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Granted Patent B2
US 10,281,779 · App. 15/399,306 · Granted May 7, 2019

Display unit having a curved display panel

Inventor: Seiji Shibahara (Chiba, JP)
Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
G02F1/13452G02F1/1333G02F1/133382G02F1/133305H01L27/3276H01L2251/5338
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Patent No.
US 10,281,779
App. No.
15/399,306
Granted
May 7, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display unit having a curved display panel. In an illustrative configuration, the display unit includes a curved control circuit board, wherein the display panel is connected to the control circuit board by a wiring section and the control circuit board is curved so as to eliminate or reduce non-uniform deflection in the wiring section.

Claims (27)

1. A display unit comprising:

a first plate-like member including a display device;

a second plate-like member including a drive circuit, the drive circuit configured to control the display device; and

two or more wiring sections having flexibility, each of the wiring sections coupling the first plate-like member and the second plate-like member to each other,

wherein a curvature of the first plate-like member is larger than 0 and the curvature of the first plate-like member is larger than a curvature of the second plate-like member,

wherein both the first plate-like member and the second plate-like member are curved in the same direction.

2. The display unit according to claim 1 , wherein a thermal expansion coefficient of the first plate-like member is smaller than that of the second plate-like member.

3. The display unit according to claim 1 , wherein the two or more wiring sections each include two parallel sections with respect to the first plate-like member and a vertical section connecting these parallel sections to each other.

4. The display unit according to claim 1 , wherein an IC chip is provided on each of the wiring sections.

5. The display unit according to claim 1 , wherein second plate-like member is flat prior to attachment to the first plate-like member.

6. The display unit according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one holding section attached to a supporting member, which is attached to one side of the first plate-like member, wherein the at least one holding section comprises a locking section at both ends of the holding section for supporting the second plate-like member.

7. The display unit according to claim 3 , wherein the second plate-like member is disposed on a back surface side of the first plate-like member.

8. The display unit according to claim 3 , wherein the width of the interior gap of the at least one locking section (W1) is larger than a thickness of the second plate-like member.

9. The display unit according to claim 3 , wherein an IC chip is provided on each of the wiring sections.

10. The display unit according to claim 9 , wherein the IC chip on each of the wiring sections is in contact with a heat dissipation member.

11. The display unit according to claim 10 , wherein a curvature of the heat dissipation member is equal to or larger than 0 and equal to or smaller than that of the first plate-like member.

12. A display unit comprising:

a first plate-like member including a display device;

a second plate-like member including a drive circuit, the drive circuit configured to control the display device; and

two or more wiring sections, each of the wiring sections connecting the first plate-like member and the second plate-like member to each other,

wherein a curvature of the first plate-like member is larger than 0 and the curvature of the first plate-like member is larger than a curvature of the second plate-like member,

wherein both the first plate-like member and the second plate-like member are curved in the same direction.

13. The display unit according to claim 12 , wherein a thermal expansion coefficient of the first plate-like member is smaller than that of the second plate-like member.

14. The display unit according to claim 12 , further comprising at least one holding section attached to a supporting member, which is attached to one side of the first plate-like member, wherein the at least one holding section comprises a locking section at both sides of the holding section for supporting the second plate-like member.

15. The display unit according to claim 14 , wherein second plate-like member is flat prior to attachment to the first plate-like member.

16. The display unit according to claim 12 , wherein second plate-like member is flat prior to attachment to the first plate-like member.

17. The display unit according to claim 16 , wherein an IC chip is provided on each of the wiring sections.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 16, 2017
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SATURN LICENSING LLC
Reel/Frame 042469/0116 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2017
From: SHIBAHARA, SEIJI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042464/0343 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-147761 · Jun 29, 2012 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 14410375
Related Publication 20170192285A1 · Jul 6, 2017