IP Library Granted Patent US 8,937,804
Granted Patent B2
US 8,937,804 · App. 13/740,423 · Granted Jan 20, 2015

Display device

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Patent No.
US 8,937,804
App. No.
13/740,423
Granted
Jan 20, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a display panel that displays an image in a display area, a frame that is configured to have an opening in a portion facing the display area of the display panel, and to cover a peripheral portion of the display area of the display panel and side surfaces of the display panel, and shock absorbers that are arranged in a portion facing the display panel around the opening of the frame. The shock absorbers include first shock absorbers, and second shock absorbers thinner than the first absorbers. With this configuration, in the display device, the display panel or a constituent component of the display panel does not interfere with the frame or the like even if the display panel or the constituent component is warped.

Claims (18)

1. A display device, comprising:

a display panel that displays an image in a display area;

a frame that is configured to have an opening in a portion facing the display area of the display panel, and to cover a peripheral portion of the display area of the display panel and side surfaces of the display panel; and

shock absorbers that are arranged in a portion facing the display panel around the opening of the frame,

wherein the shock absorbers include first shock absorbers, and second shock absorbers thinner than the first absorbers.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a periphery of the opening is shaped in a rectangle,

wherein one of the first shock absorbers and the second shock absorber is arranged on long sides of the rectangle, and

wherein the other of the first shock absorbers and the second shock absorber is arranged on short sides of the rectangle.

3. The display device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the first shock absorbers are arranged on the long sides of the display panel, and

wherein the second shock absorbers are arranged on the short sides of the display panel.

4. The display device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the shock absorbers arranged on the long sides of the rectangle are arranged only on center portions of the long sides, and

wherein the shock absorbers arranged on the short sides of the rectangle are arranged in the overall short sides to cover the short sides.

5. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first shock absorbers are made of an elastic rubber, and

wherein the second shock absorbers are made of a resin.

Assignments (3)
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 Oct 23, 2014
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 034036/0281 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 14, 2013
From: TANAKA, KAZUYOSHI
To: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST INC.
Reel/Frame 029620/0869 →