (Yongin-si, KR); Keun Kyu Song (Seongnam-si, KR); Hye Yong Chu (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
G06F1/1605G06F1/1626G06F1/1652H04N5/642H04R1/025H04R7/045H04R9/06G02F1/133308G02F1/133314H04R2440/07H04R2499/15
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Patent No.
US 11,079,792
App. No.
16/888,259
Granted
Aug 3, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device incudes: a display panel; a plurality of vibro-acoustic elements coupled to the display panel and spaced apart from each other on a lower surface of the display panel; and a bracket disposed below the display panel and including a bottom plate, where a plurality of receiving holes is defined through the bottom plate. The plurality of vibro-acoustic elements is disposed in the plurality of receiving holes, respectively, a vibration space is defined by a portion of the bottom plate defining a receiving hole of the receiving holes, which is recessed from an upper surface toward a lower surface of the bottom plate, and audio frequencies in different frequency bands, respectively, is produced from regions in which the plurality of vibro-acoustic elements are disposed.

Claims (66)

1. A display device comprising:

a display panel;

a plurality of vibro-acoustic elements coupled to the display panel and spaced apart from each other on a lower surface of the display panel; and

a bracket disposed below the display panel, the bracket including a bottom plate,

wherein

the bottom plate defines a plurality of openings, and

the plurality of vibro-acoustic elements is exposed through the plurality of openings, respectively,

wherein a first vibro-acoustic element of the plurality of vibro-acoustic elements is disposed in a first opening of the plurality of openings, and

wherein the first vibro-acoustic element does not contact the bracket.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a portion of the bottom plate defining an opening of the plurality of openings is recessed from an upper surface toward a lower surface of the bottom plate, and

wherein a vibration space is defined by the portion of the bottom plate recessed from the upper surface toward the lower surface of the bottom plate.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

audio frequencies in different frequency bands, respectively, are produced from regions in which the plurality of vibro-acoustic elements is disposed.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the plurality of vibro-acoustic elements has different sizes from each other to produce the audio frequencies in the different frequency bands, respectively.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of vibro-acoustic elements comprises a coil disposed on the lower surface of the display panel.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a vibro-acoustic element of the plurality of vibro-acoustic elements has a shape including at least a part of a frame shape in a plan view with an opening defined therein.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a size of a vibro-acoustic element of the plurality of vibro-acoustic elements is smaller than a size of an opening of the plurality of openings through which the vibro-acoustic element is exposed in a plan view.

8. A display device comprising:

a display panel;

a plurality of vibro-acoustic elements coupled to the display panel and spaced apart from each other on a lower surface of the display panel; and

a bracket disposed below the display panel, the bracket including a bottom plate,

wherein

the bottom plate defines a plurality of openings, and

the plurality of vibro-acoustic elements is exposed through the plurality of openings, respectively,

wherein at least one of the plurality of vibro-acoustic elements comprises a coil disposed on the lower surface of the display panel, and wherein the at least one of the plurality of vibro-acoustic elements further comprises a piezoelectric element disposed on the coil.

9. A display device comprising:

a display panel;

a plurality of vibro-acoustic elements coupled to the display panel and spaced apart from each other on a lower surface of the display panel; and

a bracket disposed below the display panel, the bracket including a bottom plate and a plurality of receiving holes which penetrates the bottom plate,

wherein the plurality of vibro-acoustic elements is disposed in the plurality of receiving holes, respectively,

wherein a battery receiving hole is defined through the bottom plate, and

wherein the battery receiving hole is spaced apart from the plurality of receiving holes.

10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein a first portion of the bottom plate defining a receiving hole of the plurality of receiving holes is recessed from an upper surface toward a lower surface of the bottom plate, and

wherein a second portion of the bottom plate defining the battery receiving hole is not recessed.

11. A display device comprising:

a display panel;

a vibro-acoustic element coupled to the display panel; and

a bracket disposed below the display panel, the bracket including a bottom plate,

wherein the bottom plate defines an opening,

wherein the vibro-acoustic element is exposed through the opening,

wherein a size of the vibro-acoustic element is smaller than a size of opening in a plan view,

wherein the vibro-acoustic element is disposed in the opening, and

wherein the vibro-acoustic element does not contact the bracket.

12. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the vibro-acoustic element comprises a coil disposed on the lower surface of the display panel.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the vibro-acoustic element further comprises a piezoelectric element disposed on the coil.

14. The display device of claim 11 , further comprising:

a vibration reinforcing member disposed between the display panel and the vibro-acoustic element;

wherein the vibration reinforcing member is coupled to the display panel and the vibro-acoustic element.

15. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the display panel is a diaphragm, such that at least a part of the display panel outputs sound in response to a vibration of the vibro-acoustic element.

16. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the display panel comprises a display area and a non-display area, and

wherein the vibro-acoustic element and the receiving hole overlap the display area of the display panel.

17. A display device comprising:

a display panel;

a vibro-acoustic element disposed below a lower surface of the display panel; and

a bracket disposed below the vibro-acoustic element and which defines a vibration space and a receiving hole,

wherein the vibro-acoustic element is coupled to the display panel,

wherein a width of the vibration space is wider than a width of the receiving hole accommodate the vibro-acoustic element therein, and

wherein the vibration space is disposed closer to the display panel than the receiving hole.

18. A display device comprising:

a display panel;

a vibro-acoustic element disposed below a lower surface of the display panel; and

a bracket disposed below the vibro-acoustic element,

wherein the vibro-acoustic element comprises a coil disposed on the lower surface of the display panel and a piezoelectric element overlapping the coil, and

wherein the piezoelectric element includes a first electrode, a second electrode and a vibration material layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode.

19. The display device of claim 18 , wherein the display panel comprises a display area and a non-display area, and

wherein the coil and the piezoelectric element overlap the display area of the display panel.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0101804 · Aug 10, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15988990 · May 24, 2018
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