IP Library Granted Patent US 9,119,287
Granted Patent B2
US 9,119,287 · App. 14/177,789 · Granted Aug 25, 2015

Display device and electronic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 9,119,287
App. No.
14/177,789
Granted
Aug 25, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hook portion projecting outward is provided on a side plate portion of an upper case. An upper case includes a support surface that supports a display surface of a display panel. A lower case includes a sidewall that faces an outer circumferential side of the side plate portion. The sidewall has an opening into which the hook portion is inserted. The hook portion is inserted in the opening in a state in which no load is applied in a plane parallel to the support surface, and is elastically deformable toward center of the support surface up to a position not overlapping the opening when a portion inserted in the opening is pressed from outside of the support surface toward the center of the support surface.

Claims (38)

1. A display device comprising:

a display panel having a display surface that displays an image;

an upper case; and

a lower case,

the upper case comprising

a support surface that supports the display surface of the display panel and

a side plate portion that is provided along an outer edge of the support surface and extends from the outer edge of the support surface in a direction orthogonal to the display surface, the side plate portion being provided with:

a hook portion that is provided at least one place of the side plate portion and that projects on a surface on an outer circumferential side of the side plate portion in a direction orthogonal to a surface of the side plate portion; and

a protection wall that faces a side surface of the hook portion and a surface on center side of the support surface, and

the lower case comprising

a bottom surface parallel to the display surface, and

a sidewall that is provided around the bottom surface, extends in a direction orthogonal to the bottom surface, and faces the outer circumferential side of the side plate portion, the sidewall being formed with an opening into which the hook portion is inserted,

wherein the protection wall is connected, at an end of the protection wall, to a portion of the side plate portion adjacent to the hook portion;

wherein the hook portion is separated from the side plate portion in a direction along the outer circumferential side of the side plate portion,

wherein the hook portion is inserted in the opening in a state in which no load is applied in a plane parallel to the support surface, and is elastically deformable toward center of the support surface up to a position not overlapping the opening when a portion inserted in the opening is pressed from outside of the support surface toward the center of the support surface, and

wherein a space is formed between the protection wall and the hook portion, which allows the hook portion to be elastically deformed toward the protection wall.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,

the lower case further comprises a backlight that is stacked on the display panel and illuminates the display panel, and

the lower case houses the backlight.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a display cover that adheres to the display panel and to the upper case.

4. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a display device; and

a control device that controls a display operation of the display device,

a display panel having a display surface that displays an image;

an upper case; and

a lower case,

the upper case comprising

a support surface that supports the display surface of the display panel and

a side plate portion that is provided along an outer edge of the support surface and extends from the outer edge of the support surface in a direction orthogonal to the display surface, the side plate portion being provided with:

a hook portion that is provided at least one place of the side plate portion and that projects on a surface on an outer circumferential side of the side plate portion in a direction orthogonal to a surface of the side plate portion; and

a protection wall that faces a side surface of the hook portion and a surface on center side of the support surface, and

the lower case comprising

a bottom surface parallel to the display surface, and

a sidewall that is provided around the bottom surface, extends in a direction orthogonal to the bottom surface, and faces the outer circumferential side of the side plate portion, the sidewall being formed with an opening into which the hook portion is inserted,

wherein the protection wall is connected, at an end of the protection wall, to a portion of the side plate portion adjacent to the hook portion;

wherein the hook portion is separated from the side plate portion in a direction along the outer circumferential side of the side plate portion,

wherein the hook portion is inserted in the opening in a state in which no load is applied in a plane parallel to the support surface, and is elastically deformable toward center of the support surface up to a position not overlapping the opening when a portion inserted in the opening is pressed from outside of the support surface toward the center of the support surface, and

wherein a space is formed between the protection wall and the hook portion, which allows the hook portion to be elastically deform toward the protection wall.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072130/0313 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2014
From: TSUBAKI, YUICHI; YAMAGUCHI, SATORU
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 032196/0506 →