IP Library Granted Patent US 10,426,033
Granted Patent B2
US 10,426,033 · App. 16/053,275 · Granted Sep 24, 2019

Printed board, display device, and method of manufacturing the display device

Inventor: Hirofumi Miyashita (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: JOLED INC.
H05K1/117H05K1/147H05K1/189H05K3/365H05K3/368H05K2201/09027H05K2201/09145H05K2201/09409H05K2201/10128H05K2201/10136H05K2201/10962H05K2203/04
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Patent No.
US 10,426,033
App. No.
16/053,275
Granted
Sep 24, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A printed board has an elongated shape and is to be electrically coupled to a display panel via a flexible board. The printed board includes a first board section; and a second board section shorter in length than the first board section in a substantially perpendicular direction to a longitudinal direction of the printed board. The first board section and the second board section are disposed in a row in the longitudinal direction, each of the first board section and the second board section has a first end in the substantially perpendicular direction to the longitudinal direction, the first end of the first board section projects further than the first end of the second board section in the substantially perpendicular direction, and a connection portion to be connected to the flexible board is disposed at the first end of each of the first board section and the second board section.

Claims (25)

1. A printed board in an elongated shape to be electrically coupled to a display panel via a flexible board, the printed board comprising: a first board section; and a second board section that is shorter in length than the first board section in a substantially perpendicular direction to a longitudinal direction of the printed board, wherein the first board section and the second board section are adjacent to each other in a row in the longitudinal direction, the first board section and the second board section each have a first end in the substantially perpendicular direction, the first end of the first board section projects further than the first end of the second board section in the substantially perpendicular direction, and a connection portion that is configured to be directly connected to the flexible board is disposed at the first end of each of the first board section and the second board section wherein the flexible board is configured to be directly connected to the display panel; wherein the connection portion has a first connection portion disposed at the first end of the first board section, and a second connection portion disposed at the first end of the second board section, and a length of a connection terminal provided in the first connection portion in the longitudinal direction is longer than a length of a connection terminal provided in the second connection portion in the longitudinal direction.

2. The printed board according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first board section and the second board section further each have a second end on an opposite side of the first end, and

the second end has a linear shape in a plan view.

3. The printed board according to claim 1 ,

wherein lengths of the first board section and the second board section in the longitudinal direction are equal.

4. The printed board according to claim 1 ,

wherein a plurality of electronic components are disposed in the printed board, and

an electronic component having a greatest length in the substantially perpendicular direction among the plurality of electronic components is mounted on the first board section.

5. A display device comprising:

a display panel;

the printed board according to claim 1 ; and

a flexible board that couples the display panel and the printed board,

wherein the flexible board includes a first flexible board that couples the first board section and the display panel, and a second flexible board that couples the second board section and the display panel, and

a length of the first flexible board in the substantially perpendicular direction to the longitudinal direction of the printed board is shorter than a length of the second flexible board in the substantially perpendicular direction.

6. A method of manufacturing a display device, the method comprising:

preparing a display panel, the printed board according to claim 1 , and the flexible board that couples the display panel and the printed board; and

compression bonding the printed board and the flexible board,

wherein in the preparing, a first flexible board and a second flexible board are prepared, the second flexible board being longer in length than the first flexible board in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the printed board, and

in the compression bonding, the connection portion disposed at the first end of the first board section and the first flexible board are compression-bonded, and the connection portion disposed at the first end of the second board section and the second flexible board are compression-bonded.

7. A display device with a display panel to which a printed board in an elongated shape to be electrically connected via a flexible board, the display panel comprising:

a printed board, including

a first board section; and a second board section that is shorter in length than the first board section in a substantially perpendicular direction to a longitudinal direction of the printed board, wherein the first board section and the second board section are adjacent to each other in a row in the longitudinal direction, the first board section and the second board section each have a first end in the substantially perpendicular direction, the first end of the first board section projects further than the first end of the second board section in the substantially perpendicular direction, and a connection portion that is configured to be directly connected to one end of the flexible board is disposed at the first end of each of the first board section and the second board section, wherein an other end of the flexible board is configured to be directly connected to the display panel; wherein the connection portion has a first connection portion disposed at the first end of the first board section, and a second connection portion disposed at the first end of the second board section, and a length of a connection terminal provided in the first connection portion in the longitudinal direction is longer than a length of a connection terminal provided in the second connection portion in the longitudinal direction.

8. A display device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the length of the flexible board connected to the first board section is shorter than that is connected to the second board section.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2025
From: JDI DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT G.K.
To: MAGNOLIA BLUE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072039/0656 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2024
From: JOLED, INC.
To: JDI DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT G.K.
Reel/Frame 066382/0619 →
CORRECTION BY AFFIDAVIT FILED AGAINST REEL/FRAME 063396/0671 Recorded Jun 12, 2023
From: JOLED, INC.
To: JOLED, INC.
Reel/Frame 064067/0723 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2023
From: JOLED, INC.
To: INCJ, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063396/0671 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 2, 2018
From: MIYASHITA, HIROFUMI
To: JOLED INC.
Reel/Frame 046698/0124 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-205586 · Oct 24, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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