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Granted Patent B2
US 12,482,381 · App. 18/643,016 · Granted Nov 25, 2025

Display apparatus

Inventors: Hyunyong Choi (Suwon-si, KR); Jisu Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Hunsung Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Boum-Sik Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Seungjae Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Chul-Yong Cho (Suwon-si, KR); Tae-Hun Kim (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
G09F9/301G06F1/1652G06F1/1658
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Patent No.
US 12,482,381
App. No.
18/643,016
Granted
Nov 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display apparatus includes a display module, a support configured to rotate and support the display module, and a mounting device configured to mount a mobile device on the display module. The mobile device is configured to be paired with the display module. The mounting device includes a mounting portion including a mounting groove having a shape corresponding to a frame forming borders of the display module. The mounting portion is coupled to the frame when the frame is inserted into the mounting groove, and an accommodating portion is positioned below the mounting portion, and accommodates the mobile device such that the mobile device is mounted on the display module.

Claims (52)

1 . A display apparatus comprising:

a display module including a frame; and

a mounting device including:

a mounting portion configured to receive the frame to couple the mounting device to the display module, and

an accommodating portion including:

a first support part,

a second support part extended from the first support part, and

a third support part hinge-coupled to the second support part so as to be rotatable with respect to the second support part,

wherein, when the frame is received by the mounting portion and the mounting device is coupled to the display module,

the first support part is configured to support one of a front portion and a rear portion of a mobile device,

the second support part is configured to support a lower portion of the mobile device, and,

when the one of the front portion and the rear portion of the mobile device is supported by the first support part and the lower portion of the mobile device is supported by the second support part, the third support part is rotatable with respect to the second support part to a position at which the third support part supports the other of the front portion and the rear portion of the mobile device, to thereby mount the mobile device in the mounting device.

2 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting portion is configured to receive the frame to removably couple the mounting device to the display module.

3 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a support device configured to rotatably support the display module so that the display module is rotatable to be positioned in a vertical mode and to be positioned in a horizontal mode, wherein

when the frame is received by the mounting portion and the mounting device is coupled to the display module,

the mounting device is on a top end of the display module when the display module is positioned in the vertical mode, and

when the display module is rotated from being positioned in the vertical mode to be positioned in the horizontal mode, the mounting device is rotated together with the display module so as to be positioned at a left or a right side of the display module.

4 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting device includes a non-slip member on the first support part or the second support part and configured to, when the mobile device is mounted in the mounting device, prevent the mobile device from slipping.

5 . The display apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the non-slip member includes a rubber material.

6 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second support part is nearly perpendicular to the first support part.

7 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting portion is configured to receive an upper side of the frame so that, when the frame is received by the mounting portion, the mounting device is mounted on the upper side of the frame.

8 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first support part is below the mounting portion when the mounting device is coupled to the display module.

9 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting device is configured so that, when the mobile device is mounted in the mounting device, the mobile device is held in position by an elastic restoring force acting in a direction in which the third support part approaches the first support part.

10 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first support part is configured to support the front portion of the mobile device.

11 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second support part protrudes from a lower portion of the first support part.

12 . The display apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the third support part is configured to support the rear portion of the mobile device.

13 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the frame incudes:

a front portion, wherein one end of the front portion contacts a screen display area of the display module,

a side portion connected to an other end of the front portion, inclined backward from the screen display area, and being larger than the front portion, and

a rear portion extending from the side portion toward a rear surface of the display module.

14 . The display apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the mounting portion includes:

a first contact part configured to, when the frame is received by the mounting portion, contact the front portion of the frame,

a second contact part configured to, when the frame is received by the mounting portion, contact the side portion of the frame, and

a third contact part configured to, when the frame is received by the mounting portion, contact the rear portion of the frame.

15 . A mounting device comprising:

a mounting portion configured to receive a frame of a display module to couple the mounting device to the display module; and

an accommodation portion including:

a first support part,

a second support part extended from the first support part and nearly perpendicular to the first support part, and

a third support part hinge-coupled to the second support part so as to be rotatable with respect to the second support part,

wherein, when the frame is received by the mounting portion and the mounting device is coupled to the display module,

the first support part is configured to support one of a front portion and a rear portion of a mobile device,

the second support part is configured to support a lower portion of the mobile device, and

when the one of the front portion and the rear portion of the mobile device is supported by the first support part and the lower portion of the mobile device is supported by the second support part, the third support part is rotatable with respect to the second support part to a position at which the third support part supports the other of the front portion and the rear portion of the mobile device, to thereby mount the mobile device in the mounting device.

16 . The mounting device according to claim 15 , further including:

a non-slip member on the first support part or the second support part, and configured to, when the mobile device is mounted in the mounting device, prevent the mobile device from slipping.

17 . The mounting device according to claim 16 , wherein the non-slip member includes a rubber material.

18 . The mounting device according to claim 15 , wherein the mounting portion includes:

a first contact part configured to, when the frame is received by the mounting portion, contact a front portion of the frame, wherein the front portion of the frame contacts a screen display area of the display module,

a second contact part configured to, when the frame is received by the mounting portion, contact a side portion of the frame, and

a third contact part configured to, when the frame is received by the mounting portion, contact a rear portion of the frame.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0001663 · Jan 6, 2020 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 18202417 · May 26, 2023
Continuation 17847567 · Jun 23, 2022
Continuation 16990480 · Aug 11, 2020
Related Publication 20240274041A1 · Aug 15, 2024
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