Display apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9285533-B2
Application number	US-201213978282-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 6, 2012
Priority date	Jan 13, 2011
Publication date	Mar 15, 2016
Grant date	Mar 15, 2016

Abstract

A display apparatus capable of reliably supporting a display panel and making a juncture between displays inconspicuous is provided. A display includes a liquid crystal panel having a front surface and a back surface, a module containing a backlight unit for driving the liquid crystal panel, a rear surface side housing for protecting and holding the backlight unit, and a convex lens arranged to cover a frame region of the liquid crystal panel, for guiding light from the front surface of the liquid crystal panel to a front surface side of the frame region and supporting the liquid crystal panel from the front surface.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A display apparatus, comprising:
a display panel having a front surface and a back surface;
a module that drives said display panel;
a housing that protects and holds said module; and
a light guide member that covers a peripheral portion of said display panel, that guides light from said front surface of said display panel to a front surface side of said peripheral portion, and that supports said display panel from said front surface; wherein
said light guide member includes a planoconvex lens causing a flat surface of the light guide member to be in surface contact with said front surface of said display panel.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said light guide member includes an extension portion extending from said flat surface toward said housing and attached to said housing.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an elastic member interposed between said flat surface and said housing.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , being a liquid crystal display apparatus.

Assignees

• Moriwaki Hiroyuki
• Hanaoka Kazutaka
• Narutaki Yozo
• Watanabe Hisashi
• Sharp Kk

Inventors

• Moriwaki Hiroyuki
• Hanaoka Kazutaka
• Narutaki Yozo
• Watanabe Hisashi

Classifications

• H01L27/3293

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G02F2001/133562

  Physics · mapped topic

• G02F1/13336 Primary

  Combining plural substrates to produce large-area displays, e.g. tiled displays · CPC title

• G02F1/133524

  Light-guides, e.g. fibre-optic bundles, louvered or jalousie light-guides · CPC title

• G02B6/0081 Primary

  Mechanical or electrical aspects of the light guide and light source in the lighting device peculiar to the adaptation to planar light guides, e.g. concerning packaging · CPC title