IP Library Granted Patent US 10,598,971
Granted Patent B2
US 10,598,971 · App. 15/499,052 · Granted Mar 24, 2020

Display device

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Patent No.
US 10,598,971
App. No.
15/499,052
Granted
Mar 24, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: a panel including a display screen and a side face that extends along a periphery of the display screen; a backlight located on a side of the panel opposite to the display screen to radiate light on the panel; a case, for containing the backlight, including a bottom that faces the panel with the backlight in between and a side wall that stands at a periphery of the bottom and faces the side face of the panel; and a combining member provided between the side face of the panel and the side wall to combine the panel and the case.

Claims (41)

1. A display device comprising:

a panel including a display screen and a side face that extends along a periphery of the display screen;

a backlight located on a side of the panel opposite to the display screen to radiate light on the panel;

a case containing the panel and the backlight, the case including a bottom that faces the panel with the backlight in between and a side wall that stands at a periphery of the bottom and faces a side of the backlight and the side face of the panel; and

a combining member provided between the side face of the panel and the side wall to combine the panel and the case,

wherein

the panel has a first substrate and a second substrate, the first substrate being located between the backlight and the second substrate and having a first side surface and a first main surface, the first main surface being a side of the first substrate opposite to the second substrate,

the combining member extends continuously along the first side surface and an outer edge part of the first main surface, and

the combining member includes a region along the outer edge part that faces the backlight via a gap.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the combining member is a bonding adhesive.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the combining member is a double-faced adhesive tape with a base material having a cushioning property.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the combining member is a light blocking member.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the backlight includes a light guide plate arranged on the bottom of the case, and

the bottom includes a surface that faces the light guide plate and that has a light reflecting property.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

an upper end portion of the side wall protrudes beyond a display-screen-side end portion of the side face of the panel in a direction away from the bottom.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the panel includes:

a flexible printed circuit that is joined with the first substrate and protrudes from the first substrate,

wherein an edge of a side face of the panel other than an edge from which the flexible printed circuit protrudes is combined with the side wall with the combining member.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the side face of the backlight protrudes toward the side wall beyond the side face of the panel.

9. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the side face of the panel protrudes toward the side wall beyond the side face of the backlight.

10. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the backlight has an optical sheet, and

the region faces a main surface of the optical sheet via the gap.

11. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

a polarizer is located on the first main surface, and

the combining member is in contact with a side surface of the polarizer.

12. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein the polarizer is located on a part of the first main surface, the part being different from the outer edge part.

13. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second substrate has a second main surface and a second side surface, the second main surface being a side of the second substrate opposite to the first substrate, and

the combining member extends continuously along the second side surface and an outer edge part of the second main surface.

14. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

a side surface of the backlight faces the side wall via a predetermined air gap, and

the predetermined air gap is located between the combining member and the bottom of the case.

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 Apr 27, 2017
From: HIRABAYASHI, KEN
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 042164/0171 →