IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,852,931
Granted Patent B2
US 11,852,931 · App. 17/674,490 · Granted Dec 26, 2023

Display unit having a curved display panel

Inventor: Seiji Shibahara (Chiba, JP)
Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
G02F1/13452G02F1/1333G02F1/133382G02F1/133305H10K59/131H10K2102/311
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Patent No.
US 11,852,931
App. No.
17/674,490
Granted
Dec 26, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display unit of the present disclosure includes: a first plate-like member including a display device; a second plate-like member including a drive circuit, the drive circuit configured to control the display device; and one or two or more wiring sections having flexibility, the wiring sections configured to connect the first plate-like member and the second plate-like member to each other, in which a curvature of the second plate-like member is larger than 0 and equal to or smaller than a curvature of the first plate-like member.

Claims (25)

1. A display unit comprising:

a first plate-like member including a display device that extends in a first direction;

a second plate-like member comprising circuitry for control of the display device, the second plate-like member overlapping the first plate-like member and extending in the first direction; and

a third plate-like member comprising second circuitry for the control of the display device, the third plate-like member overlapping the first plate-like member and extending in the first direction of the display device control,

wherein the second plate-like member and the third plate-like member having a gap therebetween in the first direction;

wherein the first, second and third plate-like members are curved in a second direction, and

wherein a curvature of a rear surface of the first plate-like member is greater than curvatures of front surfaces of the second and third plate-like members.

2. The display unit according to claim 1 , wherein a thermal expansion coefficient of the first plate-like member is smaller than that of the second plate-like member.

3. The display unit according to claim 1 , further comprising holders that connect the second and third plate-like members to the first plate-like member.

4. The display unit according to claim 1 , further comprising a supporting member positioned on a surface of the first plate-like member, the supporting member supports the first plate-like member.

5. The display unit according to claim 4 , further comprising holders that connect the second and third plate-like members to the first plate-like member.

6. The display unit according to claim 4 , wherein the supporting member overlaps the first plate-like member in the first direction.

7. The display unit according to claim 1 , further comprising flexible sections coupling the first plate-like member and the second plate-like member to each other and coupling the first plate-like member and the third plate-like member.

8. The display unit according to claim 7 , wherein the flexible sections comprise wiring sections.

9. The display unit according to claim 8 , wherein a thermal expansion coefficient of the first plate-like member is smaller than that of the second plate-like member and that of the third plate-like member.

10. The display unit according to claim 8 , wherein the wiring sections each include an Integrated Circuit (IC) chip.

11. The display unit according to claim 10 , wherein the IC chip on each of the wiring sections is in contact with a heat dissipation member.

12. The display unit according to claim 1 , wherein the first plate-like member comprises at least one glass substrate.

13. The display unit according to claim 1 , wherein the first plate-like member comprises two glass substrates that seal liquid crystal material therebetween.

14. The display unit according to claim 13 , wherein one of the glass substrates has a color filter and the other is a Thin Film Transistor (TFT) substrate.

15. The display unit according to claim 1 , wherein a thermal expansion coefficient of the first plate-like member is smaller than that of the second and third plate-like members.

16. The display unit according to claim 1 , wherein the second plate-like member and third-plate member are circuit boards.

17. The display unit according to claim 16 , wherein the circuit boards include source substrates.

18. The display unit according to claim 1 , comprising a rear enclosure on a side of the first plate-like member.

19. The display unit according to claim 1 , wherein the second plate-like member and third-plate member are circuit boards comprising epoxy resin.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2022
From: SHIBAHARA, SEIJI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060518/0888 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2022
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SATURN LICENSING LLC
Reel/Frame 060519/0006 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-147761 · Jun 29, 2012 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16353417 · Mar 14, 2019
Continuation 15399306 · Jan 5, 2017
Continuation 14410375
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