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Samsung patents a slide-in clip to hold display boards in place

Samsung has been granted a patent for a display chassis design that uses a sliding mechanism to attach internal boards. The system features a rib on the back frame that guides the board into place, where a small protrusion snaps into a groove to lock it securely.

Why it mattersThis is a routine mechanical improvement that simplifies the assembly of display devices by allowing parts to be snapped together without screws.

In the filing’s own words

A display apparatus including a rear chassis; and a board that is securable to the rear chassis; wherein the rear chassis includes an insertion rib forming an insertion space into which the board is slidably insertable, and a fixing protrusion, and the board includes an insertion portion on an edge of the board and slidably insertable into the insertion space, and a fixing groove, and the rear chassis and the board are configured so that, when the insertion portion of the board is slidably inserted into the insertion space of the rear chassis, the fixing protrusion is inserted into the fixing groove to secure the board to the rear chassis.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A display apparatus comprising: a rear chassis; and a board that is securable to the rear chassis; wherein the rear chassis includes: an insertion rib forming an insertion space into which the board is slidably insertable in a first direction, and a fixing protrusion, the board includes: an insertion portion on an edge of the board and slidably insertable into the insertion space, and a fixing groove, and the rear chassis and the board are configured so that, when the insertion portion of the board is slidably inserted into the insertion space of the rear chassis, the fixing protrusion is inserted into the fixing groove to secure the board to the rear chassis so that the fixing protrusion prevents the board from moving in a second direction opposite to the first direction.

Facts

Company
Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
Official title
Display apparatus
Patent number
US12729800B2
Application number
18828251
Filed
Sep 9, 2024
Granted
Sep 8, 2026
Inventors
3
Claims
15

Classified under

F16M 11/041 Mechanical engineeringG09F 9/301 Physics & computingF16M 2200/028 Mechanical engineering
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