IP Library Granted Patent US 10,534,213
Granted Patent B2
US 10,534,213 · App. 15/622,930 · Granted Jan 14, 2020

Backlight device and display device equipped including a backlight device

Inventors: Yosuke Nakamori (Tokyo, JP); Ken Hirabayashi (Tokyo, JP); Koji Noguchi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
G02F1/13338G02F1/134309G02F2202/28G06F2203/04105
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Patent No.
US 10,534,213
App. No.
15/622,930
Granted
Jan 14, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a display device includes a liquid crystal panel including a pair of substrates opposed to each other, a liquid crystal layer between the substrates, and a first electrode portion on at least one of the substrates, a backlight device including an optical member and a second electrode portion opposed to the first electrode portion, and an adhesive member between the liquid crystal panel and the backlight device to fix the backlight device to the liquid crystal panel. The adhesive member includes a first base, adhesive layers on both surfaces of the first base, a second base on the first base via one of the adhesive layers, and an adhesive layer on the second base.

Claims (61)

1. A display device comprising:

a liquid crystal panel comprising a pair of substrates opposed to each other, a liquid crystal layer between the substrates, and a first electrode portion on at least one of the substrates;

a backlight device comprising an optical member and a second electrode portion opposed to and spaced apart from the first electrode portion; and

an adhesive member between the liquid crystal panel and the backlight device to stick the backlight device to the liquid crystal panel, wherein

the adhesive member comprises a first base, adhesive layers on both surfaces of the first base, a second base on the first base via one of the adhesive layers, and an adhesive layer on the second base, and the first base, the second base and the adhesive layers are stacked in a first direction that is a thickness direction of the adhesive member, and

the second base includes an outer region and an inner region which are arranged side by side in a second direction that is a width direction of the adhesive member and crossing the first direction, and the inner region is formed of a material softer than a material of the outer region and than a material of the first base.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the backlight device comprises:

a casing including a support frame fixed to the liquid crystal panel by the adhesive member and a bottom plate fixed to the support frame to constitute the second electrode portion;

a light guide in the casing;

an optical sheet on the light guide; and

a light source in the casing, configured to incident light on the light guide.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein

the inner region is opposed to an inner peripheral region of the support frame and the outer region is opposed to an outer peripheral region of the support frame.

4. The display device of claim 2 , wherein

the second base is formed of a material softer than a material of the first base.

5. The display device of claim 2 , wherein

the support frame is formed of an elastic material containing rubber.

6. The display device of claim 2 , wherein

the light guide is formed of glass.

7. The display device of claim 2 , wherein

the backlight device comprises a cushion member between the light guide and the bottom plate of the casing.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein

the backlight device comprises a spacer between the light guide and the bottom plate on an outer peripheral side of the cushion member.

9. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a pressing force sensor configured to sense magnitude of a pressing force, based on a capacity variation between the first electrode portion and the second electrode portion caused by input of the pressing force to the liquid crystal panel, the pressing force sensor comprising a controller transmitting a sensor drive signal to any one of the first electrode portion and the second electrode portion and receiving a signal based on a capacity variation between the first electrode portion and the second electrode portion from the other electrode portion as a receive signal.

10. A backlight device comprising:

a casing;

a light guide in the casing;

an optical sheet on the light guide;

a light source in the casing to make light incident on the light guide; and

an adhesive member sticking the casing to a display panel side, wherein

the adhesive member comprises a first base, adhesive layers on both surfaces of the first base, a second base on the first base via one of the adhesive layers, and an adhesive layer on the second base, and the first base, the second base and the adhesive layers are stacked in a first direction that is a thickness direction of the adhesive member, and

the second base includes an outer region in a frame shape and an inner region in a frame shape, which are arranged side by side in a second direction that is a width direction of the adhesive member and crossing the first direction, and the inner region is formed of a material softer than a material of the outer region and than a material of the first base.

11. The backlight device of claim 10 , wherein

the casing comprises a support frame including a first end surface and a second end surface on an opposite side to the first end surface, and a bottom plate covering the second end surface side of the support frame,

the light guide is placed on the bottom plate, and

the adhesive member is stuck on the first end surface of the support frame.

12. The backlight device of claim 11 , wherein

the inner region is opposed to an inner peripheral region side of the support frame and the outer region is opposed to an outer peripheral region of the support frame.

13. The backlight device of claim 11 , wherein

the second base is formed of a material softer than a material of the first base.

14. The backlight device of claim 11 , wherein

the support frame is formed of an elastic material containing rubber.

15. The backlight device of claim 11 , wherein

the bottom plate of the casing constitutes an electrode portion opposed to an electrode portion on the display panel side.

16. The backlight device of claim 15 , further comprising a cushion member between the bottom plate and the light guide.

17. A display device comprising:

a liquid crystal panel comprising a pair of substrates opposed to each other, a liquid crystal layer between the substrates, and a first electrode portion on at least one of the substrates;

a backlight device comprising a casing including a support frame fixed to the liquid crystal panel and a bottom plate fixed to the support frame to constitute a second electrode portion opposed to and spaced apart from the first electrode portion, a light guide in the casing, an optical sheet on the light guide, and a light source in the casing, configured to incident light on the light guide; and

an adhesive member between the liquid crystal panel and the casing to fix the casing to the liquid crystal panel, wherein

the adhesive member comprises a first base, adhesive layers on both surfaces of the first base, a second base on the first base via one of the adhesive layers, and an adhesive layer on the second base, and the first base, the second base and the adhesive layers are stacked in a first direction that is a thickness direction of the adhesive member,

the second base includes an outer region in a frame shape and an inner region in a frame shape, which are arranged side by side in a second direction that is a width direction of the adhesive member and crossing the first direction, the inner region is formed of a material softer than a material of the outer region and than a material of the first base.

18. A backlight device comprising:

a casing including a support frame with a first end surface and a second end surface, and a bottom plate covering the second end surface side of the support frame to constitute an electrode portion;

a light guide in the casing;

an optical sheet on the light guide;

a light source in the casing to make light incident on the light guide; and

an adhesive member sticking the casing to a display panel side, wherein

the adhesive member comprises a first base, adhesive layers on both surfaces of the first base, a second base on the first base via one of the adhesive layers, and an adhesive layer on the second base, and the first base, the second base and the adhesive layers are stacked in a first direction that is a thickness direction of the adhesive member, and

the second base includes an outer region in a frame shape and an inner region in a frame shape, which are arranged side by side in a second direction that is a width direction of the adhesive member and crossing the first direction, the inner region is formed of a material softer than a material of the outer region and than a material of the first base, and the inner region is opposed to an inner peripheral region side of the support frame and the outer region is opposed to an outer peripheral region of the support frame.

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 Sep 4, 2018
From: NAKAMORI, YOSUKE; HIRABAYASHI, KEN; NOGUCHI, KOJI
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 046779/0980 →