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Granted Patent B2
US 11,579,479 · App. 17/456,331 · Granted Feb 14, 2023

Liquid crystal display device

Inventor: Ryosuke Yabuki (Hyogo, JP)
Assignees: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.; PASONA KNOWLEDGE PARTNER INC.
G02F1/133308G02F1/1345
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Patent No.
US 11,579,479
App. No.
17/456,331
Granted
Feb 14, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid crystal display device includes: first and second liquid crystal cells; first and second circuit boards connected to the first and second liquid crystal cells through first and second flexible wiring boards, respectively; a frame disposed on an opposite side to the first liquid crystal cell with respect to the second liquid crystal cell; and a holder that holds the first circuit board and the second circuit board. The first circuit board and the second circuit board are disposed on an opposite side to the second liquid crystal cell with respect to the frame. The second circuit board is located closer to the frame than the first circuit board, and the holder sandwiches the first circuit board, and stores the second circuit board between the frame and the holder.

Claims (54)

1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a first liquid crystal cell;

a first circuit board electrically connected to the first liquid crystal cell through a first flexible wiring board;

a second liquid crystal cell disposed opposite to the first liquid crystal cell;

a second circuit board electrically connected to the second liquid crystal cell through a second flexible wiring board;

a back light disposed on back surface sides of the first liquid crystal cell and the second liquid crystal cell; and

a frame disposed on a back surface side of the back light,

wherein the first liquid crystal cell, the second liquid crystal cell, the back light and the frame are arranged in this order and overlapped in planar view,

the first circuit board is disposed on a back surface side of the frame and overlapped with the first liquid crystal cell and the second liquid crystal cell in planar view,

the second circuit board is disposed on the back surface side of the frame and overlapped with the first liquid crystal cell and the second liquid crystal cell in planar view,

the second flexible wiring board is overlapped with the first circuit board in planar view and the first flexible wiring board is not overlapped with the second circuit board in planar view,

the first circuit board is not electrically connected to the second flexible wiring board and the second circuit board is not electrically connected to the first flexible wiring board,

the first circuit board is not overlapped with the second circuit board in planar view, and

the second circuit board is fixed to the frame by a holder.

2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein a length of the second flexible wiring board is longer than a length of the first flexible wiring board.

3. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the holder is made of an insulating resin material.

4. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first liquid crystal cell displays a color image, and

the second liquid crystal cell displays a monochrome image corresponding to the color image displayed in the first liquid crystal cell.

5. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first flexible wiring board is connected to the first liquid crystal cell at one side of the liquid crystal display device, and

the second flexible wiring board is connected to the second liquid crystal cell at a same side as the one side of the liquid crystal display device.

6. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a first liquid crystal cell;

a first circuit board electrically connected to the first liquid crystal cell through a first flexible wiring board;

a second liquid crystal cell disposed opposite to the first liquid crystal cell;

a second circuit board electrically connected to the second liquid crystal cell through a second flexible wiring board;

a back light disposed on back surface sides of the first liquid crystal cell and the second liquid crystal cell; and

a frame disposed on a back surface side of the back light,

wherein the first liquid crystal cell, the second liquid crystal cell, the back light and the frame are arranged in this order and overlapped in planar view,

the first circuit board is disposed on a back surface side of the frame and overlapped with the first liquid crystal cell and the second liquid crystal cell in planar view,

the second circuit board is disposed on the back surface side of the frame and overlapped with the first liquid crystal cell and the second liquid crystal cell in planar view,

the second flexible wiring board is overlapped with the first circuit board in planar view and the first flexible wiring board is not overlapped with the second circuit board in planar view,

the first circuit board is not electrically connected to the second flexible wiring board and the second circuit board is not electrically connected to the first flexible wiring board,

the second circuit board is entirely exposed from first circuit board in planar view, and

the second circuit board is fixed to the frame by a holder.

7. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 6 , wherein a length of the second flexible wiring board is longer than a length of the first flexible wiring board.

8. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 6 , wherein the holder is made of an insulating resin material.

9. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 6 , wherein

the first liquid crystal cell displays a color image, and

the second liquid crystal cell displays a monochrome image corresponding to the color image displayed in the first liquid crystal cell.

10. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 6 , wherein

the first flexible wiring board is connected to the first liquid crystal cell at one side of the liquid crystal display device, and

the second flexible wiring board is connected to the second liquid crystal cell at a same side as the one side of the liquid crystal display device.

11. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 5 , wherein a length of the second flexible wiring board is longer than a length of the first flexible wiring board.

12. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 11 , wherein the second flexible wiring board is disposed between the first circuit board and the frame.

13. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 12 , wherein the frame comprises a pair of opposed side edges, and each of the first and second flexible wiring boards extends from a viewer side of the frame, and around a same side edge of the frame to a back side of the frame, with the second flexible wiring board being present between the first flexible wiring board and said same side edge of the frame.

14. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 10 , wherein a length of the second flexible wiring board is longer than a length of the first flexible wiring board.

15. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 14 , wherein the second flexible wiring board is disposed between the first circuit board and the frame.

16. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 15 , wherein the frame comprises a pair of opposed side edges, and each of the first and second flexible wiring boards extends from a viewer side of the frame, and around a same side edge of the frame to a back side of the frame, with the second flexible wiring board being present between the first flexible wiring board and said same side edge of the frame.

17. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein a length of the second flexible wiring board is longer than a length of the first flexible wiring board and

the first flexible wiring board and the second flexible wiring board are located in adjacent layers to each other at the back surface side of the frame.

18. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 6 , wherein a length of the second flexible wiring board is longer than a length of the first flexible wiring board and

the first flexible wiring board and the second flexible wiring board are located in adjacent layers to each other at the back surface side of the frame.

Assignments (1)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jul 12, 2023
From: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 064258/0892 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-122560 · Jun 28, 2018 · national
Continuity (3)
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