US 12,072,562 B2
Display apparatus comprising a cover that includes a cover sheet and a cover frame configured to couple the cover sheet to a display module
Byoungjung Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Minsik Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Eunbi Kang, Suwon-si (KR); Hyunkyu Park, Suwon-si (KR); Hokweon Song, Suwon-si (KR); Mingyu Yoon, Suwon-si (KR); Taeyoun Yoon, Suwon-si (KR); Junsu Jung, Suwon-si (KR); and Seungsan Han, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 31, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/139,754.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0000285 (KR), filed on Jan. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0208448 A1, Jul. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC G02F 1/133314 (2021.01) [G02F 1/133317 (2021.01); G02F 1/13332 (2021.01); H04R 1/023 (2013.01); H04R 1/028 (2013.01); G02F 2201/465 (2013.01); G02F 2202/28 (2013.01); H04R 2499/15 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display apparatus comprising:
a display module;
a main board configured to drive the display module; and
a cover coupled to a rear side of the display module such as to cover the display module and the main board,
wherein the cover comprises:
a cover sheet formed of an extruded plastic material or an extruded composite material; and
a cover frame attached to the cover sheet and configured to couple the cover sheet to the display module,
wherein the cover sheet comprises a front surface that faces towards the display module, and the cover frame is between the front surface of the cover sheet and the display module,
wherein the display module comprises:
a display panel; and
a front chassis configured to cover sides of the display panel, the front chassis including a side portion that covers side surfaces of the display panel, and a rear portion that extends from a rear end of the side portion, the rear portion bent inwards from the side portion toward an inside of the front chassis such that the rear portion extends, from the side portion, in a direction towards a front of the display apparatus at an inner side of the side portion, and
wherein an outer end of the cover sheet contacts the rear portion.