US 12,256,527 B2
Display apparatus
Sungsik Son, Gumi-si (KR); and Wontae Kim, Chilgok-gun (KR)
Assigned to LG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Display Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Oct. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/966,511.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0156314 (KR), filed on Nov. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0156984 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. H05K 9/00 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01)
CPC H05K 9/0054 (2013.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display apparatus comprising:
a display panel configured to display or reproduce an image or a video;
a guide panel disposed at a rear of the display panel;
a printed circuit board mounted on the guide panel and electrically connected to the display panel; and
a chip on film (COF) having one side electrically connected to the display panel and another side electrically connected to the printed circuit board,
wherein a portion of the COF is bent to surround the guide panel,
wherein a buffer for alleviating an impact applied to the COF is formed in a portion of the guide panel surrounded by the COF, and
wherein the buffer includes:
a buffer space defined at an end of the guide panel; and
a buffer bar including a plurality of buffer bars disposed to be spaced apart from each other in the buffer space, wherein the buffer bar is elastically deformable when subjected to the impact.