IP Library Granted Patent US 11,867,992
Granted Patent B2
US 11,867,992 · App. 17/992,455 · Granted Jan 9, 2024

Display device

Inventor: Takuya Nishimoto (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
G02F1/13332G02F1/133317G02F1/133391
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Patent No.
US 11,867,992
App. No.
17/992,455
Granted
Jan 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to an aspect, a display device includes: a front surface panel; a plurality of display units disposed at different positions on a back of the front surface panel; and a main frame supporting side parts of a first display unit and a second display unit adjacent to each other among the plurality of display units, and fixed to a back surface of the front surface panel.

Claims (47)

1. A display device comprising:

a front surface panel;

a plurality of the display panels disposed at different positions on a back of the front surface panel, the display panels including a first display panel and a second display panel; and

a main frame supporting side parts of the first display panel and the second display panel that are adjacent to each other, and that are fixed to a back surface of the front surface panel, wherein

the main frame includes:

a first subframe supporting a side part of the first display panel; and

a second subframe fixed to the first subframe and supporting a side part of the second display panel,

the first subframe includes:

a first plate part fixed to the back surface of the front surface panel; and

a first leg part extending from the first plate part along the side part of the first display panel and supporting the side part, and

the second subframe includes:

a second plate part fixed to the back surface of the front surface panel;

a second leg part extending from the second plate part along the side part of the second display panel and supporting the side part; and

a third plate part extending from the second leg part along a back surface of the first plate part and fixed to the back surface of the first plate part.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second subframe includes a third leg part extending from the third plate part along the first leg part.

3. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the second subframe includes a fourth plate part extending so as to intersect the third plate part and coupling the second leg part, the third plate part, and the third leg part.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a first backlight disposed on a back of the first display panel,

a first housing case housing therein the first backlight, and

a first coupling member coupling the first housing case and the first subframe to each other.

5. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein

the first coupling member includes a fifth plate part extending along the front surface panel to a position overlapping the first backlight, and

the first backlight is sandwiched between the fifth plate part and the first housing case.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a second backlight disposed on a back of the second display panel,

a second housing case housing therein the second backlight, and

a second coupling member coupling the second housing case and the second subframe to each other.

7. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein

the second coupling member includes a sixth plate part extending along the front surface panel to a position overlapping the second backlight, and

the backlight is sandwiched between the sixth plate part and the second housing case.

8. A display device comprising:

a front surface panel;

a plurality of the display panels disposed at different positions on a back surface of the front surface panel, the display panels including a first display panel and a second display panel;

a first frame fixed to the back surface of the front surface panel and supporting a side part of the first display panel; and

a second frame fixed to the back surface of the front surface panel, supporting a side part of the second display panel adjacent to the first display panel, and provided separately from the first frame, wherein

a first backlight is disposed on a back of the first display panel;

a first housing case houses therein the first backlight; and

a first coupling member couples the first housing case and the first frame to each other,

the first coupling member includes a fifth plate part extending along the front surface panel to a position overlapping the first backlight, and

the first backlight is sandwiched between the fifth plate part and the first housing case.

9. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein

a second backlight is disposed on a back of the second display panel,

a second housing case houses therein the second backlight, and

a second coupling member couples the second housing case and the second frame to each other.

10. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein

the second coupling member includes a sixth plate part extending along the front surface panel to a position overlapping the second backlight, and

the second backlight is sandwiched between the sixth plate part and the second housing case.

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 Nov 22, 2022
From: NISHIMOTO, TAKUYA
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 061857/0585 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-141638 · Aug 25, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17404112 · Aug 17, 2021
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