IP Library Granted Patent US 7,495,738
Granted Patent B2
US 7,495,738 · App. 11/490,152 · Granted Feb 24, 2009

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Patent No.
US 7,495,738
App. No.
11/490,152
Granted
Feb 24, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display allowing recycling of a flexible printed circuit board and a light source mounted thereon after disassembling of the flexible printed circuit board and the light source is obtained. In this display, the adhesive strength of a surface of a first double-faced adhesive tape bonded to the first flexible printed circuit board mounted with the light source is lower than the adhesive strength of another surface of the first double-faced adhesive tape bonded to the first display panel.

Claims (55)

1. A display comprising:

a first display panel;

a light source for supplying light to said first display panel;

a printed circuit board mounted with said light source;

a screen sheet arranged on said first display panel, having an opening corresponding to a display area of said first display panel; and

a first double-faced adhesive tape for attaching said printed circuit board to said screen sheet, wherein

the adhesive strength of a surface of said first double-faced adhesive tape bonded to said printed circuit board is lower than the adhesive strength of another surface of said first double-faced adhesive tape bonded to said screen sheet and lower than the adhesive strength of a surface of said screen sheet bonded to said first display panel.

2. The display according to claim 1 , wherein

said first double-faced adhesive tape has adhesive strength allowing separation of said printed circuit board and said light source in a recyclable state when said printed circuit board is separated from said screen sheet.

3. The display according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a frame for setting said light source mounted on said printed board, and

a second double-faced adhesive tape for bonding said frame and said printed circuit board to each other, wherein

the adhesive strength of said surface of said first double-faced adhesive tape bonded to said printed circuit board is lower than the adhesive strength of surfaces of said second double-faced adhesive tape bonded to said frame and said printed circuit board respectively.

4. The display according to claim 1 , wherein

the outline of said screen sheet is formed in a shape corresponding to the outline of said first display panel in plan view, and

said first double-faced adhesive tape is provided along a portion around an end of a prescribed side of said screen sheet.

5. The display according to claim 1 , further comprising a light guide formed in a shape corresponding to said first display panel for guiding said light emitted from said light source mounted on said printed circuit board to said first display panel, wherein

said printed circuit board mounted with said light source is so bonded to said screen sheet with said first double-faced adhesive tape as to arrange said light source on a position opposed to the surface of a prescribed side of said light guide.

6. The display according to claim 5 , wherein

said light source includes a plurality of light-emitting diodes arranged along the extensional direction of said prescribed side of said light guide for applying said light to the surface of said prescribed side of said light guide.

7. The display according to claim 5 , further comprising a second display panel opposed to said first display panel through said light guide, wherein

said light source and said light guide mounted on said printed circuit board are used for said first display panel and said second display panel in common.

8. A display comprising:

a frame having an opening;

a display panel, having a display area and a non-display area, opposed to said frame for exposing said display area through said opening of said frame; and

a buffer member arranged between said frame and the surface of said display panel not to be bonded to the surface of said display panel.

9. The display according to claim 8 , wherein

said buffer member is made of a foaming material.

10. The display according to claim 8 , wherein

said buffer member is arranged between said frame and the surface of said display panel to enclose said display area of said display panel.

11. The display according to claim 10 , wherein

said buffer member is attached along the surface of a portion around the outer edge of said opening of said frame closer to said display panel.

12. The display according to claim 8 , wherein

said frame is metallic,

said buffer member is arranged between the surface of said portion around the outer edge of said opening of said frame and the surface of said display panel, and

a recess portion is formed by drawing at least partially in the outer edge of said opening of said metallic frame.

13. A display comprising:

a display panel;

a printed circuit board electrically connected to said display panel;

a reinforcing member overlapped with said printed circuit board, for reinforcing said printed circuit board; and

one double-faced adhesive tape arranged between said printed circuit board and said reinforcing member for bonding said printed circuit board and said reinforcing member to each other, wherein

the adhesive strength of a surface of said one double-faced adhesive tape bonded to said printed circuit board is lower than the adhesive strength of another surface of said one double-faced adhesive tape bonded to said reinforcing member.

14. The display according to claim 13 , wherein

a connector is mounted on the surface of said printed board opposed to the surface on which said reinforcing member is arranged, and

said one double-faced adhesive tape has adhesive strength allowing no debonding between said reinforcing member and said printed board when a connecting terminal connected to said connector of said printed circuit board is attached/detached while allowing separation of said printed circuit board in a recyclable state when said printed circuit board is separated from said reinforcing member.

15. The display according to claim 13 , wherein

said reinforcing member includes a first opening on a portion corresponding to a display area of said display panel,

the other double-faced adhesive tape is provided on an edge of said first opening of said reinforcing member for bonding said display panel and said reinforcing member to each other, and

the adhesive strength of said surface of said one double-faced adhesive tape bonded to said printed circuit board is lower than the adhesive strength of surfaces of said the other double-faced adhesive tape bonded to said display panel and said reinforcing member respectively.

16. The display according to claim 13 , wherein

said printed circuit board includes a second opening so provided as to expose a display area of said display panel, and

said one double-faced adhesive tape is so arranged on said reinforcing member as to correspond to the remaining region of said printed circuit board excluding said second opening.

17. The display according to claim 13 , wherein

a frame is arranged on the surface of said reinforcing member opposed to said printed circuit board, and

said reinforcing member engages with said frame.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 8, 2013
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: JAPAN DISPLAY WEST INC.
Reel/Frame 031378/0243 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2011
From: EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025935/0327 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 20, 2007
From: SANYO EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION
To: EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 019214/0653 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2006
From: OKUDA, TATSUMI
To: SANYO EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORP.
Reel/Frame 018118/0775 →