IP Library Granted Patent US 11,543,581
Granted Patent B2
US 11,543,581 · App. 17/705,927 · Granted Jan 3, 2023

Display device

Inventor: Eiji Oohira (Mobara, JP)
Assignees: Japan Display Inc.; Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,543,581
App. No.
17/705,927
Granted
Jan 3, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid crystal display device includes a LCD panel having a first polarizer, a first substrate, a second substrate and a second polarizer are sequentially provided from a front surface side, a frame which surrounds the LCD panel and has a first opening having first to fourth sides, a planar light source disposed on the rear surface side of the LCD panel in the first opening, a plurality of optical sheet groups which are disposed between the planar light source and the LCD panel, and an adhesive layer which has a second opening formed along the first to fourth sides of the frame. A front surface side of the adhesive layer is adhered to the LCD panel along at least the first side, and a rear surface side of the adhesive layer is adhered to the plurality of optical sheet groups and the frame along at least the first side.

Claims (23)

1. A display device comprising:

an optical switching member having a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer held between the first substrate and the second substrate;

a light guide plate including a main surface and a side surface;

a light source including a front side surface facing the side surface of the light guide plate;

a frame including an inner side facing the side surface;

an optical sheet disposed between the optical switching member and the light guide plate; and

an adhesive member overlapping a part of the optical sheet and the frame,

wherein the front side surface of the light source is configured to emit light to the side surface of the light guide plate,

the main surface of the light guide plate is configured to emit light toward the optical sheet, and

the optical sheet overlaps the light guide plate, and the optical sheet adheres to the frame with the adhesive member.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the inner side of the frame has a plurality of protruding portions, and

the light source is disposed between an adjacent pair of the plurality of protruding portions.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the optical sheet adheres to the optical switching member with the adhesive member.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the light source includes a rear side surface opposite to the front side surface, and

the optical sheet extends beyond the rear side surface from the light guide plate to the inner side of the frame.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the optical switching member has a first polarizer arranged on the first substrate and a second polarizer arranged under the second substrate, and

the adhesive member adheres to the second polarizer.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the adhesive member has a rectangular opening.

Assignments (2)
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 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-034110 · Feb 18, 2010 · national
Continuity (10)
Continuation 17108428 · Dec 1, 2020
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Continuation 14965307 · Dec 10, 2015
Continuation 14488680 · Sep 17, 2014
Continuation 14045915 · Oct 4, 2013
Continuation 13029305 · Feb 17, 2011
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