IP Library Granted Patent US 8,164,583
Granted Patent B2
US 8,164,583 · App. 12/401,652 · Granted Apr 24, 2012

Display device

Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,164,583
App. No.
12/401,652
Granted
Apr 24, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

The display device has an LCD panel, a light source, and a digitizer disposed on the back surface of the LCD panel. The display device further contains a U-shaped first heat-dissipation plate made of a non-magnetic material. The first heat-dissipation plate is disposed on at least one end of the periphery of the LCD panel in a way that the opening of the U-shape faces toward the LCD panel. The light source is mounted on the first heat-dissipation plate, and an end section of the digitizer is covered with the opening of the plate.

Claims (24)

1. A display device comprising:

a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel;

a digitizer disposed on a back surface of the LCD panel;

a first heat-dissipation plate disposed on at least one end of a periphery of the LCD panel; and

a light source mounted on a surface of the first heat-dissipation plate,

wherein the first heat-dissipation plate is made of a non-magnetic material,

the first heat-dissipation plate is formed into a U-shaped first heat-dissipation plate,

the first heat-dissipation plate includes an opening toward a side of the LCD panel, a first extending section existing in front of the digitizer, a second extending section existing behind the digitizer and a back section existing above the an edge of the digitizer, and

an end section of the digitizer is inserted through the opening of the first heat-dissipation plate.

2. The display device of claim 1 ,

wherein the light source is placed at one outer surface of a pair of flat parts, which faces each other, of the U-shaped first heat-dissipation plate.

3. The display device of claim 1 ,

wherein the LCD panel is formed of a backlight source section and an LCD body stacked on the backlight source section, the backlight source section has a multilayered structure of a reflection sheet, a light-guide plate, and a prism sheet, and an LED for emitting light toward an end section of the light-guide plate is disposed on a substrate having a surface parallel to the reflection sheet.

4. The display device of claim 3 ,

wherein a lower surface of the substrate having the LED thereon is bonded to the first heat-dissipation plate via a thermally conductive adhesive.

5. The display device of claim 3 ,

wherein the first heat-dissipation plate is disposed on an upper surface of the substrate via a thermally conductive adhesive, and the LED is mounted on the first heat-dissipation plate.

6. The display device of claim 3 ,

wherein an L-shaped second heat-dissipation plate is disposed on a lower surface of the substrate having the LED thereon, and the second heat-dissipation plate is bonded to the first heat-dissipation plate via a thermally conductive adhesive.

7. The display device of claim 1 ,

wherein the first heat-dissipation plate, which covers the end section of the digitizer, is located outside a valid display area of the LCD panel.

8. The display device of claim 1 ,

wherein the first extending section is bounded to a reflection sheet, and

the second extending section is formed longer than the first extending section.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 10, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION (FORMERLY MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.)
To: GODO KAISHA IP BRIDGE 1
Reel/Frame 032209/0630 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 23, 2009
From: HATAKEYAMA, ATSUSHI
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 022586/0869 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-063664 · Mar 13, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20090231297A1 · Sep 17, 2009