US 12,248,212 B2
Display device comprising a locking protrusion protruding from an outer lateral side of an inner frame and coupled to a vertical portion of an outer 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 Jan. 11, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/410,627.
Application 18/410,627 is a continuation of application No. 17/833,164, filed on Jun. 6, 2022, granted, now 11,899,298.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0073239 (KR), filed on Jun. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0142812 A1, May 2, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); H01L 25/16 (2023.01)
CPC G02F 1/133314 (2021.01) [G02F 1/133317 (2021.01); G02F 1/13332 (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,
wherein the inner frame comprises:
a support surface facing the horizontal portion of the outer frame and spaced apart from the horizontal portion of the outer frame;
a frame wall which protrudes from the support surface toward the horizontal portion of the outer frame; and
a locking protrusion protruding from the outer lateral side of the inner frame and coupled to the vertical portion of the outer frame,
wherein the optical layer is positioned between the horizontal portion of the outer frame and the support surface of the inner frame.