IP Library Granted Patent US 9,551,889
Granted Patent B2
US 9,551,889 · App. 14/202,899 · Granted Jan 24, 2017

Display module

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Patent No.
US 9,551,889
App. No.
14/202,899
Granted
Jan 24, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display module includes a display panel configured to display an image on a display surface, a frame having a shape configured to surround an outer edge of the display panel and having an opening formed in a region overlapping the display surface, and a holding member having an inner region that is a region closer to a center of the display panel and an outer region that is a region farther from the center of the display panel, the inner region being connected to the display panel, the outer region being connected to the frame, and the inner region being separated from the outer region in a view projected from a direction orthogonal to the display surface.

Claims (24)

1. A display module comprising:

a liquid crystal panel that is configured to display an image on a display surface and that has a supporting side surface opposite to the display surface;

a frame having a shape configured to surround an outer edge of the liquid crystal panel and having

an opening formed in a region overlapping the display surface,

a wall portion that has ends of a first wall end and a second wall end and that faces a side surface of the liquid crystal panel,

a first folded portion that has ends of a first outer end, which is connected to the first wall end, and an first inner end, which protrudes toward the side surface of the liquid crystal panel, and

a second folded portion that has ends of a second outer end, which is connected to the second wall end, and an second inner end, which protrudes toward the side surface of the liquid crystal panel; and

a holding member that has a holding surface that extends in a first direction parallel to the display surface and that faces the liquid crystal panel, the holding surface having

an inner region that is a region closer to a center of the liquid crystal panel in the first direction and that is connected to the supporting side surface of the liquid crystal panel,

an outer region that is a region farther from the center of the liquid crystal panel in the first direction and that is connected to the second folded portion, and

a middle region between the inner region and the outer region in the first direction,

wherein the liquid crystal panel is disposed on the holding surface of the holding member in the inner region,

wherein the frame is disposed on the holding surface of the holding member in the outer region,

wherein the middle region of the holding surface corresponds to a space between the liquid crystal panel and the frame in the first direction,

wherein the first inner end of the first folded portion is located outside an outer edge of the display surface viewed from a second direction vertical to the first direction,

wherein the second inner end of the second folded portion is located outside the outer edge of the supporting side surface viewed from the second direction.

2. The display module according to claim 1 , wherein the holding member is more deformable than the frame.

3. The display module according to claim 1 , wherein

the holding member includes

a light-blocking film configured to block light, and

an adhesive member which is provided on a surface of the light-blocking film and which bonds the liquid crystal panel and the frame to the light-blocking film.

4. The display module according to claim 3 , wherein the adhesive member is a double-faced tape.

5. The display module according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid crystal panel and the frame are connected to the holding member except in the middle region of the holding member.

6. The display module according to claim 1 , wherein the holding member has an opening in a region that overlaps the display surface of the liquid crystal panel viewed from the second direction to surround the outer edge of the liquid crystal panel.

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 Mar 11, 2014
From: SHINOJIMA, KAZUMOTO
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 032406/0348 →