IP Library Granted Patent US 12,415,419
Granted Patent B2
US 12,415,419 · App. 17/767,334 · Granted Sep 16, 2025

Display device, movable object

Inventors: Kenji Hasegawa (Osaka, JP); Eiichi Uriu (Osaka, JP); Tasuku Ishibashi (Ishikawa, JP); Shuji Yamashita (Nara, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 12,415,419
App. No.
17/767,334
Granted
Sep 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a glass pane, a display panel which is transmissive, and a glass panel unit. The display panel faces a prescribed area of the glass pane and is within the prescribed area. The glass panel unit is disposed between the prescribed area of the glass pane and the display panel and is within the prescribed area. The glass panel unit has an internal space which is in a pressure-reduced condition.

Claims (51)

1. A display device comprising:

a glass pane;

a display panel facing a prescribed area of the glass pane, the display panel being within the prescribed area, and being transmissive;

a glass panel unit provided between the prescribed area of the glass pane and the display panel, the glass panel unit being within the prescribed area and having an internal space which is in a pressure-reduced condition; and

a driver configured to drive the display panel, wherein

the driver is disposed not to overlap the display panel,

the driver is disposed on an opposite surface of the glass panel unit from the glass pane, and

the glass panel unit is between the driver and the prescribed area of the glass pane.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the glass pane has an attachment area for attachment to an object, and

the attachment area is in an area not overlapping the prescribed area in the glass pane.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the glass pane has a flat surface part and a curved surface part, and

the prescribed area is in the flat surface part.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the prescribed area includes a transmissive area and a non-transmissive area surrounding the transmissive area, and

the glass panel unit has an outer edge in the non-transmissive area.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein

the non-transmissive area is a darkly colored area.

6. A display device comprising:

a glass pane;

a display panel facing a prescribed area of the glass pane, the display panel being within the prescribed area, and being transmissive; and

a glass panel unit between the prescribed area of the glass pane and the display panel, the glass panel unit provided within the prescribed area and having an internal space which is in a pressure-reduced condition, wherein

the prescribed area includes a transmissive area and a non-transmissive area surrounding the transmissive area,

the glass panel unit has an outer edge in the non-transmissive area,

the glass panel unit has an exhaust port sealed with a sealing material, and

the exhaust port is in the non-transmissive area.

7. A display device comprising:

a glass pane;

a display panel facing a prescribed area of the glass pane, the display panel being within the prescribed area, and being transmissive; and

a glass panel unit between the prescribed area of the glass pane and the display panel, the glass panel unit provided within the prescribed area and having an internal space which is in a pressure-reduced condition, wherein

the glass pane has a strength higher than a strength of the display panel and higher than a strength of the glass panel unit.

8. A movable object comprising:

the display device of claim 1 ; and

a movable object body on which the display device is mounted as a window.

9. The display device of claim 2 , wherein

the glass pane has a flat surface part and a curved surface part, and

the prescribed area is in the flat surface part.

10. The display device of claim 2 , wherein

the prescribed area includes a transmissive area and a non-transmissive area surrounding the transmissive area, and

the glass panel unit has an outer edge in the non-transmissive area.

11. The display device of claim 3 , wherein

the prescribed area includes a transmissive area and a non-transmissive area surrounding the transmissive area, and

the glass panel unit has an outer edge in the non-transmissive area.

12. The display device of claim 5 , wherein

the glass panel unit has an exhaust port sealed with a sealing material, and

the exhaust port is in the non-transmissive area.

13. The display device of a claim 2 , wherein

the glass pane has a strength higher than a strength of the display panel and higher than a strength of the glass panel unit.

14. The display device of a claim 3 , wherein

the glass pane has a strength higher than a strength of the display panel and higher than a strength of the glass panel unit.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Mar 17, 2026
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 075166/0563 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Mar 17, 2026
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC HOUSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 075144/0149 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 16, 2022
From: HASEGAWA, KENJI; URIU, EIICHI; ISHIBASHI, TASUKU; YAMASHITA, SHUJI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060813/0321 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-191498 · Oct 18, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220371440A1 · Nov 24, 2022
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