IP Library Granted Patent US 9,277,667
Granted Patent B2
US 9,277,667 · App. 14/118,051 · Granted Mar 1, 2016

Display

Inventors: Hiroaki Fujii (Kanagawa, JP); Satoshi Mukoyama (Tokyo, JP); Soya Araki (Kanagawa, JP); Hisanori Tsuboi (Kanagawa, JP); Hidetomo Miyake (Kanagawa, JP); Takeshi Yamamoto (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Sony Corporation
H05K7/023G02B6/0011G02F1/133308G02F1/133608G09F9/30G02B6/0088G02B6/0093G02F2001/133314
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Patent No.
US 9,277,667
App. No.
14/118,051
Granted
Mar 1, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display which thickness is allowed to be reduced is provided. A display includes: a display panel; and a back-face member having rigidity and 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.

Claims (49)

1. A display comprising:

a display panel;

a back-face member 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

a backlight unit including a light source,

the backlight unit being provided between the display panel and the back-face member,

the back-face member having rigidity and configured to support the display panel, and

the back-face member being made of glass.

2. The display according to claim 1 , further comprising

a front-face member provided on a front face of the display panel, the front-face member covering a circumferential edge portion, or the circumferential edge portion and other part of the display panel.

3. The display according to claim 2 , wherein the front-face member is a frame covering the circumferential edge portion of the display panel.

4. The display according to claim 2 , wherein the front-face member is a transparent plate covering the front face of the display panel.

5. The display according to claim 2 , wherein the front-face member is made of glass.

6. The display according to claim 2 , wherein the front-face member and the back-face member are adhered to each other with an adhesion member.

7. The display according to claim 1 , wherein a front-face member is not included and the display panel is exposed at front.

8. A display comprising:

a display panel; and

a back-face member 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

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 back-face member having rigidity and configured to support the display panel,

the back-face member being made of glass, and

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

9. The display according to claim 8 , further comprising a light shielding film on an outside of the light-guiding plate.

10. A display comprising:

a display panel;

a front-face member provided on a front face of the display panel;

a back-face member 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

a top chassis and a middle chassis between the front-face member and the back-face member,

the back-face member having rigidity and configured to support the display panel, and

the back-face member being made of glass.

11. A display comprising:

a display panel;

a back-face member 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

a reinforcing frame provided on a display panel side of the back-face member,

the back-face member having rigidity and configured to support the display panel, and

the back-face member being made of glass.

12. A display comprising:

a display panel;

an optical sheet arranged on a back face of the display panel;

a light-guiding plate arranged on a back face of the optical sheet; and

a rear member arranged on a back face of the light-guiding plate and configured to support the display panel,

the rear member being made of glass.

13. A display comprising:

a display panel;

an optical sheet arranged on a back face of the display panel;

a light-guiding plate arranged on a back face of the optical sheet;

a rear member arranged on a back face of the light-guiding plate and configured to support the display panel, the rear member being made of glass; and

a light shielding film on an outside surface of the rear member which is opposite a surface facing the back face of the light-guiding plate to prevent entrance of external light into the display.

14. The display according to claim 13 , in which the rear member with the light shielding film thereon forms an outer rear portion of the display.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 20, 2022
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061735/0740 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2022
From: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
To: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
Reel/Frame 061642/0906 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2015
From: FUJII, HIROAKI; MUKOYAMA, SATOSHI; ARAKI, SOYA; TSUBOI, HISANORI; MIYAKE, HIDETOMO; YAMAMOTO, TAKESHI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035755/0125 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 15, 2013
From: FUJII, HIROAKI; MUKOYAMA, SATOSHI; ARAKI, SOYA; TSUBOI, HISANORI; MIYAKE, HIDETOMO; YAMAMOTO, TAKESHI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031735/0702 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2011-116243 · May 24, 2011 · national
JP 2012-102345 · Apr 27, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140092631A1 · Apr 3, 2014