DISPLAY APPARATUS

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a display apparatus includes a flat type display panel and a housing which houses the panel. The panel has two opposite edges and two supporting portions integrally mounted on the two edges. Each supporting portion is mounted on each edge over 70% of the length thereof. The housing has two fixing portions each of which supports and fixes the whole of each supporting portion.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing an exemplary display apparatus according to a first embodiment of this invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view schematically showing a flat type display panel of the apparatus;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view schematically showing a main body of a housing of the apparatus;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view schematically showing a back surface of a mask of the housing of the apparatus;

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the apparatus;

FIG. 6 is a partial perspective view with a vertical section, schematically showing a state in which the whole of one supporting portion of the display panel is supported and fixed by one first fixing portion of the housing main body and one second fixing portion of the mask, in the apparatus;

FIG. 7 is a partial perspective view with a vertical section, schematically showing a part of an exemplary display apparatus according to a second embodiment of this invention;

FIG. 8 is a partial perspective view with a vertical section, schematically showing a part of an exemplary display apparatus according to a third embodiment of this invention;

FIG. 9 is a partial perspective view with a vertical section, schematically showing a part of an exemplary display apparatus according to a fourth embodiment of this invention;

FIG. 10 is a partial perspective view with a vertical section, schematically showing a part of an exemplary display apparatus according to a fifth embodiment of this invention;

FIG. 11 is a schematic exploded perspective view of an exemplary display apparatus according to a sixth embodiment of this invention;

FIG. 12 is a schematic exploded perspective view of an exemplary display apparatus according to a seventh embodiment of this invention;

FIG. 13 is a schematic plan view of an exemplary flat type display panel used in each of the exemplary display apparatuses of this invention, in which a length L1 of one of two edges of the display panel and a length L2 of a supporting portion mounted on the one edge are shown;

FIG. 14 is a perspective view schematically showing a combination of a conventional flat type display panel and a conventional housing main body;

FIG. 15 is a chart showing a result of an analysis, in which a change of a stress generated in each of the two supporting portions of the convention display panel shown in FIG. 14 in accordance with a lapse of time when a predetermined impact is applied on the display surface of the conventional display panel in a direction perpendicular to the display surface is analyzed by a finite element method; and

FIG. 16 is a chart showing a result of an analysis, in which a maximum principal component of stress generated in each of the two supporting portions of the conventional display surface when the predetermined impact is applied on the conventional display surface in the direction perpendicular to the display surface is analyzed by the finite element method in each of cases where a ratio of L2 to L1 shown in FIG. 13 is set to 1.0, 0.8, 0.6, and 0.4.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising a flat type display panel including an image display surface,two opposite edges, andtwo supporting portions integrally mounted on the two edges, each supporting portion being mounted on each edge over 70% of the length thereof; anda housing including two fixing portions, each fixing portion supporting the whole of each supporting portion in a display surface looking direction and fixing the each supporting portion thereon.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each supporting portion is integrally mounted on the whole of each edge.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the supporting portions is divided into at least three pieces in a direction in which the edge corresponding thereto extends, andat least one of the fixing portions is divided into at least three pieces in a direction in which the edge corresponding thereto extends.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the supporting portions is divided into at least three pieces in a direction in which the edge corresponding thereto extends, andeach fixing portion continues in a direction in which the edge corresponding thereto extends.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each supporting portion continues in a direction in which the edge corresponding thereto extends, andat least one of the fixing portions is divided into at least three pieces in a direction in which the edge corresponding thereto extends.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display panel has a back surface opposing to the display surface,each supporting portion has one surface looking to one of an image display surface looking direction and a back surface looking direction, andeach fixing portion supports the whole of the one surface of each supporting portion.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display panel has a back surface opposing to the display surface,each supporting portion has two surfaces, one of the two surfaces looking to a display surface looking direction and the other of the two surfaces looking to a back surface looking direction, andeach fixing portion supports the whole of each of the two surfaces of the supporting portion corresponding thereto.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display panel has a back surface opposing to the display surface,each supporting portion expands outward from the edge corresponding thereto between the image display surface and the back surface on the display panel.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a cushion is interposed between at least one of the fixing portions of the housing and at least one of the edges and supporting portions of the display pane corresponding thereto, andthe cushion absorbs an impact force applied to the housing in a direction in which the display surface extends.

10. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the flat type display panel further includes at least one edge, and at least one supporting portion integrally mounted on the further at least one edge, andthe housing further includes at least one fixing portion supporting the whole of the further at least one supporting portion in the direction, to which the image display surface looks, and fixing the further at least one supporting portion thereon.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein each supporting portion is integrally mounted on the whole of each edge.

12. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein at least one of the supporting portions is divided into at least three pieces in a direction in which the edge corresponding thereto extends, andat least one of the fixing portions is divided into at least three pieces in a direction in which the edge corresponding thereto extends.

13. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein at least one of the supporting portions is divided into at least three pieces in a direction in which the edge corresponding thereto extends, andeach fixing portion continues in a direction in which the edge corresponding thereto extends.

14. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein each supporting portion continues in a direction in which the edge corresponding thereto extends, andat least one of the fixing portions is divided into at least three pieces in a direction in which the edge corresponding thereto extends.

15. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the display panel has a back surface opposing to the display surface,each supporting portion has one surface looking to one of an image display surface looking direction and a back surface looking direction, andeach fixing portion supports the whole of the one surface of each supporting portion.

16. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the display panel has a back surface opposing to the display surface,each supporting portion has two surfaces, one of the two surfaces looking to a display surface looking direction and the other of the two surfaces looking to a back surface looking direction, andeach fixing portion supports the whole of each of the two surfaces of the supporting portion corresponding thereto.

17. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the display panel has a back surface opposing to the display surface,each supporting portion expands outward from the edge corresponding thereto between the image display surface and the back surface on the display panel.

18. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein a cushion is interposed between at least one of the fixing portions of the housing and at least one of the edges and supporting portions of the display panel corresponding to the at least one fixing portion.