The present invention relates to a display device, and more specifically, to an OLED display device utilizing a clamping slot portion bent from a back plate or a bracket for detachably fixing a covering sheet covering a flexible circuit board.
Due to the advantages of OLED (Organic Electro-Luminescent Display) panel modules, which are thinner and more energy-efficient and display more vibrant images than LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) panels, the OLED panel modules have been widely applied to display devices. Currently, during the assembly of OLED display devices, it is necessary to electrically connect the OLED panel modules to the main circuit boards behind the OLED panel modules via flexible circuits. Since folded portions of the flexible circuits require space for installation and cannot be exposed, the folded portions need to be covered by covering structures on the front surface of the OLED display devices, which prevent visibility of the folded portions from the front. The covering structures are usually external covering cases fixed to the middle frames or fasteners in the OLED display devices with screws or buckles. However, the aforesaid designs are prone to risks of manual misalignments during mass production, thereby leading to assembly defects. Moreover, the middle frames and the fasteners occupy internal space of the OLED display devices and require assembly steps during mass production, resulting in increased costs for OLED display devices.
The present invention provides an OLED display device including an OLED panel module, a flexible circuit board, a bracket, a back plate, a first circuit board, and a covering sheet. The OLED panel module has a display area and a non-display area located on a front surface of the OLED panel module. The flexible circuit board is electrically connected and bent backward from a bottom of the OLED panel module to form at least one folded board portion attached to a back surface of the OLED panel module. The OLED panel module is disposed in front of the bracket. The back plate extends to a bottom side of the OLED display device and has a side wall covering the OLED panel module, the flexible circuit board, and the bracket at the bottom side. At least one clamping slot portion is formed by extending and repeatedly bending at least one portion of the side wall. At least one clamping slot space is formed between the at least one clamping slot portion and the back plate. The back plate, the side wall and the at least one clamping slot portion are formed integrally in one piece. The first circuit board is located behind the back plate, wherein the back plate and the bracket form at least one aligned through hole and at least one wire passes through the at least one aligned through hole to connect the first circuit board and the folded board portion. The covering sheet covers the flexible circuit board and the non-display area and has at least one hook portion and a covering portion. The at least one hook portion extends and bends from the covering portion, and the at least one hook portion is inserted into the at least one clamping slot space such that the clamping slot portion is between the at least one hook portion and the covering portion.
The present invention further provides an OLED display device including an OLED panel module, a flexible circuit board, a bracket, a back plate, a first circuit board, and a covering sheet. The OLED panel module has a display area and a non-display area located on a front surface of the OLED panel module. The flexible circuit board is electrically connected and bent backward from a bottom of the OLED panel module to form at least one folded board portion attached to a back surface of the OLED panel module. The OLED panel module is disposed in front of the bracket. The bracket is disposed in front of the back plate. The back plate extends to a bottom side of the OLED display device and has a side wall covering the OLED panel module, the flexible circuit board, and the bracket at the bottom side. At least one clamping slot portion is formed by extending and repeatedly bending at least one portion of the side wall. At least one clamping slot space is formed between the at least one clamping slot portion and the bracket. The bracket, the side wall and the at least one clamping slot portion are formed integrally in one piece. The first circuit board is located behind the back plate, wherein the back plate and the bracket form at least one aligned through hole and at least one wire passes through the at least one aligned through hole to connect the first circuit board and the folded board portion. The covering sheet covers the flexible circuit board and the non-display area and has at least one hook portion and a covering portion. The at least one hook portion extends and bends from the covering portion. The at least hook portion is inserted into the at least one clamping slot space such that the clamping slot portion is between the at least one hook portion and the covering portion.
The present invention further provides an OLED display device including an OLED panel module, a flexible circuit board, a bracket, a back plate, a first circuit board, at least one partition, a second circuit board, and a covering sheet. The OLED panel module has a display area and a non-display area located on a front surface of the OLED panel module. The flexible circuit board is electrically connected and bent backward from a bottom of the OLED panel module to form at least one folded board portion attached to a back surface of the OLED panel module. The OLED panel module is disposed in front of the bracket. The bracket is disposed in front of the back plate. The back plate extends to a bottom side of the OLED display device and has a side wall covering the OLED panel module, the flexible circuit board, and the bracket at the bottom side. The first circuit board is located behind the back plate, wherein the back plate and the bracket form at least one aligned through hole and at least one wire passes through the at least one aligned through hole to connect the first circuit board and the folded board portion. The at least one partition is located behind the first circuit board. The second circuit board is located behind the first circuit board, the partition is disposed between the first circuit board and the second circuit board, and the first circuit board is electrically connected to the second circuit board. The covering sheet covers the flexible circuit board and the non-display area and has at least one hook portion and a covering portion. The at least one hook portion is clamped in at least one clamping slot space formed on the back plate or the bracket.
These and other objectives of the present invention will no doubt become obvious to those of ordinary skill in the art after reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment that is illustrated in the various figures and drawings.
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In an embodiment of the present invention, the clamping slot portion 24 extends about 1.3 mm from the inwardly folded portion of the side wall B, which is parallel to the main body of the back plate 16, and then the clamping slot portion 24 folds and inclines outwardly to extend about 1.1 mm, which forms a guiding portion 25 of the clamping slot portion 24. The clamping slot portion 24 is disposed on both left and right sides or other positions of the side wall B horizontally, with a width of about 8 mm. Thus, the clamping slot space is formed internally with an opening about 1.6 mm and a depth about 3.2 mm. The covering sheet 20 is formed with a groove between the hook portion 26 and the covering portion 28, which has an opening of about 1.8 mm and a depth of about 3.4 mm. When the hook portion 26 is inserted into the clamping slot space, the guiding portion 25 of the clamping slot portion 24 also enters into the opening of the groove between the hook portion 26 and the covering portion 28 simultaneously, guiding the hook portion 26 to be rotated and inserted deeply into the clamping slot space. The aforesaid dimensions are only provided as examples, but the present invention is not limited thereto. In an embodiment of the present invention, a folded angle of the guiding portion 25 inclined outwardly is about 45 degrees, but not limited thereto. In an embodiment of the present invention, a vertical length of the covering portion 28 of the covering sheet 20 is about 13.6 mm, which could cover an internal space with length of about 8.7 mm and keep a vertical distance of about 1.15 mm from a display area of the OLED panel module 12. The covering portion 28 only covers the structures of a non-display area, which is at the bottom of the OLED panel module 12, thereby not blocking the visible angle range of the display screen. The aforesaid dimensions are only provided as examples, but the present invention is not limited thereto. In summary, the thickness of the side wall of the OLED display device 10 according to the present invention can be reduced to less than 5 mm, and the height of the bezel structures at the bottom of the front surface of the OLED display device 10 can be reduced to about 15.6 mm, so as to meet the specification requirements for a large-size, ultra-thin and bezel-less display device.
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In some embodiments, the first circuit board 2 could be a display control circuit board, the second circuit board 3 could be a main circuit board, and the second circuit board 4 could be a power circuit board. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, in another embodiment, some of the circuit boards could be replaced or partially replaced with an external image signal device or an external power transformer. Through the above design, as shown in
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As demonstrated above, in some embodiments of the present invention, the assembly process of the OLED display device 10 includes the following steps. Firstly, the flexible circuit board 14 is folded and attached to the back surface S of the OLED panel module 12 to form the folded board portion 22. Next, the bracket 18 facing upwards is fixed to a front surface of the back plate 16, wherein the second recessed structure 32 of the back plate 16 covers or envelops the first recessed structure 30 of the bracket 18, the through hole 17 of the second recessed structure 32 is aligned with the through hole 17 of the first recessed structure 30, and the bracket 18 is fixed to the back plate 16 by adhesive bonding, structural engagement, screw fastening, or other fixing methods. Subsequently, the OLED panel module 12 with the folded board portion 22 is fixed onto the bracket 18, for example, by adhesive bonding, structural engagement, screw fastening, or other fixing methods, wherein the connector 21 of the folded board portion 22 is located within the through holes 17 of the bracket 18 and the back plate 16, and the side of the OLED panel module 12 connecting the flexible circuit board 14 is supported by the protruding structure 34 of the bracket 18. Afterwards, the covering sheet 20 is inserted into the clamping slot portion 24 of the back plate 16 and rotated to be engaged with the clamping slot portion 24, such that the covering sheet 20 is fixed at the bottom position of the front side of the back plate 16 and the covering portion 28 covers the flexible circuit board 14 of the OLED panel module 12. Then, the OLED display device 10 is flipped over with the back side facing upwards, and the first circuit board 2 is fixed to the back surface of the back plate 16. At least one flat cable 23 is inserted through the through holes 17 to connect the first circuit board 2 and the connector 21 of the folded board portion 22 for electrical connection. The partition 1 is locked onto the back surface of the back plate 16 and covers the first circuit board 2. The second circuit boards 3, 4 are fixed onto the partition 1, and the first circuit board 2 and the second circuit boards 3, 4 are electrically connected with wires. Finally, a shielding case and a rear cover are locked onto the back plate 16, wherein the shielding case covers the partition 1, the first circuit board 2, and the second circuit boards 3, 4, and the rear cover covers the shielding case and the back plate 16. The connectors on the second circuit boards 3, 4 are aligned with connector holes of the rear cover. In such a manner, the assembly of the OLED display device 10 is completed. In some embodiments of the present invention, the first circuit board 2 and the second circuit boards 3, 4 are not limited to being fixed by screw fastening, which means the first circuit board 2 and the second circuit boards 3, 4 could be secured by structural engagement, adhesives, or other fixing means. Furthermore, in some embodiments, the first circuit board 2 could be fixed to the partition 1 rather than on the back plate 16. The electrical connections are also not limited to be achieved by the aforesaid flat cables. Other electrical connection wires can be used as substitutes.
In some embodiments, the bracket 18 could be selectively omitted in the OLED display device 10 for further simplifying the structural design of the OLED display device 10. For example, the OLED display device 10 could only utilize the back plate 16 to accommodate the OLED panel module 12. The protruding structures 34 could be located on the back plate 16 and support the OLED panel module 12, and the back plate 16 or the back surface S of the OLED panel module 12 has a support structure formed thereon for supporting and separating the OLED panel module 12 from the back plate 16, so as to prevent the folded board portion 22 attached to the back surface S from contacting or colliding with the back plate 16. As mentioned above, the back plate 16 has the clamping slot portion 24, which allows the hook portion 26 of the covering sheet 20 to be inserted into and rotated to be engaged with the clamping slot portion 24. Furthermore, the clamping slot portion 24 extends to form the guiding portion 25, and the covering sheet 20 adjoins the side wall B of the back plate 16 once the covering sheet 20 is fixed. The clamping slot portion 24 and the covering sheet 20 may have same dimensions of structural portions as above-mentioned embodiments. Similarly, the first recessed structure 30 protrudes outward from the back plate 16 for accommodating the folded board portion 22 attached to the back surface S and the first recessed structure 30 has the through hole 17. The detailed descriptions of other related designs could be reasoned by analogy according to aforesaid embodiments.
It should be noted that the clamping slot portion of the present invention is not limited to be integrally formed by repeatedly bending the side wall B of the backboard 16 as mentioned in the aforesaid embodiments. In some embodiments, the present invention could adopt the design that the clamping slot portion could be formed on the bracket by extending and repeatedly bending the bottom side wall of the bracket, which in turn forms the clamping slot portion to secure the covering sheet. Please refer to
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In summary, the present invention discloses structure of an OLED display device having the covering sheet instead of external covering case. During assembly of the OLED display device, the covering sheet is inserted into the clamping slot portion, which is bent from the bottom side wall of the back plate, so that the covering sheet can be firmly assembled on the back plate. The OLED display device of the present invention omits a middle frame required in the prior art for installing an external covering case. The clamping slot portion, the bottom side wall, and the back plate (or the bracket) are integrally formed in one piece according to the assembly of the present invention, thereby meeting the requirements for a ultra-thin OLED display device with a slim bottom bezel. Moreover, the process of assembling the covering sheet is simpler than the traditional alignment and fastening structural designs of prior arts, so as to avoid misalignment caused by manual positioning, which is beneficial for simplifying the assembly or service process of the OLED display device and reducing the production defect rate. Additionally, the OLED display device of the present invention has plural circuit boards arranged in multi-layers, which can reduce the area occupied by traditional single circuit board in prior arts, and the circuit boards are separated by a heat-dissipating partition to form heat dissipation channels therebetween. When any of the circuit board fails, the OLED display device can be repaired without replacing all circuit boards, so as to effectively reduce the service cost of the OLED display device.
Those skilled in the art will readily observe that numerous modifications and alterations of the device and method may be made while retaining the teachings of the invention. Accordingly, the above disclosure should be construed as limited only by the metes and bounds of the appended claims.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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| 113100285 | Jan 2024 | TW | national |