Patent ID: 6445385
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
An assembly structure of a display of an electronic appliance intended to be employed in an electronic appliance including a main body and a display for displaying an image according to an image signal input from the main body so as to facilitate the attachment and detachment of the display to and from the main body including:a fitting means formed at the main body and the display, for providing both a physical attachment and an electrical connection between the main body and the display; and an optical connector provided at the main body and the display to be attached to the main body for transferring an image signal using light beams, wherein the fitting means includes a fitting hole and a fitting member for being inserted in the fitting hole, the fitting means securely attaching the main body and display together upon insertion of the fitting member into the fitting hole, and wherein a first electrode portion is at least partially disposed in the fitting hole and a second electrode portion is provided on the fitting member, so that the first and second electrode portions are electrically connected within the fitting hole upon insertion of the fitting member into the fitting hole, wherein at least one of the first and second electrodes includes an electrode bar slidably installed at at least one of the main body and the fitting member; and an elastic member interposed between at least one of the main body and the fitting member and the electrode bar for elastically biasing the electrode bar so that one end of the electrode bar is operative to project into the fitting hole.