Manufacturing method of flat-panel display device and bonding press apparatus therefor

1. A manufacturing method of a flat-panel display device that is comprised of: a display panel formed of a transparent insulator substrate; and a transparent protector sheet attached on the display panel to cover its viewing area; comprising:

applying of adhesive resin onto the transparent protector sheet or onto the viewing area of the display panel to form circular or ellipsoidal dot patterns of applied adhesive resin on a to-be-bonded area;

reversing the protector sheet or the display panel having on its upside the dot patterns of applied resin so that the dot patterns of applied resin come to and is kept at underside;

vacuum chucking from upside the protector sheet or the display panel having on its underside the dot patterns of applied resin, on an upper chucking part; vacuum chucking from underside the display panel or the protector sheet on a lower chucking part;

assembling the display panel and the protector sheet so as to sandwich a layer of the adhesive resin; and

curing of the adhesive resin sandwiched between the display panel and the protector sheet; and

said assembling comprising:

approaching of the upper chucking part to the lower chucking part so that approaching rate is no more than a predetermined rate at a time undermost tip of the applied resin in the resin-application pattern is collided with upside surface of the display panel or the protector sheet; and

further approaching of the upper chucking part, after having been collided, to the lower chucking part at a rate no less than three times of the approaching rate at a time being collided as to proceed squeezing of the layer of the adhesive resin, and stopping the further approaching at a time the thickness of the layer reaches a second predetermined thickness.

2. A manufacturing method of a flat-panel display device according to claim 1 , wherein the approaching rate at a time being collided is more than 0.05 mm/sec and not more than 0.3 mm/sec; and the approaching rate at a time of said squeezing is in a range of 1-10 mm/sec.

3. A manufacturing method of a flat-panel display device according to claim 1 , pressure being applied during said squeezing is in a range of 5-100N/cm 2 .

4. A manufacturing method of a flat-panel display device according to claim 1 , said assembling further comprising:

stopping of said approaching and the vacuum-chucking of the upper chucking part at a timpepoint said undermost tip has just contacted with the upside surface, and leaving the protector sheet or the display panel as released from the upper chucking part to leave the layer of the adhesive resin is squeezed due to weight of the protector sheet or the display panel until thickness of the layer reaches a first predetermined thickness.

5. A manufacturing method of a flat-panel display device according to claim 4 , wherein, at a time point of said stopping, distance between the protector sheet and the display panel is in a range of 2-20 times of the second predetermined thickness.

6. A manufacturing method of a flat-panel display device according to claim 4 , said assembling further comprising:

on-before-hand approaching of the upper chucking part to the lower chucking part until the undermost tip of the applied resin comes to just above the upside surface, at a rate no less than three times of the approaching rate at a time being collided; and

keeping of pressing the layer by keeping a distance between the upper and lower chuck parts for a time period no less than three times of that of said leaving.

7. A manufacturing method of a flat-panel display device according to claim 6 , wherein said rates no less than three times before and after being collided is in a range of 0.5-100 mm/sec.

8. A manufacturing method of a flat-panel display device according to claim 6 , wherein the time period of said keeping of pressing is in a range of 1-5 seconds.

9. A manufacturing method of a flat-panel display device according to claim 1 , wherein the adhesive resin is cured with irradiation.