Patent ID: 8013529

Claim:
A plasma display device, comprising: a plasma display panel having a front panel, a rear panel, and a plurality of electrodes therebetween; a chassis base affixed to the rear panel of the plasma display panel; a plurality of printed circuit boards on the chassis base; a plurality of flexible printed circuits electrically connecting the printed circuit boards to the electrodes, each printed circuit board being between the chassis base and a corresponding flexible printed circuit; and an insert member between the chassis base and the printed circuit boards, at least a portion of a driver IC being in a space defined by the insert member with the chassis base, a corresponding printed circuit board, and a corresponding flexible printed circuit, the insert member including: an insert portion between the chassis base and the printed circuit board, and a stopper in communication with the insert portion and an upper surface of the printed circuit board, a thickness of the stopper being greater than a distance between the chassis base and the printed circuit board, and the stopper in contact with and covering an outermost edge of the printed circuit board, the outermost edge of the printed circuit board being in a plane substantially perpendicular to a plane of a major surface of the front panel.