Display device and manufacturing method thereof
View Patent ↗According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display, a circuit substrate, connector terminals, a first cover, a second cover, and a fastening member. The circuit substrate includes a first side and a second side adjacent to the first side, and overlaps a second face of the display. The connector terminals are disposed at a vicinity of each of the first side and the second side. The first cover includes a first opening exposing the connector terminals therethrough, and covers the second face. The second cover includes a linking portion and a noncircular through hole, and covers the first opening across the first side and the second side. The linking portion is positioned in between the first side and the second side. The fastening member is inserted through the through hole so as to fix the second cover, the circuit substrate, and the display.
1. A display device comprising:
a display comprising a first face and a second face, the first face comprising a display screen, the second face being on an opposite side of the first face;
a circuit substrate comprising a first side and a second side adjacent to the first side, and overlapping the second face of the display;
a plurality of connector terminals disposed at a vicinity of each of the first side and the second side of the circuit substrate;
a first cover comprising a first opening exposing the connector terminals there through, and covering the second face;
a second cover comprising a linking portion and a noncircular through hole, and covering the first opening across the first side and the second side of the circuit substrate, the linking portion being positioned in between the first side and the second side; and
a fastening member inserted through the through hole of the second cover so as to fix the second cover, the circuit substrate, and the display.
2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second cover comprises second openings exposing the connector terminals therethrough.
3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein a bending portion bent rearward from the second openings is disposed at an edge of the second opening.
4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein
the second cover comprises a first facing portion and a second facing portion, the first facing portion being arranged so as to oppose to the first side and rising from the second face, the second facing portion being arranged so as to oppose to the second side, and rising from the second face, and
the linking portion links the first facing portion and the second facing portion with each other, and is thinner than the first facing portion and the second facing portion.
5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein, as compared to top sides of the first facing portion and the second facing portion positioned away from the second face, the linking portion is positioned closer to the second face.
6. The display device of claim 4 , wherein,
the second cover comprises a fixing piece comprising the through hole, the fixing piece protruding from either one of the first facing portion and the second facing portion toward above the circuit substrate, and
a warp portion is formed at a leading end of the fixing piece, the warp portion being bent in a direction away from the circuit substrate.
7. The display device of claim 4 , wherein
the second cover comprises a fixing piece comprising the through hole, the fixing piece protruding from either one of the first facing portion and the second facing portion toward the circuit substrate, and
the fixing piece is configured by cutting and raising at least a portion of either one of the first facing portion and the second facing portion on a side of the second face.
8. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the through hole comprises a locking side portion so as to restrict the second cover from being out of position.
9. A display device comprising:
a housing comprising an opening;
a display housed in the housing;
a circuit substrate housed in the housing and comprising a first side and a second side;
a plurality of connector terminals disposed at each of the first side and the second side of the circuit substrate, and exposed through the opening; and
a cover member covering the opening across the first side and the second side of the circuit substrate, wherein
the cover member comprises a linking portion positioned in between the first side and the second side.
10. A manufacturing method of a display device, comprising:
placing a circuit substrate on a second face of a display comprising a first face and the second face, the first face comprising a display screen, the second face being on an opposite side of the first face, the circuit substrate comprising a first side and a second side adjacent to the first side, the circuit substrate overlapping the second face of the display;
placing a side cover comprising a first facing portion to be opposed to the first side, a second facing portion to be opposed to the second side, and a linking portion linking the first portion and the second portion with each other, so that one of the first facing portion and the second facing portion is at a vicinity of corresponding one of the first side and the second side, the side cover comprising a noncircular through hole;
bending the side cover at the linking portion; and
placing the side cover so that other one of the first facing portion and the second facing portion is at a vicinity of other corresponding one of the first side and the second side; and
assembling and fixing the side cover and the circuit substrate by a fastening member inserted through the through hole.
11. The display device of claim 2 , wherein
the second cover comprises a first facing portion and a second facing portion, the first facing portion being arranged so as to oppose to the first side and rising from the second face, the second facing portion being arranged so as to oppose to the second side and rising from the second face, and
the linking portion links the first facing portion and the second facing portion with each other, and is thinner than the first facing portion and the second facing portion.
12. The display device of claim 3 , wherein
the second cover comprises a first facing portion and a second facing portion, the first facing portion being arranged so as to oppose to the first side and rising from the second face, the second facing portion being arranged so as to oppose to the second side and rising from the second face, and
the linking portion links the first facing portion and the second facing portion with each other, and is thinner than the first facing portion and the second facing portion.
13. The display device of claim 5 , wherein
the second cover comprises a fixing piece comprising the through hole, the fixing piece protruding from either one of the first facing portion and the second facing portion toward above the circuit substrate, and
a warp portion is formed at a leading end of the fixing piece, the warp portion being bent in a direction away from the circuit substrate.
14. The display device of claim 5 , wherein
the second cover comprises a fixing piece comprising the through hole, the fixing piece protruding from either one of the first facing portion and the second facing portion toward the circuit substrate, and
the fixing piece is configured by cutting and raising at least a portion of either one of the first facing portion and the second facing portion on a side of the second face.
15. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the through hole comprises a locking side portion so as to restrict the second cover from being out of position.
16. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the through hole comprises a locking side portion so as to restrict the second cover from being out of position.
17. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the through hole comprises a locking side portion so as to restrict the second cover from being out of position.
18. The display device of claim 5 , wherein the through hole comprises a locking side portion so as to restrict the second cover from being out of position.
19. The display device of claim 6 , wherein the through hole comprises a locking side portion so as to restrict the second cover from being out of position.
20. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the through hole comprises a locking side portion so as to restrict the second cover from being out of position.
21. A display comprising:
a housing comprising an opening;
a display housed in the housing;
a circuit substrate housed in the housing and comprising a first side and a second side;
a plurality of connector terminals disposed at each of the first side and the second side of the circuit substrate, and exposed through the opening; and
a cover member covering the opening across the first side and the second side of the circuit substrate, wherein
the cover member comprises a noncircular through hole.