IP Library Granted Patent US 9,519,171
Granted Patent B2
US 9,519,171 · App. 14/370,004 · Granted Dec 13, 2016

Electronic device

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,519,171
App. No.
14/370,004
Granted
Dec 13, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device includes: a backlight holding case 8 accommodating a light guide plate 7 ; a design frame 3 which includes a flange part 3 a protruding inward from a peripheral edge of a frame opening, and a design panel part 3 b protruding outward therefrom, and which is attached to an opening of a backlight holding case 8 to sandwich the plate 7 between the flange part 3 a and backlight holding case 8 ; a protective-plate-attached liquid crystal display panel 2 in which a protective plate 2 a is mounted on a display surface, and which the outer peripheral part of the protective plate 2 a is fixed to the panel part 3 b , and the back side is illuminated with light from the light source guided by the plate 7 ; and a rear side case 4 assembled to the design frame 3 fixed by the panel 2 through the panel part 3 b.

Claims (6)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a case of which one surface is open, and which accommodates an illumination light source part that includes a light guide body;

a generally planar liquid crystal display panel in which a protective plate is mounted on a display surface;

a design frame which includes a flange part that protrudes inwardly toward the liquid crystal display panel from a peripheral edge of the design frame, and a design panel part that protrudes outward from the peripheral edge of the design frame in a direction generally perpendicularly from the liquid crystal display panel to constitute an exterior design on a display surface side, the flange part being attached to sides of the case to sandwich the light guide body between the flange part and the case;

the liquid crystal display panel having an outer peripheral part of the protective plate fixed to the design panel part, and thus a back side thereof being illuminated with light from a light source guided by the light guide body; and

a casing body on a rear side which is assembled to the design frame to which the liquid crystal display panel is fixed through the design panel part.

Assignments (2)
COMPANY SPLIT Recorded Sep 4, 2024
From: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC MOBILITY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068834/0585 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 1, 2014
From: KUROKI, TAKAO; TSUKAHARA, REI
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033220/0471 →