IP Library Granted Patent US 10,598,976
Granted Patent B2
US 10,598,976 · App. 15/722,247 · Granted Mar 24, 2020

Liquid crystal display device

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Patent No.
US 10,598,976
App. No.
15/722,247
Granted
Mar 24, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, the liquid crystal layer being enclosed by a sealing member, a first protrusion in one of the first substrate and the second substrate in a region inner to the sealing member, the first protrusion protruding toward the other of the first substrate and the second substrate, and a resin component bonding the other of the first substrate and the second substrate and the first protrusion to each other.

Claims (36)

1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:

a first substrate;

a second substrate facing the first substrate;

a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, the liquid crystal layer being enclosed by a sealing member;

a first protrusion in one of the first substrate and the second substrate in a region inner to the sealing member, the first protrusion protruding toward the other of the first substrate and the second substrate; and

a resin component bonding the other of the first substrate and the second substrate and the first protrusion to each other,

wherein the second substrate includes a first light-blocking layer having an opening provided therein,

the first substrate includes a pixel electrode, a switching element, and a second light-blocking layer,

the switching element is electrically connected with the pixel electrode,

the second light-blocking layer is between the switching element and the liquid crystal layer, and

the opening overlaps the first protrusion and the second light-blocking layer in a plan view.

2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the resin component is an ultraviolet-curable polymer based on an ultraviolet-curable monomer; and

the second substrate has a transmittance for ultraviolet light higher than a transmittance of the first substrate for the ultraviolet light.

3. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are flexible.

4. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 3 , wherein:

the first substrate and the second substrate are bent at a bending portion, and include a first region in the vicinity of the bending portion in a plan view and a second region farther from the bending portion than the first region in a plan view; and

a plurality of the resin components are located at a higher locating density in the first region than in the second region.

5. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a second protrusion in the first substrate, the second protrusion protruding toward the second substrate and being in contact with the second substrate.

6. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 5 , further comprising a third protrusion in the first substrate, the third protrusion protruding toward the second substrate,

wherein:

the liquid crystal layer is between the second substrate and the third protrusion; and

the second protrusion is greater than the third protrusion in the length from the first substrate.

7. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 5 , wherein the first protrusion and the second protrusion have different area sizes from each other in a plan view.

8. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 5 , wherein the first protrusion has an area size larger than an area size of the second protrusion in a plan view.

9. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the resin component is formed of a material different from a material of the first protrusion.

10. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9 , wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are flexible.

11. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 10 , wherein:

the first substrate and the second substrate are bent at a bending portion, and include a first region in the vicinity of the bending portion in a plan view and a second region farther from the bending portion than the first region in a plan view; and

a plurality of the resin components are located at a higher locating density in the first region than in the second region.

12. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 10 , further comprising a second protrusion in the first substrate, the second protrusion protruding toward the second substrate and being in contact with the second substrate.

13. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 12 , further comprising a third protrusion in the first substrate, the third protrusion protruding toward the second substrate,

wherein:

the liquid crystal layer is between the second substrate and the third protrusion; and

the second protrusion is greater than the third protrusion in the length from the first substrate.

14. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 13 , wherein the first protrusion has an area size larger than an area size of the second protrusion in a plan view.

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 Oct 2, 2017
From: JIN, LU; OKA, SHINICHIRO; HYODO, YOSUKE
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 043753/0477 →