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Granted Patent B2
US 11,237,420 · App. 16/872,298 · Granted Feb 1, 2022

Display device having fixing member

Inventor: Kazuki Nakamichi (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G02F1/13338G02F1/133308G02F1/133331
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Patent No.
US 11,237,420
App. No.
16/872,298
Granted
Feb 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid-crystal display that includes a liquid-crystal module and a touch panel covering the liquid-crystal module. The liquid-crystal display includes a holder extending along the outer end of the liquid-crystal module, the holder holding the touch panel in a state of covering the liquid-crystal module. The liquid-crystal display includes a double-faced tape disposed between a surface of the touch panel and a surface of the holder facing each other, the double-faced tape fixing the touch panel and the holder together. The double-faced tape includes multiple segments continuously disposed in a direction where the holder extends, the segments being mutually separable.

Claims (45)

1. A display device that includes a display panel and a cover panel covering the display panel, the display device comprising:

a holder extending at least along an outer end of the display panel, the holder holding the cover panel in a state of covering the display panel; and

a fixing member disposed between a surface of the cover panel and a surface of the holder facing each other, the fixing member fixing the cover panel and the holder together, wherein

the fixing member comprises

a plurality of segments continuously disposed in a direction where the holder extends, the plurality of segments being mutually separable,

a plurality of joints, each of the plurality of joints joining the segments adjacent to each other, and

a plurality of slits, each of the plurality of slits extending in a direction intersecting with the direction where the holder extends, and

the plurality of slits comprises

an outer slit extending from an outer end of the holder toward an inner end of the holder, and

an inner slit extending from the inner end of the holder toward the outer end of the holder.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of slits extends to a half or more of a distance of the fixing member in the direction intersecting with the direction where the holder extends.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of slits is arranged in the direction where the holder extends, and

a pair of the plurality of slits adjacent to each other are mutually distant by more than a distance that is twice as great as a width of at least one slit of the plurality of slits.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the display panel comprises a liquid-crystal panel comprising a liquid crystal, and

the cover panel comprises a touch panel capable of detecting a position where a position-input element has performed position-input.

5. A display device that includes a display panel and a cover panel covering the display panel, the display device comprising:

a holder extending at least along an outer end of the display panel, the holder holding the cover panel in a state of covering the display panel; and

a fixing member disposed between a surface of the cover panel and a surface of the holder facing each other, the fixing member fixing the cover panel and the holder together, wherein

the fixing member comprises

a plurality of segments continuously disposed in a direction where the holder extends, the plurality of segments being mutually separable,

a plurality of joints, each of the plurality of joints joining the segments adjacent to each other, and

a plurality of slits, each of the plurality of slits extending in a direction intersecting with the direction where the holder extends and

extending to a half or more of a distance of the fixing member in the direction intersecting with the direction where the holder extends.

6. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein each of the plurality of slits extends at least from an outer end of the holder toward an inner end of the holder.

7. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein

the plurality of slits is arranged in the direction where the holder extends, and

a pair of the plurality of slits adjacent to each other are mutually distant by more than a distance that is twice as great as a width of at least one slit of the plurality of slits.

8. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein

the display panel comprises a liquid-crystal panel comprising a liquid crystal, and

the cover panel comprises a touch panel capable of detecting a position where a position-input element has performed position-input.

9. A display device that includes a display panel and a cover panel covering the display panel, the display device comprising:

a holder extending at least along an outer end of the display panel, the holder holding the cover panel in a state of covering the display panel; and

a fixing member disposed between a surface of the cover panel and a surface of the holder facing each other, the fixing member fixing the cover panel and the holder together, wherein

the fixing member comprises

a plurality of segments continuously disposed in a direction where the holder extends, the plurality of segments being mutually separable,

a plurality of joints, each of the plurality of joints joining the segments adjacent to each other, and

a plurality of slits, each of the plurality of slits extending in a direction intersecting with the direction where the holder extends,

the plurality of slits arranged in the direction where the holder extends, and

a pair of the plurality of slits adjacent to each other are mutually distant by more than a distance that is twice as great as a width of at least one slit of the plurality of slits.

10. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein each of the plurality of slits extends at least from an outer end of the holder toward an inner end of the holder.

11. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein

the display panel comprises a liquid-crystal panel comprising a liquid crystal, and

the cover panel comprises a touch panel capable of detecting a position where a position-input element has performed position-input.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 11, 2020
From: NAKAMICHI, KAZUKI
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 052630/0147 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62847324 · May 14, 2019
Related Publication 20200363672A1 · Nov 19, 2020