IP Library Granted Patent US 7,920,224
Granted Patent B2
US 7,920,224 · App. 12/250,850 · Granted Apr 5, 2011

Display device

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Patent No.
US 7,920,224
App. No.
12/250,850
Granted
Apr 5, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a display panel having a display plane, a frame having an opening formed at an area corresponding to the display plane, for holding the periphery of the display panel, a protecting cover for protecting the display plane, and two transparent adhesive sheets arranged in the gap between the display plane and the protecting cover.

Claims (14)

1. A display device comprising:

a display panel having a display plane;

a frame comprising an opening formed at an area corresponding to the display plane, for holding the periphery of the display panel;

a protecting cover for protecting the display plane; and

two transparent adhesive sheets arranged in the gap between the display plane and the protecting cover,

wherein the frame covers the periphery of the display panel, and

wherein the two transparent adhesive sheets comprises:

a first transparent adhesive sheet, which is in proximity to the display plane, which has a thickness approximately equal to that of the end of the frame covering the periphery of the display plane of the display panel, and which has a size smaller than that of an opening formed in the frame; and

a second transparent adhesive sheet that is in proximity to the protecting cover and bonds the frame and the first transparent adhesive sheet to the protecting cover.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the first transparent adhesive sheet is larger than that of the frame by a predetermined amount.

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

a third transparent adhesive sheet that is arranged between the two transparent adhesive sheets and the display panel.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the third transparent adhesive sheet has a size larger than that of the opening formed in the frame.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the first transparent adhesive sheet is larger than that of the end of the frame and the thickness of the first transparent adhesive sheet is reduced by a crushing force to be approximately equal to that of the end of the frame.

Assignments (2)
COMPANY SPLIT Recorded Sep 4, 2024
From: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC MOBILITY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068834/0585 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2008
From: MONDEN, TAKUYA; TERAMOTO, KENJI; UNO, MASAHIKO
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 022031/0985 →