IP Library Granted Patent US 8,786,798
Granted Patent B2
US 8,786,798 · App. 13/402,929 · Granted Jul 22, 2014

Liquid crystal display device

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Patent No.
US 8,786,798
App. No.
13/402,929
Granted
Jul 22, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device having a liquid crystal display panel of which the outer shape in a plane has at least one corner that is not 90° (dotted line A), and is characterized in that cushion tapes (CT 3 , CT 4 ) are placed along the sides of the outer shape of the liquid crystal display panel between the liquid crystal display panel LCP and a frame for supporting the liquid crystal display panel, and the cushion tapes along the two sides connected to the above-described corner that is not 90° are made to make contact with each other, and the width of an end of the cushion tape along at least one side is smaller than the width of the cushion tape along the middle of the side.

Claims (6)

1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising a liquid crystal display panel of which an outer shape in a plane has at least one corner that is not 90°, wherein

cushion tapes are placed along sides of the outer shape of the liquid crystal display panel between the liquid crystal display panel and a frame for supporting the liquid crystal display panel, and

the cushion tapes along two sides connected to said corner that is not 90° are made to make contact with each other, and a width of an end of the cushion tape along at least one side is smaller than the width of the cushion tape along the middle of the side.

2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the end of the cushion tape is round.

3. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the frame supports a backlight.

4. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid crystal display panel is of a lateral electrical field type.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072130/0313 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 8, 2014
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
Reel/Frame 032631/0193 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 8, 2014
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 032631/0235 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 23, 2012
From: KOGANEZAWA, NOBUYUKI
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 027747/0896 →