US 11,997,414 B2
Display apparatus and computing apparatus including the same
DongUk Kim, Seoul (KR); JongSeo Yoon, Seoul (KR); DongIl Chung, Gwangmyeong-si (KR); ByeongJun Lee, Seoul (KR); JaeMin Shin, Daegu (KR); and JinHo Park, Gumi-si (KR)
Assigned to LG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Display Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jul. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/868,771.
Application 17/868,771 is a continuation of application No. 17/028,289, filed on Sep. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,425,328.
Application 17/028,289 is a continuation of application No. 16/004,967, filed on Jun. 11, 2018, granted, now 10,819,940, issued on Oct. 27, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2017-0097325 (KR), filed on Jul. 31, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0360733 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. H04R 1/02 (2006.01); G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); H04N 5/64 (2006.01); H04R 1/28 (2006.01); H04R 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 5/642 (2013.01) [H04R 1/025 (2013.01); H04R 1/026 (2013.01); H04R 1/2873 (2013.01); H04R 17/005 (2013.01); G02F 1/133317 (2021.01); G02F 2201/505 (2013.01); H04R 2499/15 (2013.01)] 49 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display apparatus, comprising:
a display module comprising a display panel configured to display an image;
a vibration plate at a rear surface of the display module;
a vibration device configured to vibrate the vibration plate, the display panel being configured to vibrate by a vibration of the vibration plate;
a rear cover configured to cover a side surface of the display module and a rear surface of the vibration plate; and
a plate connection member disposed along a periphery of the rear surface of the vibration plate to provide an air gap at the rear surface of the vibration plate,
wherein a front surface of the vibration plate is connected to the rear surface of the display module,
wherein the periphery of the rear surface of the vibration plate is connected to the plate connection member, and
wherein the rear cover includes:
a bottom structure spaced apart from the vibration device and configured to cover the rear surface of the vibration plate; and
a sidewall structure provided in a periphery of the bottom structure and configured to cover side surfaces of the display module and side surfaces of the vibration plate.