IP Library Granted Patent US 10,451,933
Granted Patent B2
US 10,451,933 · App. 15/716,025 · Granted Oct 22, 2019

Display device including curved display panel

Inventors: Kenji Arita (Tokyo, JP); Takashi Miyayama (Tokyo, JP); Hirofumi Iwanaga (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
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Patent No.
US 10,451,933
App. No.
15/716,025
Granted
Oct 22, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Regions including a respective plurality of connectors of a relay FPC are disposed while respectively facing a plurality of planes of a lower frame formed in accordance with a curvature of a curved display panel, and a connection FPC mounted in an end portion of the display panel is connected to the connector of the relay FPC.

Claims (29)

1. A display device comprising:

a curved display panel that displays an image;

a backlight that is disposed on an opposite side to a display surface of said curved display panel, and includes a frame provided in its inside with a light source to irradiate said curved display panel;

a first wiring board that is provided with wiring to input a signal into said curved display panel; and

a second wiring board that connects said first wiring board and an end portion of said curved display panel to each other, wherein

said first wiring board has at least one connector into which an end portion of said second wiring board is inserted, and

said frame has a plurality of flat planes formed to be aligned in a direction of a curvature of said curved display panel, such that each two adjacent flat planes are formed at an angle to one another, and said plurality of flat planes is disposed to face a region including said at least one connector of said first wiring board.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

said at least one connector includes a connector insertion opening into which the end portion of said second wiring board is inserted, and said connector insertion opening and said plurality of flat planes formed in said frame are disposed to be substantially parallel.

3. A display device comprising:

a curved display panel that displays an image;

a backlight that is disposed on an opposite side to a display surface of said curved display panel, and includes a frame provided in its inside with a light source to irradiate said curved display panel;

a first wiring board that is provided with wiring to input a signal into said curved display panel; and

a second wiring board that connects said first wiring board and an end portion of said curved display panel to each other, wherein

said first wiring board has at least one connector into which an end portion of said second wiring board is inserted,

said frame has at least one plane formed in accordance with a curvature of said curved display panel, and said at least one plane is disposed to face a region including said at least one connector of said first wiring board, and

said at least one plane is formed in said frame such that an angle θ formed by an extension line extending from the center of said at least one connector toward the center of a curvature setting curvature of said curved display panel, and said at least one connector, is set within a range of 90°±5°.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

said at least one connector includes a plurality of connectors,

said plurality of said second wiring boards and a plurality of said connectors into each of which the end portion of said second wiring board is inserted are disposed, and said plurality of flat planes corresponding to respective regions including said plurality of said connectors of said first wiring board is formed in said frame.

5. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein

said first wiring board is formed in a rectangular shape in plan view corresponding to the region including said plurality of said connectors, and

said first wiring board includes a folded portion that is formed in a region facing a portion between the corresponding flat planes formed in said frame.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

said frame further includes a protrusion disposed near said connector insertion opening, said protrusion corresponding to a position at which said connector insertion opening of said plurality of planes is disposed in sectional view.

7. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein

said first wiring board is formed in a shape corresponding to the region including said plurality of said connectors,

a plurality of protection films is stacked on a surface of wiring formed on a base film, and

said first wiring board includes a region with a portion without said plurality of protection films in a region facing a portion between the corresponding flat planes formed in said frame.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
To: TRIVALE TECHNOLOGIES
Reel/Frame 057651/0234 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 26, 2017
From: ARITA, KENJI; MIYAYAMA, TAKASHI; IWANAGA, HIROFUMI
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043705/0039 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-205705 · Oct 20, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180113349A1 · Apr 26, 2018