US 11,899,298 B2
Display device comprising a locking protrusion protruding from an outer lateral side of an inner frame
Minhyun Kang, Seoul (KR); Junhee Kong, Seoul (KR); Byungchun Yoo, Seoul (KR); Hyeongryeol Kim, Seoul (KR); Hyungu Kim, Seoul (KR); and Subin Kim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jun. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/833,164.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0073239 (KR), filed on Jun. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0390788 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); H01L 25/16 (2023.01)
CPC G02F 1/133314 (2021.01) [G02F 1/13332 (2021.01); G02F 1/133317 (2021.01); H01L 25/167 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a display panel;
a rear frame at a rear of the display panel;
an inner frame between the display panel and the rear frame, wherein the inner frame extends along an edge of the rear frame and is coupled to the rear frame;
an outer frame extending along the inner frame, wherein the outer frame comprises a vertical portion facing an outer lateral side of the inner frame and a horizontal portion extending from the vertical portion between the display panel and the inner frame; and
an optical layer positioned between the horizontal portion and the inner frame,
wherein the inner frame comprises:
a support surface facing the horizontal portion and spaced apart from the horizontal portion;
a frame wall which protrudes from the support surface toward the horizontal portion and on which the horizontal portion is positioned; and
a locking protrusion protruding from the outer lateral side of the inner frame and hooked to the vertical portion so that the horizontal portion is pressed toward the frame wall,
wherein the optical layer is positioned between the horizontal portion and the support surface and is positioned on the support surface.