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Granted Patent B2
US 11,579,700 · App. 17/446,873 · Granted Feb 14, 2023

Display apparatus

Inventors: Shinichiro Oka (Tokyo, JP); Michiaki Sakamoto (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
G06F3/016B06B1/00G06F3/0412G06F3/0416
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Patent No.
US 11,579,700
App. No.
17/446,873
Granted
Feb 14, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display apparatus includes: a display panel; an enclosure enclosing the display panel; a cover member covering a front surface of the display panel; an actuator connected to the cover member and having a function of applying vibration to the cover member; and a viscous body arranged between the display panel and the cover member. The viscous body is bonded to the display panel and the cover member, and, when a periodic stress having a vibration frequency of ½ period per second is applied to the viscous body, a dynamic elastic modulus of the viscous body is equal to or lower than 1×10 −3 of Young's modulus of the viscous body.

Claims (62)

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a display panel having a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a side surface crossing the first surface and the second surface;

an enclosure enclosing the display panel;

a cover member having a third surface facing the first surface of the display panel and a fourth surface opposite to the third surface so as to cover the first surface of the display panel;

an actuator connected to the cover member and having a function of applying an external force to the cover member; and

a viscous body arranged between the first surface of the display panel and the third surface of the cover member,

wherein, when a periodic stress having a vibration frequency of ½ period per second is applied to the viscous body, a dynamic elastic modulus of the viscous body is equal to or lower than 1×10 −3 of Young's modulus of the viscous body.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the display panel is arranged in the enclosure, and

the cover member is supported by and not fixed to the enclosure.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the viscous body is formed in a frame shape,

a first fluid is arranged inside a region surrounded by the viscous body, and

the first fluid is sealed inside a space surrounded by the viscous body, the display panel and the cover member, and is in contact with the viscous body, the display panel and the cover member.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein a plurality of spacer members that are arranged so as to disperse in the first fluid are arranged inside the region surrounded by the viscous body, and

each of the plurality of spacer members is spherical.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the cover member has a first side extending in a first direction, a second side extending in the first direction and being opposite to the first side, a third side extending in a second direction crossing the first direction and a fourth side extending in the second direction and being opposite to the third side, and

the actuator is arranged along the first side of the cover member, and applies the external force in the second direction.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein the cover member has a first side extending in a first direction, a second side extending in the first direction and being opposite to the first side, a third side extending in a second direction crossing the first direction and a fourth side extending in the second direction and being opposite to the third side, and

the actuator is arranged along the first side of the cover member, and applies the external force in the second direction.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the cover member has a first side extending in a first direction, a second side extending in the first direction and being opposite to the first side, a third side extending in a second direction crossing the first direction and a fourth side extending in the second direction and being opposite to the third side, and

the actuator is arranged along the first side of the cover member, and applies the external force in the second direction.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 5 ,

wherein the display apparatus includes a plurality of springs arranged along the second side of the cover member.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 4 ,

wherein the cover member has a first side extending in a first direction, a second side extending in the first direction and being opposite to the first side, a third side extending in a second direction crossing the first direction and a fourth side extending in the second direction and being opposite to the third side, and

the actuator is arranged along the first side of the cover member, and applies the external force in the second direction.

10. A display apparatus comprising:

a display panel having a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a side surface crossing the first surface and the second surface;

an enclosure enclosing the display panel;

a cover member having a third surface facing the first surface of the display panel and a fourth surface opposite to the third surface and covering the first surface of the display panel;

an actuator connected to the cover member and having a function of applying an external force to the cover member; and

a viscous body arranged between the first surface of the display panel and the third surface of the cover member,

wherein the viscous body has fluidity when the actuator operates while the viscous body does not have the fluidity when the operation of the actuator stops.

11. The display apparatus according to claim 10 ,

wherein the display panel is arranged in the enclosure, and

the cover member is supported by and not fixed to the enclosure.

12. The display apparatus according to claim 11 ,

wherein the viscous body is formed in a frame shape,

a first fluid is arranged inside a region surrounded by the viscous body, and

the first fluid is sealed inside a space surrounded by the viscous body, the display panel and the cover member, and is in contact with the viscous body, the display panel and the cover member.

13. The display apparatus according to claim 12 ,

wherein a plurality of spacer members that are arranged so as to disperse in the first fluid are arranged inside the region surrounded by the viscous body, and

each of the plurality of spacer members is spherical.

14. The display apparatus according to claim 13 ,

wherein the cover member has a first side extending in a first direction, a second side extending in the first direction and being opposite to the first side, a third side extending in a second direction crossing the first direction and a fourth side extending in the second direction and being opposite to the third side, and

the actuator is arranged along the first side of the cover member, and applies the external force in the second direction.

15. The display apparatus according to claim 12 ,

wherein the cover member has a first side extending in a first direction, a second side extending in the first direction and being opposite to the first side, a third side extending in a second direction crossing the first direction and a fourth side extending in the second direction and being opposite to the third side, and

the actuator is arranged along the first side of the cover member, and applies the external force in the second direction.

16. The display apparatus according to claim 11 ,

wherein the cover member has a first side extending in a first direction, a second side extending in the first direction and being opposite to the first side, a third side extending in a second direction crossing the first direction and a fourth side extending in the second direction and being opposite to the third side, and

the actuator is arranged along the first side of the cover member, and applies the external force in the second direction.

17. The display apparatus according to claim 10 ,

wherein the cover member has a first side extending in a first direction, a second side extending in the first direction and being opposite to the first side, a third side extending in a second direction crossing the first direction and a fourth side extending in the second direction and being opposite to the third side, and

the actuator is arranged along the first side of the cover member, and applies the external force in the second direction.

18. The display apparatus according to claim 17 ,

wherein the display apparatus includes a plurality of springs arranged along the second side of the cover member.

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 3, 2021
From: OKA, SHINICHIRO; SAKAMOTO, MICHIAKI
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 057381/0645 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-040110 · Mar 6, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020000972 · Jan 15, 2020
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