Apparatus having curable resin adhering plate-shaped base and cover plate and manufacturing method the same

1. An apparatus comprising:

a plate-shaped base;

a cover plate;

a curable resin located in a gap between the plate-shaped base and the cover plate and adhering the plate-shaped base and the cover plate together; and

a light-shielding member located on a peripheral part of at least one of the plate-shaped base and the cover plate,

wherein the curable resin includes a first curable-resin part, a second curable-resin part, and a third curable-resin part,

the first curable-resin part, the second curable-resin part, and the third curable-resin part are arranged from an outside of the apparatus toward an inside of the apparatus,

the first curable-resin part contacts the second curable-resin part,

the second curable-resin part contacts the third curable-resin part,

the first curable-resin part and the second curable-resin part are shielded by the light-shielding member,

the third curable-resin part is not shielded by the light-shielding member,

the second curable-resin part is lower in one of an elastic modulus, and an adhesion strength than the first curable-resin part, and the third curable-resin part is higher or a substantially same in one of an elastic modulus, and an adhesion strength, in comparison with the first curable-resin part.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the one of an elastic modulus, a curing degree, and an adhesion strength of the first and second curable-resin parts decreases continuously from the outer edge of the light-shielding member to the inner edge of the light-shielding member.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the elastic modulus of the second curable-resin part is equal to 5 KPa or less.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the second curable-resin part has a curing degree of about 60%, and the first curable-resin part has a curing degree equal to 80% or more.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the curable resin has at least one of photo-curability, heat-curability, and moisture-curability.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the gap is filled with the curable resin up to the end of the plate-shaped base.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a gap-forming member located in the gap between the plate-shaped base and the cover plate.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 ,

wherein the gap-forming member is located at a position between the outer edge and the inner edge of the area in the gap, which is shielded by the light-shielding member, to separate the first curable-resin part and the second curable-resin part from each other.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the plate-shaped base includes an image display unit or an input unit.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 ,

wherein the plate-shaped base includes an image display unit,

the image display unit includes substrates facing each other, a seal joining the substrates together, and liquid crystal sealed within a space inside the seal,

the second curable-resin part is located in the gap to cover an area from the inner edge of the light-shielding member to an inner edge of the seal, and

the first curable-resin part is located in the gap to cover an area from the inner edge of the seal to the outer edge of the light-shielding member.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the cover plate includes an input unit, a substrate, or a composite substrate.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the second curable-resin part is interposed between the first curable-resin part and the third curable-resin part.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 ,

wherein the first curable-resin part includes an end of the curable resin.

14. The apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the light-shielding member has a uniform property over a whole region of the light-shielding member.

15. The apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein a curing degree changes step-wise between the first curable-resin part and the second curable-resin part.