Patent Application
20220097898
This application claims priority from and the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2020-0126185 filed on Sep. 28, 2020, which is hereby incorporated by reference for all purposes as if fully set forth herein.
Embodiments of the invention relate generally to a tray for a display device.
A display device includes a display panel, a cover window, and a flexible circuit board. The cover window may be disposed on a front surface of the display panel (e.g., a surface where an image is displayed), and the flexible circuit board may be disposed on a rear surface of the display panel (e.g., a surface where an image is not displayed) and the flexible circuit board may extend outside the display panel. Components of the display device are integrated through an assembly process.
When the display device is moved from a manufacturing line to an assembly line or transferred from an external company, a tray is used to safely transport the display device. The tray may include a support portion having a concave shape to safely transport the display device, and a display device may be disposed on the support portion. In addition, a plurality of trays may be stacked by stacking trays equipped with the display devices.
The above information disclosed in this Background section is only for understanding of the background of the inventive concepts, and, therefore, it may contain information that does not constitute prior art.
Embodiments provide a tray for a display device.
Additional features of the inventive concepts will be set forth in the description which follows, and in part will be apparent from the description, or may be learned by practice of the inventive concepts.
A tray for a display device according to embodiments may include a first support portion on which the display device, which includes a flexible circuit board including a driving chip, is disposed, the driving chip being mounted on a protruding portion of the flexible circuit board which protrudes to an outside of the display device and a second support portion spaced apart from the first support portion and on which the protruding portion of the flexible circuit board is disposed.
In an embodiment, the display device may contact an upper surface of the first support portion, and the protruding portion of the flexible circuit board contacts an upper surface of the second support portion.
In an embodiment, the display device may further include an inclined portion extending from an upper surface of the first support portion to an upper surface of the second support portion and inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the upper surface of the first support portion.
In an embodiment, the first support portion, the inclined portion, and the second support portion may be continuously arranged and integrally formed.
In an embodiment, the inclined portion and the flexible circuit board may be spaced apart from each other.
In an embodiment, the inclined portion and the display device may be spaced apart from each other.
In an embodiment, an inclination angle of the inclined portion with respect to the first support portion may be determined so that the inclined portion is spaced apart from the display device.
In an embodiment, the inclination angle may be a right angle.
In an embodiment, the second support portion may include an inclined surface extending in a direction from the second support portion to the first support portion.
In an embodiment, the inclined surface and the flexible circuit board may be spaced apart from each other.
In an embodiment, the inclined surface and the display device may be spaced apart from each other.
In an embodiment, an inclination angle of the inclined surface with respect to the first support portion may be determined so that the inclined surface is spaced apart from the display device.
In an embodiment, the inclination angle may be a right angle.
In an embodiment, an upper surface of the first support portion may be disposed at a lower level than an upper surface of the second support portion.
In an embodiment, the display device further may include a digitizer and a display panel.
In an embodiment, an area of the second support portion may be determined according to an area of the protruding portion of the flexible circuit board.
The tray for a display device of the present invention may seat the display device and a protruding portion of a flexible circuit board included in the display device. Accordingly, a movement of the display device may be prevented, and a damage of the flexible circuit board due to the movement may be prevented.
In addition, an inclined portion or an inclined surface between the first support portion and the second support portion may be provided to prevent contact between the inclined portion or the inclined surface and the side surface of the display device or the protruding portion of the display device. Accordingly, a damage of the side surface of the display device or the protruding portion of the flexible circuit board may be prevented.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are illustrative and explanatory and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention as claimed.
The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate illustrative embodiments of the invention, and together with the description serve to explain the inventive concepts.
In the following description, for the purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of various embodiments or implementations of the invention. As used herein “embodiments” and “implementations” are interchangeable words that are non-limiting examples of devices or methods employing one or more of the inventive concepts disclosed herein. It is apparent, however, that various embodiments may be practiced without these specific details or with one or more equivalent arrangements. In other instances, well-known structures and devices are illustrated in block diagram form in order to avoid unnecessarily obscuring various embodiments. Further, various embodiments may be different, but do not have to be exclusive. For example, specific shapes, configurations, and characteristics of an embodiment may be used or implemented in another embodiment without departing from the inventive concepts.
Unless otherwise specified, the illustrated embodiments are to be understood as providing illustrative features of varying detail of some ways in which the inventive concepts may be implemented in practice. Therefore, unless otherwise specified, the features, components, modules, layers, films, panels, regions, and/or aspects, etc. (hereinafter individually or collectively referred to as “elements”), of the various embodiments may be otherwise combined, separated, interchanged, and/or rearranged without departing from the inventive concepts.
The use of cross-hatching and/or shading in the accompanying drawings is generally provided to clarify boundaries between adjacent elements. As such, neither the presence nor the absence of cross-hatching or shading conveys or indicates any preference or requirement for particular materials, material properties, dimensions, proportions, commonalities between illustrated elements, and/or any other characteristic, attribute, property, etc., of the elements, unless specified. Further, in the accompanying drawings, the size and relative sizes of elements may be exaggerated for clarity and/or descriptive purposes. When an embodiment may be implemented differently, a specific process order may be performed differently from the described order. For example, two consecutively described processes may be performed substantially at the same time or performed in an order opposite to the described order. Also, like reference numerals denote like elements.
When an element, such as a layer, is referred to as being “on,” “connected to,” or “coupled to” another element or layer, it may be directly on, connected to, or coupled to the other element or layer or intervening elements or layers may be present. When, however, an element or layer is referred to as being “directly on,” “directly connected to,” or “directly coupled to” another element or layer, there are no intervening elements or layers present. To this end, the term “connected” may refer to physical, electrical, and/or fluid connection, with or without intervening elements. For the purposes of this disclosure, “at least one of X, Y, and Z” and “at least one selected from the group consisting of X, Y, and Z” may be construed as X only, Y only, Z only, or any combination of two or more of X, Y, and Z, such as, for instance, XYZ, XYY, YZ, and ZZ. As used herein, the term “and/or” includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.
Although the terms “first,” “second,” etc. may be used herein to describe various types of elements, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are used to distinguish one element from another element. Thus, a first element discussed below could be termed a second element without departing from the teachings of the disclosure.
Spatially relative terms, such as “beneath,” “below,” “under,” “lower,” “above,” “upper,” “over,” “higher,” “side” (e.g., as in “sidewall”), and the like, may be used herein for descriptive purposes, and, thereby, to describe one elements relationship to another element(s) as illustrated in the drawings. Spatially relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations of an apparatus in use, operation, and/or manufacture in addition to the orientation depicted in the drawings. For example, if the apparatus in the drawings is turned over, elements described as “below” or “beneath” other elements or features would then be oriented “above” the other elements or features. Thus, the term “below” can encompass both an orientation of above and below. Furthermore, the apparatus may be otherwise oriented (e.g., rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations), and, as such, the spatially relative descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.
The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments and is not intended to be limiting. As used herein, the singular forms, “a,” “an,” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Moreover, the terms “comprises,” “comprising,” “includes,” and/or “including,” when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof. It is also noted that, as used herein, the terms “substantially,” “about,” and other similar terms, are used as terms of approximation and not as terms of degree, and, as such, are utilized to account for inherent deviations in measured, calculated, and/or provided values that would be recognized by one of ordinary skill in the art.
Various embodiments are described herein with reference to sectional and/or exploded illustrations that are schematic illustrations of idealized embodiments and/or intermediate structures. As such, variations from the shapes of the illustrations as a result, for example, of manufacturing techniques and/or tolerances, are to be expected. Thus, embodiments disclosed herein should not necessarily be construed as limited to the particular illustrated shapes of regions, but are to include deviations in shapes that result from, for instance, manufacturing. In this manner, regions illustrated in the drawings may be schematic in nature and the shapes of these regions may not reflect actual shapes of regions of a device and, as such, are not necessarily intended to be limiting.
Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this disclosure is a part. Terms, such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art and should not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense, unless expressly so defined herein.
Hereinafter, a tray for a display device in accordance with embodiments will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The same reference numerals are used for the same components in the drawings, and redundant descriptions of the same components will be omitted.
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The display device 300 may be loaded on the display device tray 10. Here, the type of the display device 300 is not limited. For example, the display device 300 may include an organic light emitting display device, a liquid crystal display device, etc. The display device 300 may have a substantially rectangular planar shape.
The display device 300 may be accommodated in the first support portion 110. In other words, the display device 300 may be disposed on the first support portion 110. An upper surface 110a of the first support portion 110 may contact the display device 300. For example, the display device 300 may include a front surface on which an image is displayed and a rear surface opposite to the front surface. The upper surface 110a of the first support portion 110 and the front surface of the display device 300 may contact each other. The first support portion 110 may have substantially the same shape and area as the display device 300. The area of the first support portion 110 may be relatively bigger than the area of the display device 300 in consideration of the ease of the storage process. As illustrated in
The flexible circuit board 200 may be accommodated in the second support portion 120. In other words, the flexible circuit board 200 may be disposed on the second support 120 adjacent the second inclined portion 135. As illustrated in
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Because the tray 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes the second support portion 120, the flexible circuit board 200 of the display device 300 may be supported by the second support portion 120. Accordingly, a damage to the neck portion 220 may be prevented.
In consideration of the ease of the storage process, and the like, an area of the second support portion 120 may be relatively greater than an area of the flexible circuit board 200. The area of the flexible circuit board 200 may be variously determined as desired. Accordingly, the area of the second support portion 120 may be determined according to the area of the flexible circuit board 200.
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The first inclined portion 130 may extend from the upper surface 110a of the first support portion 110 to the upper surface 120a of the second support portion 120. In addition, the first inclined portion 130 may be inclined at an angle θ with respect to the upper surface 110a of the first support portion 110. The first support portion 110, the first inclined portion 130, and the second support portion 120 may be continuously arranged and may be integrally formed.
The second inclined portion 135 may be inclined at an angle ϕ with respect to the upper surface 120a of the second support portion 120. The inclination angle ϕ of the second inclined portion 135 inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the first support portion 110 may be greater than about 90 degrees and less than about 180 degrees.
Because the first inclined portion 130 is arranged between the first support portion 110 and the second support portion 120, a height difference h1 between the upper surface 110a of the first support portion 110 and the upper surface 120a of the second support portion 120 may be present. Due to this height difference h1, the display device 300 and the flexible circuit board 200 may contact the upper surface 110a of the first support portion 110 and the upper surface 120a of the second support portion 120, respectively. Because the flexible circuit board 200 contacts the upper surface 120a of the second support portion 120, the flexible circuit board 200 may not be moved up and down and left and right, and a damage such as bending of the flexible circuit board 200 may be prevented. Lateral movement of the flexible circuit board 200 may also be partially prevented by the second inclined portion 135.
The first inclined portion 130 is arranged between the first support portion 110 and the second support portion 120, so that the upper surface 110a of the first support portion 110 may be disposed at a lower level than the upper surface 120a of the second support portion 120. The front surface of the display device 300 in contact with the upper surface 110a of the first support portion 110 may be formed at a lower level than the front surface of the flexible circuit board 200 in contact with the upper surface 120a of the second support portion 120. Accordingly, the display device 300 and the flexible circuit board 200 may be easily disposed on the first support portion 110 and the second support portion 120, respectively.
The first inclined portion 130 may be spaced apart from the flexible circuit board 200. Because the first inclined portion 130 and the flexible circuit board 200 do not contact each other, the flexible circuit board 200 may not be damaged while the display device 300 is loaded or transported inside the tray 10. As a result, a defect in the display device 300 may not occur.
The first inclined portion 130 may be spaced apart from the display device 300. Because the first inclined portion 130 and the side surface of the display device 300 do not contact each other, the side surface of the display device 300 may not be damaged by the first inclined portion 130. The neck portion 220 of the flexible circuit board 200 keeps the display device 300 away from the first inclined portion 130. As a result, a defect in the display device 300 may not occur while the display device 300 is loaded or transported inside the tray 10.
In order to prevent damage to the display device 300 and the flexible circuit board 200 when the trays 10 are stacked, the height h2 of the tray 10 may be greater than the combined thickness of the display device 300, the flexible circuit board 200 and the thickness of the driving chip 210. In addition, in order to prevent the driving chip 210 from being damaged, the height difference h3 of the second inclined portion 135 between the upper surface 120a of the second support 120 and the upper surface 10a of the tray 10 may be greater than the combined thickness of the flexible circuit board 200 and the driving chip. However, when the height h2 of the tray 10 is excessively large, because the display device 300 may move largely up and down, the height h2 of the tray 10 may not be excessively large.
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The inclination angle θ of the first inclined portion 130 inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the first support portion 110 may be about 90 degrees. When the inclination angle is about 90 degrees, the movement of the display device 300 may decrease compared to other angles, so that the flexible circuit board 200 may not be damaged.
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Because the first inclined surface 430 is present on the side of the second support 420, a height difference h4 may exist between the upper surface 410a of the first support 410 and the upper surface 420a of the second support 420. Due to this height difference, the display device 300 and the flexible circuit board 200 may contact the upper surface 410a of the first support portion 410 and the upper surface 420a of the second support portion 420 respectively. Because the flexible circuit board 200 contacts the upper surface 420a of the second support portion 420 and is disposed adjacent the driving chip 210 and display device 300, the flexible circuit board 200 may not move vertically and horizontally, and a damage such as bending of the flexible circuit board 200 may be prevented.
Because the first inclined surface 430 exists on the side surface of the second support portion 420, the upper surface 410a of the first support portion 410 may be disposed at a level lower than the upper surface 420a of the second support portion 420. The front surface of the display device 300 in contact with the upper surface 410a of the first support portion 410 may be formed at a lower level than the front surface of the flexible circuit board 200 in contact with the upper surface 420a of the second support portion 420. As a result, the display device 300 and the flexible circuit board 200 may be easily disposed on the first support portion 410 and the second support portion 420, respectively.
The first inclined surface 430 may be spaced apart from the flexible circuit board 200. Because the first inclined surface 430 and the flexible circuit board 200 do not contact each other, the flexible circuit board 200 may not be damaged by the first inclined surface 430. As a result, a defect in the display device 300 may not occur.
The first inclined surface 430 may be spaced apart from the display device 300. Because the first inclined surface 430 and the side surface of the display device 300 do not contact each other, the side surface of the display device 300 may not be damaged by the first inclined surface 430. As a result, a defect in the display device 300 may not occur while the display device 300 is loaded or transported inside the tray 10.
In order to prevent damage to the display device 300 and the flexible circuit board 200 when the trays 10 are stacked, a height h5 of the tray 10 may be greater than the combined thickness of the display device 300 and the flexible circuit board 200 and the thickness of the driving chip 210. In addition, in order to prevent the driving chip 210 from being damaged, a height difference h6 of the second inclined surface 435 between the upper surface 420a of the second support portion 420 and the upper surface 10a of the tray 10 may be greater than the combined thickness of the flexible circuit board 200 and the driving chip 210. However, when the height h5 of the tray 10 is excessively large, because the display device 300 may move largely up and down. Therefore the height h5 of the tray 10 may preferably not be excessively large.
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The inclination angle θ of the first inclined surface 430 inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the first support portion 410 may be about 90 degrees. When the inclination angle is about 90 degrees, the movement of the display device 300 may decrease compared to other angles, so that the flexible circuit board 200 may not be damaged when the trays 10 are transported or stacked.
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A material of the tray 10 may include synthetic resin. The tray 10 may be made of ABS resin (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene copolymer). The material of the tray 10 is not particularly limited. The tray 10 may be manufactured by various plastic molding methods depending on the material.
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Although described above with reference to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, those skilled in the art will understand that those skilled will be able to variously modify and change the present invention within the scope not departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention described in the following claims.
The tray for a display device according to embodiments of the present invention may be used to transport or store display devices such as an organic light emitting display device, and a liquid crystal display device.
Although certain embodiments and implementations have been described herein, other embodiments and modifications will be apparent from this description. Accordingly, the inventive concepts are not limited to such embodiments, but rather to the broader scope of the appended claims and various obvious modifications and equivalent arrangements as would be apparent to a person of ordinary skill in the art.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-2020-0126185 | Sep 2020 | KR | national |
