Granted Patent B2

US 7,489,372 · App. 11/480,519 · Granted Feb 10, 2009

Abstract

Claims (25)

1. A display device comprising:

a reflection plate;

plural light sources disposed above the reflection plate;

an optical member disposed above the plural light sources;

a support member disposed standing on a bottom surface of the reflection plate;

a frame member that houses the reflection plate and the light sources; and

a display panel disposed above the optical member,

wherein the support member includes

a standing support portion that is disposed standing on and supported by the reflection plate,

an optical member support portion that supports the optical member, and

a leg portion that protrudes downward of the reflection plate and the frame member and is bent in a direction along the standing support member.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the reflection plate includes a hole through which the leg portion of the support member passes, and

the hole in the reflection plate includes two sides parallel to the direction in which the leg portion of the support member is bent.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the frame member includes a second hole in the vicinity of a first hole through which the leg portion of the support member passes, and

the leg portion of the support member includes a protrusion that protrudes into the second hole.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the leg portion of the support member protrudes outward of the standing support portion.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the support member includes, on a side surface of the optical member support portion, a light source support portion that supports the light sources.

6. A method of assembling a display device where a reflection plate is disposed on a frame member, a support member is disposed standing on and supported by the reflection plate, and then a light source and an optical member are disposed above the reflection plate, the method comprising:

inserting, into holes disposed in the frame member and the reflection plate, a leg portion of the support member that protrudes downward of a standing support portion disposed standing on and supported by the reflection plate and is bent in a direction along the standing support portion; and

sliding the support member in the direction in which the leg portion is bent such that the frame member and the reflection plate are fitted between and supported by the standing support portion and the leg portion.

7. The display device assembly method of claim 6 , further comprising

disposing a second hole in the vicinity of a first hole in the frame member through which the leg portion of the support member passes, and

fitting a protrusion of the leg portion of the support member into the second hole to fix the support member.

Assignments (8)