IP Library Granted Patent US 7,834,950
Granted Patent B2
US 7,834,950 · App. 12/078,014 · Granted Nov 16, 2010

Liquid crystal display device

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Patent No.
US 7,834,950
App. No.
12/078,014
Granted
Nov 16, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

The object of the present invention is to make parts and kinds of liquid crystal display devices in common for cope stably and flexibly with commercial products of computer makers and television makers which have been promoted in various kinds, for simplifying maintenance of a liquid crystal display unit mounted on computers, display monitors therefor or televisions, and preferably for enabling to omit positional adjustment of a light source unit and a liquid crystal display panel during the maintenance of the liquid crystal display device. For this object, the invention provides a liquid crystal display device comprising first, second, and third housings, a liquid crystal display panel fixed between the first and second housings, a light source (cold-cathode fluorescent tubes) fixed to the third housing, the second and third housings being detachable to one another, being constructed by overlapping the first, second and third housings with each other, wherein a timing-converter board fixed to an opposite side surface of the third housing to a side surface to which the light source is fixed, and protrusions formed on the opposite side surface so as to determine a maximum thickness of the liquid crystal display device.

Claims (18)

1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a liquid crystal display panel comprising a pair of longer sides, a first shorter side, and a second shorter side;

a first housing comprising a liquid crystal display window;

a second housing comprising a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface;

a plurality of fluorescent tubes disposed immediately below the liquid crystal display panel, and disposed on the first surface of the second housing, and arranged in parallel with the pair of longer sides; and

a light source control circuit board mounted on the second surface of the second housing, and disposed adjacent to the first shorter side,

wherein the plurality of fluorescent tubes comprise a plurality of first terminals adjacent to the first shorter side and a plurality of second terminals adjacent to the second shorter side,

wherein the plurality of first terminals are connected to a plurality of separated leads, and each pair of the plurality of separated leads is connected to each of connectors,

wherein the connectors are connected to the light source control circuit,

wherein the light source control circuit board comprises a plurality of voltage transformation elements disposes along the first shorter side of the liquid crystal display panel, and

wherein the liquid crystal display panel is fixed between the first housing and the second housing, and the second housing comprises a protrusion on the second surface that is higher than the plurality of voltage transformation elements.

2. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of separated leads are the same length.

3. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 2 , wherein the number of the plurality of voltage transformation elements and the number of the plurality of fluorescent tubes are the same.

4. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of second terminals are connected in common.

5. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 4 , wherein the plurality of second terminals are connected to the light source control circuit board by a cable.

6. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 5 , wherein the cable is longer than the separated leads.

7. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 2 , further comprising a frame disposed adjacent to the first shorter side,

wherein the frame covers the plurality of separated leads.

Assignments (4)
COMPANY SPLIT PLAN TRANSFERRING FIFTY (50) PERCENT SHARE OF PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS Recorded Dec 12, 2011
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027362/0466 →
COMPANY SPLIT PLAN TRANSFERRING ONE HUNDRED (100) PERCENT SHARE OF PATENT AND PATENT APPLICATIONS Recorded Dec 12, 2011
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 027362/0612 →
MERGER/CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 12, 2011
From: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027363/0315 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2008
From: MORISHITA, SHUNSUKE; ENDO, SHUSUKE
To: HITACHI, LTD.
Reel/Frame 020750/0789 →