IP Library Granted Patent US 7,081,880
Granted Patent B2
US 7,081,880 · App. 10/394,189 · Granted Jul 25, 2006

Image display device

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Patent No.
US 7,081,880
App. No.
10/394,189
Granted
Jul 25, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image displaying apparatus at least including a first structure component, a second structure component, a third structure component and a displaying unit are provided, in which it is characterized that each of the first structure component, the second structure component and the third structure component has a section at which the first structure component, the second structure component and the third structure component are disposed in the order from an inside of the image displaying apparatus on a side face thereof, and each of the first structure component and the third structure component has in a part of the section a fixing portion for being fitted to the second structure component at each of positions thereon approximately equal to each other.

Claims (26)

1. An image displaying apparatus at least comprising a first structure component, a second structure component, a third structure component and a displaying unit,

The first structure component being disposed on a lower side of the displaying unit, the third structure component being disposed on an upper side of the displaying unit, the second structure component comprising a first side and a second side opposing to the first side, the first side comprising a first fixing portion, the second side comprising a second fixing portion, each of the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion being formed approximately at the same position, wherein the first fixing portion is fitted to the third structure component, and the second fixing portion is fitted to the first structure component.

2. The image displaying apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a backlight,

the backlight being supported by the first structure component, the displaying unit being supported by the second structure component, and the third structure component comprising a display opening wherein the first side is a front side of the second structure component and the second side is a rear side of the second structure.

3. The image displaying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first fixing portion is a first projection fitted to a hole formed in the third structure component, and the second fixing portion is a second projection fitted to a hole formed in the first structure component.

4. The image displaying apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the first projections has a wide projecting width on a side oppose to the side of the displaying face, and the second projection has a wide projection width on a side opposite to the side of the displaying face.

5. The image displaying apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the second projection on the first structure component side is formed to have a wide projection width larger than the wide projection width of the first projection.

6. The image displaying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the fixing portion is a first projection-like thick portion fitted to a hole formed in the third structure component and the second fixing portion is a second projection-like thick portion fitted to a hole formed in the first structure component.

7. The image displaying apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the first projection-like thick portion has a wide projection width on a side opposite to the side of the displaying face, and the second projection-like thick portion has a wide projection width on a side of the displaying face.

8. The image displaying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the thicknesses in the fixing portions of the third structure component, the first structure component and the second structure component become larger in the order.

9. The image displaying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second structure component is made of resin material.

10. The image displaying apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the first structure component and the third structure component are made of metallic material.

11. The image displaying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein at least three of the fixing portions are formed on one side face of the image displaying apparatus.

12. The image displaying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the fixing portions are provided on a first side face and a second side face, being perpendicular to each other, of the image displaying apparatus, the number of the fixing portions on the first side face being different from the number of the fixing portions on the second side face.

13. An image displaying apparatus at least comprising a displaying unit, a first structure component, a second structure component and a third structure component,

wherein the third structure component is a frame supporting the displaying unit, the second structure component is a component forming a backlight unit, the first structure component is a frame supporting the backlight, and the first structure component is comprises a bent portion toward a side of the third structure component for carrying out horizontal positioning of the second structure component.

14. The image displaying apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the displaying unit is provided on the third structure unit.

15. The image displaying apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the second structure component is a light guide plate.

16. The image displaying apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the second structure component is an optical sheet.

17. The image displaying apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the optical sheet includes one of a light diffusing medium and a light concentrating medium.

18. The image displaying apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the first structure component is a metal frame and the third structure component is a resin frame.

19. The image displaying apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the third structure component is provided with a portion with a hole into which a tip of the bent portion is fitted.

20. The image displaying apparatus according to in claim 19 , wherein the tip of the bent portion is positioned to the side of the third structure component 1 mm or more from the second structure component.

21. The image displaying apparatus according to claim 19 , wherein the tip of the bent portion sticks out from a surface of the portion with the hole in the third structure component.

22. The image displaying apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the third structure component has a projected portion at the side of the first structure component which holds the bent portion between the projected portion and the second structure component.

23. The image displaying apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein, the length of the bent being longer than the distance between the third structure component and the first structure component.

Assignments (5)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 065615/0327 →
COMPANY SPLIT PLAN TRANSFERRING FIFTY (50) PERCENT SHARE OF PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS Recorded Dec 12, 2011
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027362/0532 →
MERGER/CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 12, 2011
From: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027363/0282 →
MERGER Recorded Jun 23, 2011
From: HITACHI DEVICE ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 026481/0032 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2003
From: MORISHITA, SHUNSUKE; OOHIRA, TOMOHIDE; OOWAKI, YOHIO
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.; HITACHI DEVICE ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 013904/0441 →