IP Library Granted Patent US 7,724,318
Granted Patent B2
US 7,724,318 · App. 12/017,733 · Granted May 25, 2010

Electronic equipment with display panel and protective plate

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Patent No.
US 7,724,318
App. No.
12/017,733
Granted
May 25, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

Electronic equipment of the present invention having a display panel includes a protection plate that is opposed to an opposite surface of a display surface of the display panel and is substantially parallel to the opposite surface of the display surface of the display panel. According to this configuration, when a pressure is applied to the display panel from outside, the display panel can be suppressed from being deformed, whereby the strength of the display panel with respective to an external pressure can be enhanced.

Claims (15)

1. Electronic equipment having a display panel, comprising: a protection plate that is opposed to an opposite surface of a display surface of the display panel and is substantially parallel to the opposite surface of the display surface of the display panel; and

a support portion opposed to the opposite surface of the display surface of the display panel,

wherein the protection plate is smaller than the display panel, and

a tip end of the support portion is placed on a plane substantially identical to that of the protection date.

2. The electronic equipment according to claim 1 , further comprising an electric circuit board opposed to the opposite surface of the display surface of the display panel,

wherein the support portion is placed so as to protrude from the electric circuit substrate side to the display panel side.

3. The electronic equipment according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel is composed of a liquid crystal display panel, and the support portion is placed in a vicinity of a site opposed to a liquid crystal injection port of the liquid crystal display panel.

4. The electronic equipment according to claim 1 , further comprising two electric circuit substrates,

wherein the support portion is formed integrally with a spacer for forming a gap of a predetermined size between the two electric circuit substrates.

5. The electronic equipment according to claim 1 , wherein the protection plate is made of a conductive material, and is fastened to be fixed to a housing made of a conductive material with a screw made of a conductive material.

6. An image pickup apparatus having an image pickup portion and a display panel, comprising a protection plate that is placed between the image pickup portion and the display panel, that is opposed to the opposite surface of the display surface of the display panel, and that is substantially parallel to the opposite surface of the display surface of the display panel; and

a support portion opposed to the opposite surface of the display surface of the display panel,

wherein the protection plate is smaller than the display panel, and

a tip end of the support portion is placed on a plane substantially identical to that of the protection plate.

7. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising a frame that fastens and fixes the image pickup portion to the protection plate with a screw, wherein an inner diameter of a hole of the image pick up portion with respect to the screw and an inner diameter of the hole of the protection plate with respect to the screw arc set to be larger than an outer diameter of a male screw portion of the screw.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 20, 2008
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
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