IP Library Granted Patent US 8,797,245
Granted Patent B2
US 8,797,245 · App. 12/785,836 · Granted Aug 5, 2014

Display device with display panel and backlight

Inventors: Hiroshi Ito (Chiba, JP); Kazunori Ojima (Mobara, JP); Takeshi Kaneki (Mobara, JP); Atsushi Fukai (Mobara, JP)
Assignees: Japan Display Inc.; Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,797,245
App. No.
12/785,836
Granted
Aug 5, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A projecting portion is formed on first and second side walls of the inner frame parallel to two sides of the non-overlapping region of the first substrate which intersect with one side of the non-overlapping region of the first substrate. The projecting portion of the inner frame has an opening portion. The lower frame has an opening portion through which the projecting portion of the inner frame penetrates. The projecting portion of the inner frame penetrates the opening portion of the lower frame and projects to a side of the lower frame opposite to the display panel. A protruding portion is formed on the casing correspondingly to the projecting portion of the inner frame. The inner frame is fixed to the casing by making an opening portion formed in the projecting portion of the inner frame engage with the protruding portion of the casing.

Claims (25)

1. A display device comprising:

a display panel having a first substrate and a second substrate;

a backlight including a mold which is arranged on a side of the display panel opposite to a viewer, the backlight including a light guide plate inside the mold and optical sheets on the light guide plate;

a front panel which is arranged on a viewer's side of the display panel, the front panel and the display panel being fixed to each other;

a casing to which a peripheral portion of the front panel is fixed;

an inner frame which houses the mold therein; and

a lower frame which houses the inner frame therein, wherein

the inner frame has a flat portion and side walls provided to a periphery of the flat portion,

peripheral portions on four sides of the first substrate are fixed to a first surface of the flat portion of the inner frame,

peripheral portions on four sides of the mold are fixed to a surface of the flat portion of the inner frame on a side opposite to the first surface of the flat portion of the inner frame,

the first substrate includes a non-overlapping region where the first substrate does not overlap with the second substrate,

at least one projecting portion is formed on first and second side walls of the inner frame parallel to two sides of the non-overlapping region of the first substrate which intersect with one side of the non-overlapping region of the first substrate,

the at least one projecting portion of the inner frame has an opening portion,

the lower frame has an opening portion through which the projecting portion of the inner frame penetrates,

the at least one projecting portion of the inner frame penetrates the opening portion of the lower frame and projects to a side of the lower frame opposite to the display panel,

a protruding portion is formed on the casing correspondingly to the at least one projecting portion of the inner frame, and

the inner frame is fixed to the casing by making an opening portion formed in the at least one projecting portion of the inner frame engage with the protruding portion of the casing,

wherein the casing includes an opening portion into which the at least one projecting portion of the inner frame is inserted, and

wherein the protruding portion is arranged in the inside of the opening portion formed in the casing in the direction orthogonal to the at least one projecting portion of the inner frame.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a touch panel is provided between the display panel and the front panel.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein two or three projecting portions is formed on the first and second side walls of the inner frame respectively.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the projecting portions are formed on the first and second side walls of the inner frame in a spaced-apart manner from each other with a distance of 20 mm or more.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the peripheral portions on four sides of the first substrate are fixed to the first surface of the flat portion of the inner frame by a pressure sensitive adhesive double-coated tape, and

the peripheral portions on four sides of the mold are fixed to the surface of the flat portion of the inner frame on a side opposite to the first surface by a pressure sensitive adhesive double-coated tape.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a semiconductor chip is mounted on the non-overlapping region of the first substrate.

Assignments (7)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC
To: MAGNOLIA PURPLE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071890/0202 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 065615/0327 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 3, 2014
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
Reel/Frame 032151/0612 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 3, 2014
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 032152/0088 →
COMPANY SPLIT PLAN TRANSFERRING FIFTY (50) PERCENT SHARE IN PATENT APPLICATIONS Recorded Oct 20, 2011
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027092/0684 →
MERGER Recorded Oct 20, 2011
From: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027093/0937 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 24, 2010
From: ITO, HIROSHI; OJIMA, KAZUNORI; KANEKI, TAKESHI; FUKAI, ATSUSHI
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 024430/0411 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-129942 · May 29, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100302132A1 · Dec 2, 2010