IP Library Granted Patent US 12,292,640
Granted Patent B2
US 12,292,640 · App. 18/654,331 · Granted May 6, 2025

Display device

Inventors: Tomokazu Ishikawa (Tokyo, JP); Yuki Kuramoto (Tokyo, JP); Haruki Yamada (Tokyo, JP); Katsuhiro Kato (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
G02F1/133512G02F1/133308G02F1/133528G02F1/13394G02F1/133331G02F1/13338G02F1/13396G02F2202/28
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Patent No.
US 12,292,640
App. No.
18/654,331
Granted
May 6, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a display device comprises a display panel and a polarizing plate. The display panel comprises a display area, a non-display area surrounding the display area, and a light-shielding layer arranged in the display area and the non-display area. The polarizing plate is provided on a surface of the display panel, and including an end portion located in the non-display area. In this display device, the light-shielding layer opposite to the end portion of the polarizing plate is at least partially removed.

Claims (42)

1. A display device comprising:

an array substrate including pixel electrodes in a display area; and

a counter substrate including a color resist, a light shielding layer, an overcoat layer, and an alignment film on the overcoat layer;

wherein

the light shielding layer includes a first slit and a second slit,

the first slit surrounds at least three sides of the display area,

the second slit is located outside of the first slit, and surrounds at least three sides of the first slit,

the first slit is filled with the color resist,

the second slit is filled with the overcoat layer,

the first slit overlaps the alignment film, and

the second slit does not overlap the alignment film.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the color resist in the first slit is covered by the overcoat layer.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein a width of the first slit is larger than a width of the second slit.

4. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the color resist in the first slit has blue color.

5. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the color resist in the first slit has red color.

6. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the color resist in the first slit includes stacked color resists having different colors.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein the stacked color resists include a blue color resist and a red color resist.

8. The display device of claim 2 , further comprising a polarizing plate on the counter substrate, wherein

the first slit overlaps the polarizing plate, and

the second slit does not overlap the polarizing plate.

9. A substrate comprising:

a color resist;

a light shielding layer;

an overcoat layer; and

an alignment film on the overcoat layer,

wherein

the light shielding layer includes a first slit and a second slit,

the first slit surrounds at least three sides of a display area,

the second slit is located outside of the first slit, and surrounds at least three sides of the first slit,

the first slit is filled with the color resist,

the second slit is filled with the overcoat layer,

each of the first slit and the second slit is located outside of the display area,

the first slit is located between the display area and the second slit,

the second slit is located between an outer end of the substrate and the first slit,

the first slit overlaps the alignment film, and

the second slit does not overlap the alignment film.

10. The substrate of claim 9 , wherein the color resist in the first slit is covered by the overcoat layer.

11. The substrate of claim 10 , wherein a width of the first slit is larger than a width of the second slit.

12. The substrate of claim 10 , wherein the color resist in the first slit has blue color.

13. The substrate of claim 10 , wherein the color resist in the first slit has red color.

14. The substrate of claim 10 , wherein the color resist in the first slit includes stacked color resists having different colors.

15. The substrate of claim 14 , wherein the stacked color resists include a blue color resist and a red color resist.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 27, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 073057/0042 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2024
From: ISHIKAWA, TOMOKAZU; KURAMOTO, YUKI; YAMADA, HARUKI; KATO, KATSUHIRO
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 067308/0135 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-084208 · Apr 16, 2015 · national
Continuity (7)
Continuation 18311923 · May 4, 2023
Continuation 17735716 · May 3, 2022
Continuation 17135205 · Dec 28, 2020
Continuation 16875144 · May 15, 2020
Continuation 16159120 · Oct 12, 2018
Continuation 15089656 · Apr 4, 2016
Related Publication 20240280853A1 · Aug 22, 2024
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