US 12,170,418 B2
Connector and display apparatus having the same
Jinsub Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Woosub Bang, Suwon-si (KR); and Youngjin Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on May 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/737,335.
Application 17/737,335 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/006280, filed on May 2, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0106605 (KR), filed on Aug. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0048494 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 12/89 (2011.01); H01R 12/70 (2011.01); H01R 12/77 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 12/89 (2013.01) [H01R 12/7076 (2013.01); H01R 12/771 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display apparatus comprising:
a display panel;
a chassis assembly to support the display panel; and
a printed circuit board assembly accommodated in the chassis assembly, the printed circuit board assembly including
a printed circuit board configured to drive and control the display panel; and
a connector installable on the printed circuit board and configured to electrically connect the display panel to the printed circuit board via a cable, and the connector including:
a seating portion,
a connector terminal positioned at one side of the seating portion,
a cover that is rotatable to open and close the seating portion, the cover configured to be lockable in a position to open the seating portion, and
a switch configured to, while the cover is locked in the position to open the seating portion, release the cover to rotate in a direction to close the seating portion,
wherein the connector is connected to the cable while a surface of the cable faces the seating portion along a vertical direction of the connector and contact-coupling a cable terminal formed at one end of the cable with the connector terminal.