IP Library Granted Patent US 8,797,477
Granted Patent B2
US 8,797,477 · App. 13/470,528 · Granted Aug 5, 2014

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Patent No.
US 8,797,477
App. No.
13/470,528
Granted
Aug 5, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display includes: a display panel; a front-face member being provided on a front face of the display panel, the front-face member covering a surrounding section, or the surrounding section and other part of the display panel; a back-face member being provided on a back face of the display panel, the back-face member covering the back face, or the back face and other part of the display panel; and an adhesion section adhering the back-face member and the front-face member to each other, the adhesion section covering a circumference section of the display panel.

Claims (17)

1. A display comprising:

a display panel;

a front-face member being provided on a front face of the display panel, the front-face member covering a surrounding section, or the surrounding section and other part of the display panel;

a back-face member being provided on a back face of the display panel, the back-face member covering the back face, or the back face and other part of the display panel;

an adhesion section adhering the back-face member and the front-face member to each other, the adhesion section covering a circumference section of the display panel; and

a spacer provided between the display panel and the back-face member to secure a space therebetween and to form a region for the adhesive section,

wherein the front-face member and the back-face member are made of a same material.

2. The display according to claim 1 , wherein the front-face member is a frame provided at an outer section of the display panel.

3. The display according to claim 1 , wherein the front-face member is a transparent plate covering the front face of the display panel.

4. The display according to claim 1 , wherein each of the front-face member and the back-face member is made of a resin material.

5. The display according to claim 1 , wherein each of the front-face member and the back-face member is made of glass.

6. The display according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a backlight unit including a light source, an optical sheet, and a light-guiding plate, the backlight unit being provided between the display panel and the back-face member, wherein

the light-guiding plate serves as the back-face member.

7. The display according to claim 1 , further comprising a side frame to cover side faces between the front-face member and the back-face member.

8. The display according to claim 7 , in which the adhesion section adheres the back-face member, the front-face member and the side frame together and in which the side frame includes a protrusion extending from an inside surface of the side frame so as to extend into the adhesive section.

9. The display according to claim 1 , further comprising a backlight unit including the display panel, a light source, an optical sheet, and a light-guiding plate, in which the light-guiding plate serves as the back-face member.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2017
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SATURN LICENSING LLC
Reel/Frame 043177/0794 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 14, 2012
From: FUJII, HIROAKI; MUKOYAMA, SATOSHI; ARAKI, SOYA; TSUBOI, HISANORI; MIYAKE, HIDETOMO
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028206/0772 →