IP Library Granted Patent US 8,363,416
Granted Patent B2
US 8,363,416 · App. 12/828,563 · Granted Jan 29, 2013

Display device in which flexible wiring board is protected

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,363,416
App. No.
12/828,563
Filed
Jul 1, 2010
Granted
Jan 29, 2013
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2835
USPC
361/749
Abstract

Provided is a display device including: a display panel; a circuit board; a connector mounted on the circuit board; a flexible wiring board attached to the connector; and a housing which accommodates the display panel, the circuit board, and one part of the flexible wiring board, and includes a slit formed therein, from which another part of the flexible wiring board is pulled out. The flexible wiring board includes, in the one part of the flexible wiring board, a first region extending in directions which intersect a pull-out direction from the slit, and having a width which is larger than a width of the flexible wiring board at a position overlapping the slit.

Claims (38)

1. A display device, comprising:

a display panel;

a circuit board;

a connector mounted on the circuit board;

a flexible wiring board attached to the connector; and

a housing for accommodating the display panel, the circuit board, and one part of the flexible wiring board, wherein:

the housing includes a frame and a cover that fit with respect to each other so as to form a slit between the frame and the cover, from which another part of the flexible wiring board is pulled out;

the flexible wiring board includes, in the one part of the flexible wiring board, a first region extending in directions which intersect a pull-out direction from the slit, and having a width which is larger than a width of the flexible wiring board at a position overlapping the slit; and

the flexible wiring board includes, in the another part of the flexible wiring board, a second region extending in the directions which intersect the pull-out direction from the slit, and having a width which is larger than the width of the flexible wiring board at the position overlapping the slit.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first region comprises a part of a sheet which is adhered to the flexible wiring board.

3. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein

the frame surrounds a peripheral portion of the display panel and

the cover covers the circuit board.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the cover covers an entirety of the circuit board and the connector.

5. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein:

the cover includes an opening;

the connector is disposed at a position overlapping the opening; and

the flexible wiring board has a portion between the connector and the slit, which is covered with the cover.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first region and the second region comprises a part of a sheet which is adhered to the flexible wiring board.

7. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the frame surrounds a peripheral portion of the display panel and the cover for covering covers the circuit board.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the cover covers an entirety of the circuit board and the connector.

9. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein:

the cover includes an opening;

the connector is disposed at a position overlapping the opening; and

the flexible wiring board has a portion between the connector and the slit, which is covered with the cover.

10. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the frame surrounds a peripheral portion of the display panel and

the cover covers the circuit board.

11. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein the cover covers an entirety of the circuit board and the connector.

12. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein the cover is made of an electromagnetic wave shielding material.

13. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein:

the cover includes an opening;

the connector is disposed at a position overlapping the opening; and

the flexible wiring board has a portion between the connector and the slit, which is covered with the cover.

14. The display device according to claim 13 , wherein the cover is made of an electromagnetic wave shielding material.

15. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein the cover is made of an electromagnetic wave shielding material.

16. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second regions having the larger width have portions which are spaced from one another in the pull-out direction at opposite sides of the slit with respect to the width of the flexible wiring board at the position overlapping the slit.

17. The display device according to claim 16 , wherein one of the spaced portions of the first and second regions having the larger width being disposed within the housing and another of the spaced portions of first and second regions having the larger width being disposed outside of the housing.