DISPLAY DEVICE

Abstract

A display device includes a frame defining an opening, a shell, and a display panel installed between the frame and the shell. The display panel is viewable via the opening of the frame. A latch is formed on the frame. A fixing portion is formed on the shell and slidably engaged with the latch of the frame for slidably fixing the shell to the frame. A plurality of fasteners extends through the frame to engage with the shell to thereby fasten the frame and the shell together.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an exploded, isometric view of a display device in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention, the display device including a frame, a shell, and an LCD panel;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged assembled view of the frame and the LCD panel of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of circled portion II of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an inverted, enlarged view of the shell of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of circled portion V of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a preliminarily assembled view of FIG. 1, with a portion cut away showing a first state of a first latch mechanism;

FIG. 7 is a fully assembled view of FIG. 1, with a portion cut away showing a second state of the first latch mechanism;

FIGS. 8A and 8B show a second latch mechanism used to attach the shell to the frame;

FIGS. 9A and 9B show a third latch mechanism used to attach the shell to the frame; and

FIGS. 10A and 10B show a fourth latch mechanism used to attach the shell to the frame.

Claims

1. A display device comprising: a frame with an opening, a latch formed on the frame;a shell, a fixing portion formed on the shell and slidably engagable with the latch of the frame for slidably fixing the shell to the frame;a display panel disposed between the frame and the shell, and viewable through the opening of the frame; anda plurality of fasteners configured for fastening the frame and the shell together.

2. The display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the frame comprises opposite sidewalls, the latch is formed on one of the sidewalls and comprises a latching portion extending toward the other of the sidewalls, a generally L-shaped slot is defined in the fixing portion, a receiving space is defined in the fixing portion above the slot for receiving the latching portion of the latch when the latch engages with the fixing portion of the shell.

3. The display device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the slot comprising a wide portion and a narrow portion, the wide portion of the slot functions as an entrance through which the latching portion enters the receiving space, and the narrow portion is configured for retaining the latching portion in the receiving space.

4. The display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the latch includes a base portion extending up from the frame, and a cantilevered portion extending perpendicularly from the base portion and generally parallel to a sidewall of the frame, the fixing portion includes a body having a generally U-shaped cross section, and a hole is defined in the body for receiving the cantilevered portion of the latch.

5. The display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the latch includes a first portion extending up from the frame, and a second portion disposed on the first portion for cooperatively defining a generally T-shaped configuration, the fixing portion includes a body defining a hole for receiving the second portion of the latch, and a slot in communication with the hole for receiving the first portion of the latch.

6. The display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the latch defines a cutout adjoining the frame, a latching portion is formed on and cantilevered over the frame, the fixing portion includes a cutout adjoining the shell and a fixing section cantilevered over the shell, the latching portion and the fixing section enter corresponding cutouts and engage with each other to mount the shell to the frame.

7. The display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein two opposite mounting plates are installed in the frame, and the display panel is attached between the mounting plates.

8. The display device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the shell and the frame are movable with respect to each other along a direction in which the mounting plates extends before the frame is securely fixed to the shell.

9. The display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a plurality of screws is provided to fasten the shell to the frame.

10. A device for attaching a display panel, the device comprising: a frame;a shell cooperating with the frame to define a receiving space therebetween for receiving the display panel; anda latching mechanism comprising at least one latch formed on one of the frame and the shell, and at least one fixing portion formed on the other of the frame and the shell, the at least one latch and the at least one fixing portion being movable with respect to each other along a distance until being engagable with each other for fixing the shell to the frame.

11. The device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the frame comprises opposite sidewalls, the at least one latch is formed on one of the sidewalls and comprises a latching portion extending toward the other of the sidewalls, a generally L-shaped slot is defined in the at least one fixing portion, a receiving space is defined in the at least one fixing portion above the slot for receiving the latching portion of the at least one latch when the latch engages with the fixing portion of the shell.

12. The device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the slot comprising a wide portion and a narrow portion, the wide portion of the slot functions as an entrance through which the latching portion enters the receiving space, and the narrow portion is configured for retaining the latching portion in the receiving space.

13. The device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the latching mechanism comprises two latches and two corresponding fixing portions, one of the latches includes a base portion extending up from the frame, and a cantilevered portion extending perpendicularly from the base portion and generally parallel to a sidewall of the frame, one of the fixing portions includes a body having a generally U-shaped cross section, and a hole is defined in the body for receiving the cantilevered portion of the one of the latches.

14. The device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the other of the latches includes a first portion extending up from the frame, and a second portion disposed on the first portion for cooperatively defining a generally T-shaped configuration, the other of the fixing portions includes a body defining a hole for receiving the second portion of the latch, and a slot in communication with the hole for receiving the first portion of the one of the latches.

15. The device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the at least one latch defines a cutout adjoining the frame, a latching portion is formed on and cantilevered over the frame, the at least one fixing portion includes a cutout adjoining the shell and a fixing section cantilevered over the shell, the latching portion and the fixing section enter corresponding cutouts and engage with each other to mount the shell to the frame.

16. A display device comprising: a frame comprising an opening;a shell;a display panel sandwiched between the frame and the shell and exposed through the opening;a pair of latching mechanisms formed between the frame and the shell and disposed at opposite two sides of the opening respectively, each of the latching mechanisms comprising a latch formed at one of the frame and the shell and a fixing portion formed at the other of the frame and the shell, the fixing portion defining a slot comprising a wide portion configured for providing access to the latch to enter in the slot and a narrow portion configured for slidably engaging with latch; anda plurality of fasteners configured for fastening the frame and the shell together after the latches engage in the narrow portions of the slots of the fixing portions, whereinthe latch is slidable from the narrow portion to the wide portion to be removed from the slot after the fastener is disengaged from the frame and the shell.

17. The display device as claimed in claim 16, wherein the shell and the frame have a rectangular configure, and a plurality of pair of hooks is formed between the frame and the shell at other two opposite sides of the opening, one of each pair of hooks being slidably engagable with the other of the pair of hooks.

18. The display device as claimed in claim 16, wherein a pair of mounting plates is secured on the frame on said opposite two sides of the opening respectively, a plurality of additional fasteners extending through holes defined in the mounting plates to secure in holes defined in the display panel whereby the mounting plates sandwich the display panel therebetween.