IP Library Granted Patent US 8,451,399
Granted Patent B2
US 8,451,399 · App. 13/071,597 · Granted May 28, 2013

Liquid crystal display device

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Patent No.
US 8,451,399
App. No.
13/071,597
Granted
May 28, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid crystal display device includes: a resin frame including a storing space formed of a hole which passes through a first surface and a second surface; a light guide plate disposed in the storing space; and a liquid crystal display panel which is fixed on the first surface of the resin frame so as to overlap the light guide plate. The hole of the resin frame is formed of an inner peripheral surface, which is inclined, so that an opening of the second surface is smaller than an opening of the first surface. The light guide plate includes an outer peripheral surface, which is inclined, and is disposed in the storing space in a manner that the inner peripheral surface and the outer peripheral surface are opposed to each other.

Claims (29)

1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:

a resin frame including a storing space formed of a hole which passes through a first surface and a second surface;

a light guide plate disposed in the storing space; and

a liquid crystal display panel which is fixed on the first surface of the resin frame so as to overlap the light guide plate, wherein:

the hole of the resin frame is formed of an inner peripheral surface, which is inclined, so that an opening of the second surface is smaller than an opening of the first surface; and

the light guide plate includes an outer peripheral surface, which is inclined, and is disposed in the storing space in a manner that the inner peripheral surface and the outer peripheral surface are opposed to each other;

wherein, in a triangle having an oblique line corresponding to a length of the inner peripheral surface between the first surface and the second surface, a height corresponding to a thickness of the resin frame between the first surface and the second surface, and a base corresponding to a length of protrusion of an end of the second surface with respect to an end of the first surface toward the hole, the following expression is satisfied,

tan θ=( T/ 2 C ),

where θ represents an angle formed by the second surface and the inner peripheral surface on an internal side of the resin frame, T represents a thickness of the light guide plate, and C represents a gap between the light guide plate and the inner peripheral surface.

2. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:

a resin frame including a storing space formed of a hole which passes through a first surface and a second surface;

a light guide plate disposed in the storing space; and

a liquid crystal display panel which is fixed on the first surface of the resin frame so as to overlap the light guide plate, wherein:

the resin frame includes an overhanging portion formed on the first surface side of the resin frame, the overhanging portion protruding toward the hole, so that an opening of the first surface of the hole is smaller than an opening of the second surface of the hole; and

the light guide plate includes an end portion located so as to be opposed to the overhanging portion:

wherein:

the overhanging portion is formed so that a tip end portion in a protruding direction is thicker in a direction of the second surface than a base portion; and

the end portion of the light guide plate is formed so that a part opposed to the base portion is thicker in a direction of the overhanging portion than a part opposed to the tip end portion.

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

the overhanging portion includes a surface facing the light guide plate, the surface including an inclined surface which is inclined in a direction of an inner peripheral surface of the hole;

the end portion of the light guide plate includes a surface facing the overhanging portion, the surface including an inclined surface which is inclined in a center direction of the hole;

the inclined surface of the overhanging portion and the inclined surface of the light guide plate are opposed to each other; and

the inclined surface of the overhanging portion covers the inclined surface of the light guide plate on a center side of the light guide plate.

4. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 2 , wherein:

the opening of the second surface of the hole has a rectangular shape; and

the overhanging portion is formed only at a position opposed to a corner of the rectangular shape.

5. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 2 , wherein:

the opening of the second surface of the hole has a rectangular shape; and

the overhanging portion is formed only at a position opposed to a pair of opposite sides of the rectangular shape.

Assignments (8)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC
To: MAGNOLIA PURPLE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071890/0202 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
Reel/Frame 065614/0223 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY, INC.
Reel/Frame 065614/0644 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: JAPAN DISPLAY, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY, INC.
Reel/Frame 065654/0250 →
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 →
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 →
MERGER Recorded Nov 27, 2012
From: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029358/0841 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 7, 2011
From: ISHINAGAWA, SHINICHI
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 026399/0113 →