IP Library Granted Patent US 8,648,818
Granted Patent B2
US 8,648,818 · App. 12/821,298 · Granted Feb 11, 2014

Display device

Inventor: Shinichi Kawabe (Yokohama, JP)
Assignees: Japan Display Inc.; Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,648,818
App. No.
12/821,298
Granted
Feb 11, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a display device which is the liquid crystal display device ( 12 ) in which the transparent interlayer ( 3 ) is provided between the liquid crystal display panel ( 1 ) and the transparent substrate ( 11 ) having a touch panel function and disposed on a front side of the liquid crystal display panel ( 1 ). In the liquid crystal display device ( 12 ), the outermost periphery of the transparent interlayer ( 3 ) is shaped like a frame, and the same material is used to form a frame-shaped transparent interlayer ( 7 ) and the transparent interlayer ( 3 ) that constitutes an entire display area to prevent the liquid material of the interlayer ( 3 ) leaking out of the liquid crystal display device ( 12 ) during manufacture of a product or while the product is in use.

Claims (29)

1. A display device, comprising:

a first panel;

a second panel which is provided opposed to the first panel;

a transparent organic layer which is provided between the first panel and the second panel,

wherein the transparent organic layer comprises:

an outer organic layer which is shaped like a frame to enclose at least a portion of an effective display area of a display panel; and

an inner organic layer which is formed from the same material as the frame to fill a space enclosed by the frame;

wherein at least a part of the outer organic layer overlaps the effective display area.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent organic layer is formed between the first panel which comprises the display panel and the second panel which is transparent.

3. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein one of the first panel and the second panel comprises a touch panel having a touch sensor function.

4. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first panel and the second panel are transparent,

wherein the display device further comprises the display panel in addition to the first panel and the second panel, and

wherein the transparent organic layer is formed between the first panel and the second panel.

5. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein the transparent organic layer is provided between the first panel which is transparent and the display panel.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a third panel,

wherein the first panel comprises the display panel, and the second panel and the third panel are transparent, and

wherein the transparent organic layer comprises:

a first organic layer which is provided between the first panel and the second panel; and

a second organic layer which is provided between the second panel and the third panel.

7. The display device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the second panel comprises a touch panel comprising a touch sensor, and

wherein the third panel comprises a protective panel.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the second organic layer is thicker than the first organic layer.

9. The display device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the second panel which is transparent comprises a protective panel, and

wherein the third panel which is transparent comprises a touch panel comprising a touch sensor.

10. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent organic layer is formed by providing organic matter in a frame pattern on one of the first panel and the second panel, curing the organic matter to form the outer organic layer, opposing the first panel and the second panel to each other in a state where the space surrounded by the outer organic layer which is cured is filled with uncured organic matter, and then curing the uncured organic matter in the surrounded space.

11. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein the outer organic layer is formed on each of the first panel and the second panel, and the first panel and the second panel are bonded together by opposing the outer organic layers which are cured to each other.

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 Dec 16, 2013
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
Reel/Frame 031819/0925 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 16, 2013
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 031825/0459 →
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 Oct 19, 2010
From: KAWABE, SHINICHI
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 025160/0442 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2009-152044 · Jun 26, 2009 · national
JP 2010-052447 · Mar 10, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110025621A1 · Feb 3, 2011