IP Library Granted Patent US 7,426,106
Granted Patent B2
US 7,426,106 · App. 10/942,085 · Granted Sep 16, 2008

Liquid crystal display device

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Patent No.
US 7,426,106
App. No.
10/942,085
Granted
Sep 16, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a liquid crystal display device provided with a backlight unit, creak reduction means is provided at least on one part of the areas where members constituting the liquid crystal display device such as the liquid crystal panel, the diffusion plate, the reinforcing plate, the frame of the liquid crystal display device and the back surface reflector for the backlight unit come into contact with each other. The creak reduction means may be a slippery film whose surface is fluorinated such as a fluororesin film, a polyacetal resin film, a polyethylene film, and a silicon coating film, or protrusions or protruding fins, or a friction reduction means such as silicon oil or fluorine oil, or a mutual displacement absorbing means such as a flexible sheet.

Claims (10)

1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:

a liquid crystal panel; and

a direct type backlight unit which has a plurality of tubular light sources,

wherein the backlight unit is provided with light sources and a frame housing the light sources, and wherein a member is located between the liquid crystal panel and the frame, which member resides above the light sources, the member being selected from the group consisting of a reinforcing plate, an optical sheet, a diffusion plate and a prism sheet; and

wherein the frame supports a peripheral area of the member and a friction reduction means for reducing friction between the frame and a face of the member is provided on a surface of the frame which supports the member,

the friction reduction means comprising a protruding fin.

2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the member is an optical sheet, which is supported by a step formed on the frame.

3. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the member is a reinforcing plate which is supported by a step formed on the frame, and an optical sheet is made to reside above the reinforcing plate.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2017
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SATURN LICENSING LLC
Reel/Frame 043177/0794 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2010
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.; TOTTORI SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024542/0207 →
CORRECTIVE COVERSHEET TO CORRECT NAME AND ADDRESS OF RECEIVING PARTY(IES) PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 015965, FRAME 0983. Recorded Oct 11, 2005
From: NAKAGAWA, TAIJI; MORIMOTO, SEIJI; MITA, JUNYA
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.; TOTTORI SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 017078/0240 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 5, 2004
From: NAKAGAWA, TAIJI; MORIMOTO, SEIJI; MITA, JUNYA
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.; TOTTORI SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 015965/0983 →