Display device unit

Abstract

A display device unit includes: a display device; and a sound element disposed at a side surface or a rear surface of the display device, where the sound element includes a vibration material layer which provides a sound based on an electric field applied therein, and a pair of electrodes which generates the electric field in the vibration material layer.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A display device unit comprising:
 a display device; 
 a sound element disposed at a side surface or a rear surface of the display device; 
 a vibration plate disposed between the display device and the sound element; and 
 a back chassis disposed at a rear surface of the display device, and comprising a fixing protrusion which protrudes toward the rear surface of the display device, 
 wherein the sound element comprises: 
 a vibration material layer which generates a sound based on an electric field applied therein, and 
 a pair of electrodes which generate the electric field in the vibration material layer, and 
 wherein the fixing protrusion is formed integrally with the back chassis and of the same material as that of the back chassis, and 
 wherein the sound element is disposed between the fixing protrusion and the vibration plate and the fixing protrusion overlaps a center of the sound element and contacts one of the electrodes of the sound element such that the fixing protrusion effectively prevents the sound element from being displaced by vibration. 
 
     
     
       2. The display device unit of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a first spacer disposed between the sound element and the vibration plate. 
 
     
     
       3. The display device unit of  claim 2 , further comprising:
 a second spacer attached between the sound element and the back chassis. 
 
     
     
       4. The display device unit of claim  2  1, wherein the sound element is provided as a pair. 
     
     
       5. The display device unit of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a window disposed on a front surface of the display device. 
 
     
     
       6. The display device unit of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a receiver disposed at the side surface of the display device and an inner surface of the window, 
 wherein the receiver comprises the sound element and generates the sound. 
 
     
     
       7. The display device unit of  claim 6 , wherein
 an opening exposing the receiver is not defined in the window. 
 
     
     
       8. The display device unit of  claim 1 , wherein the vibration material layer of the sound element generates a vibration of a frequency outside an audible frequency, and a haptic function is realized when the display device unit uses senses a change of the frequency of the vibration such that the touch of a user is sensed based on the change of the frequency of the vibration material layer by a touch of a user.