IP Library Granted Patent US 8,558,968
Granted Patent B2
US 8,558,968 · App. 13/029,305 · Granted Oct 15, 2013

Liquid crystal display device

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Patent No.
US 8,558,968
App. No.
13/029,305
Granted
Oct 15, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The liquid crystal display device includes: a substantially rectangular optical switching member in which a first polarizer, a first substrate, a second substrate, and a second polarizer are sequentially provided from a front surface side; a frame which surrounds the optical switching member; a planar light source which is disposed at the rear surface of the optical switching member; at least one optical sheet group which is disposed at the front surface of the planar light source; and an adhesive layer which fixes the optical switching member, the frame, and the optical sheet group to each other, and has a substantially rectangular opening, wherein at least one side of an optical sheet included in the optical sheet group and located at the frontmost surface is adhered to the adhesive layer, and the other sides are located inside the opening of the adhesive layer.

Claims (18)

1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a substantially rectangular optical switching member in which a first polarizer, a first substrate, a second substrate, and a second polarizer are sequentially provided from a front surface side;

a frame which surrounds the optical switching member;

a planar light source which is disposed on the rear surface side of the optical switching member;

at least one optical sheet group which is disposed at the front surface of the planar light source; and

an adhesive layer which fixes the optical switching member, the frame, and the optical sheet group to each other, and has a substantially rectangular opening,

wherein a surface at least one side of an optical sheet included in the optical sheet group and located at the frontmost surface of the optical sheet group is adhered to the adhesive layer, and at least one other side of the frontmost surface of the optical sheet is located inside the opening of the adhesive layer so as not to be adhered to the adhesive layer.

2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the optical sheet group includes at least one first optical sheet group having the optical sheet located at the frontmost surface and at least one second optical sheet group having an optical sheet located at the rearmost surface, and

wherein a surface at least one side of the optical sheet included in the second optical sheet group and located at the frontmost surface of the second optical sheet group is adhered to the adhesive layer.

3. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the first optical sheet group includes a first tongue-shaped portion that protrudes from a part of the one side thereof, and

wherein the first tongue-shaped portion of the optical sheet included in the first optical sheet group and located at the frontmost surface is adhered to the adhesive layer.

4. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the second optical sheet group includes a second tongue-shaped portion that protrudes from a portion other than the first tongue-shaped portion of the one side of the optical sheet of the first optical sheet group, and

wherein the second tongue-shaped portion of the optical sheet included in the second optical sheet group and located at the frontmost surface is adhered to the adhesive layer.

5. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the frame has a step structure on the inside of the one side, and the optical sheet located at the frontmost surface is interposed between the adhesive layer and the step structure.

6. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the optical sheet of the optical sheet group is substantially rectangular in shape and the foremost surface of the optical sheet of the optical sheet group at only one side of the optical sheet is adhered to the adhesive layer and the foremost surface at three other sides of the optical sheet are located inside the opening of the adhesive layer so as not to be adhered to the adhesive layer.

Assignments (7)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC
To: MAGNOLIA PURPLE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071890/0202 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 065615/0327 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 3, 2013
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 031753/0668 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 2, 2013
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
Reel/Frame 031747/0001 →
MERGER Recorded Nov 27, 2012
From: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029358/0841 →
COMPANY SPLIT PLAN TRANSFERRING FIFTY (50) PERCENT SHARE OF PATENTS AND APPLICATIONS Recorded Nov 27, 2012
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029362/0104 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 17, 2011
From: OOHIRA, EIJI
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 025823/0772 →