Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080204627 | Liquid crystal display device - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which reduces the occurrence of a squeal. A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight arranged on a back surface of the liquid crystal display panel, wherein the backlight includes a base, a plurality of rod-shaped light sources arranged between the liquid crystal display panel and the base, electrode fittings for supporting electrode portions of the respective rod-shaped light sources, connection portions allowing the plurality of electrode fittings to be connected thereto and extending in the direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the rod-shaped light sources, pushing members for pushing the connection portions toward a base side, and friction sound reducing members arranged between the connection portions and the pushing members and/or between the connection portions and the base side. | 08-28-2008 |
20080204628 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal display device including a back light in which an electrode support member can be reliably arranged on the base side without concern for thermal expansion. There is provided a liquid crystal display device comprising: a liquid crystal display panel; and a back light arranged on the back surface of the present liquid crystal display panel; wherein the back light is composed of a plurality of bar light sources arranged in parallel in a plane opposing the liquid crystal display panel and a base that supports each of the bar light sources through electrode fittings at electrode sections; wherein the electrode fittings are provided on electrode support members extending in a direction in which the bar light sources are arranged in parallel, in units of the electrode fittings that support a mating electrode section of each bar light source; and wherein the electrode support member includes a portion fixed to the base side at least one point and a portion covered by a projecting portion fixed to the base side at another point, along the extending direction of the electrode support member. | 08-28-2008 |
20080211988 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which can enhance the reliability of electrical connection between electrodes and metal fittings even when the irregularities exist with respect to radii of rod-shaped light sources arranged in the inside of a backlight. A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight arranged on a back surface of the liquid crystal display panel, wherein the backlight includes a plurality of rod-shaped light sources each having electrode portions at both ends thereof and a base which supports the respective rod-shaped light sources at the respective electrode portions by way of an electrode fitting, the electrode fitting is configured to fix the rod-shaped light source by clamping the electrode portion, the electrode fitting being formed of a plurality of electrode fittings arranged in parallel in the longitudinal direction of the rod-shaped light source for every electrode, and each electrode fitting has an arcuate wall surface, and the respective electrode fittings arranged in parallel in the same electrode portion have radii of arcs of the wall surfaces thereof made different from each other. | 09-04-2008 |
20080225199 | Display Device - A display device includes a display panel, a frame, an elastic spacer arranged on a peripheral portion of the display panel in parallel to the edge of the display panel, the elastic spacer being arranged between the display panel and the frame. A hardness of the elastic spacer varies along the length-side direction of the elastic spacer. | 09-18-2008 |
20080303974 | Image display device - An image display device includes a display panel module, a middle frame which places the display panel module thereon, and an upper frame which is engaged with a side face of the middle frame in a state where the upper frame covers a periphery of the display panel module, wherein the engaging portion includes projecting portions on a side face of the middle frame, each projecting portion being smoothly raised in the direction opposite to the display panel module and forming a sharp stepped portion which follows a raised portion, and pawl portions which are formed on portions of the upper frame which face the projecting portions, the pawl portions being bent along side faces of the stepped portions of the projecting portions and, thereafter, being bent such that the pawl portions extend while having arcuate face which has a center thereof in the vicinity of bent portions. | 12-11-2008 |
20090047806 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a display panel, a flexible printed wiring board, a printed circuit board, a support member to support the display panel and the printed circuit board, and a frame member to cover the printed circuit board and to assist support of the display panel. The printed circuit board is supported at a side surface of the support member by bending the flexible printed wiring board, and the support member includes, at the side surface for supporting the printed circuit board, a first support part to support one end side of the printed circuit board which is opposite to another end side to which the flexible printed wiring board is connected, and a second support part to support the another end side of the printed circuit board. The frame member has a contact portion for contacting the printed circuit board. | 02-19-2009 |
20090059113 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE | 03-05-2009 |
20090086121 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a backlight device, a liquid crystal panel and a light source unit. The backlight device is capable of illuminating the liquid crystal panel in an excellent manner even when the liquid crystal display device has a thin structure. The light source unit includes a case having an opening surface, a fluorescent tube, an electrode holder, and a cover member. The fluorescent tube and the electrode holder are provided in the case. The electrode holder is adapted to hold an electrode section formed in an edge portion of the fluorescent tube. The cover member includes a shield plate, a fixed groove and an overhanging portion. The shield plate shields the electrode holder from a diffusion area in which light emitted by a light emitting section of the fluorescent tube is scattered. The fluorescent tube extends through the fixed groove. The overhanging portion is provided at an edge of the fixed groove and on the side of the liquid crystal panel with respect to the fluorescent tube, and protrudes toward the diffusion area. When a plane S | 04-02-2009 |
20090086122 | Liquid crystal display device - An object of the invention is to provide a liquid crystal display device having a so-called direct backlight where the interval between a number of rod light sources can be reduced, as well as a liquid crystal display device where the liquid crystal display panel and the backlight can be provided close to each other and the thickness of the module can be reduced. The liquid crystal display device is provided with a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight provided on the rear surface of this liquid crystal display panel, and the above described backlight is provided with a number of rod light sources aligned in a plane which faces said liquid crystal display panel and electrode supports for supporting the electrodes of the rod light sources on the same pole, which are provided on the same side of the rod light sources, together. The above-described electrode supporting the electrodes on the same pole together are formed of at least a separate first electrode support and second electrode support. The first electrode support and the second electrode support are respectively formed by press processing a metal plate and provided with electrode fixtures for sandwiching the electrodes of the number of rod light sources and en electrode linking body for linking these electrode fixtures together. The metal fixtures of the first electrode support and the metal fixtures of the second electrode support alternate in the direction in which said rod light sources are aligned. | 04-02-2009 |
20090102826 | Display device - A display device having a display element is configured such that the extending directions of electrodes are made different from each other among upper, lower, left and right pixels. | 04-23-2009 |
20090109374 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - (Object) To provide a liquid crystal display device where supports for fluorescent lamps can be prevented from vibrating without affecting the ease of attachment of the supports for fluorescent lamps to the frame for the backlight. | 04-30-2009 |
20090195727 | Display Device - A display device includes a display panel, a first printed circuit board, a first flexible printed wiring board connected to the display panel and the first printed circuit board, a second printed circuit board, a second flexible printed wiring board connected to the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board, and a frame member on which the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board are mounted. The display device also includes a film shaped member which overlaps a surface of the first printed circuit board which faces the frame member and projects from an end portion of the first printed circuit board toward the second printed circuit board along the second flexible printed wiring board. | 08-06-2009 |
20090244435 | Liquid crystal display device - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which reduces the occurrence of a squeal. A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight arranged on a back surface of the liquid crystal display panel, wherein the backlight includes a base, a plurality of rod-shaped light sources arranged between the liquid crystal display panel and the base, electrode fittings for supporting electrode portions of the respective rod-shaped light sources, connection portions allowing the plurality of electrode fittings to be connected thereto and extending in the direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the rod-shaped light sources, pushing members for pushing the connection portions toward a base side, and friction sound reducing members arranged between the connection portions and the pushing members and/or between the connection portions and the base side. | 10-01-2009 |
20090316065 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal display panel, a backlight chassis arranged on one surface side of the liquid crystal display panel, and a control circuit board mounted on a surface of the backlight chassis on a side opposite to a surface facing the liquid crystal display panel includes a plurality of fluorescent tubes arranged on a surface side of the backlight chassis facing the liquid crystal display panel, a light source arranged on the control circuit board, and a light guide guiding the light from the light source to the surface side of the backlight chassis facing the liquid crystal display panel. | 12-24-2009 |
20100014017 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight including a light source for irradiating the liquid crystal display panel, in which the backlight includes at least a plurality of linear fluorescent lamps arranged in parallel in a plane facing the liquid crystal display panel, fluorescent lamp supporting bases supporting the linear fluorescent lamps, and a frame to which the fluorescent lamp supporting bases are fixed, the fluorescent lamp supporting bases each include a fluorescent lamp supporting member directly supporting the linear fluorescent lamp and a fixing portion fixed to the frame, and a recess is formed in the frame at a portion just behind the fluorescent lamp supporting member. | 01-21-2010 |
20100073888 | Display apparatus - A display apparatus includes a display panel, a flexible printed wiring board, a printed circuit board, a support member to support the display panel and the printed circuit board, and a frame member to cover the printed circuit board and to assist support of the display panel. The printed circuit board is supported at a side surface of the support member by bending the flexible printed wiring board, and the support member includes, at the side surface for supporting the printed circuit board, a first support part to support one end side of the printed circuit board which is opposite to another end side to which the flexible printed wiring board is connected, and a second support part to support the another end side of the printed circuit board. The frame member has a contact portion for contacting the printed circuit board. | 03-25-2010 |
20100149455 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH WATERPROOF SHEET - The present invention prevents the corrosion of a printed circuit board which is connected to a lower side of a display panel in a liquid crystal display panel. In a display device which includes a display panel and a frame member which supports an outer peripheral portion of a display screen of a display panel, a water absorbing member is adhered to a surface of the frame member which faces the display panel in an opposed manner. | 06-17-2010 |
20100171899 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - An object of the invention is to provide a liquid crystal display of which a reduction in thickness can be realized without increasing the thickness of a frame member configuring a backlight. Also, another object is to provide a liquid crystal display which secures a sufficient property of insulation from electrode fittings and lamp cables. | 07-08-2010 |
20100171901 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An object of the invention is to reduce the effect of moisture on the inside of a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel in which a display surface including a display area is disposed upright, a first frame including an aperture opposed to the display area, disposed leaving a space between it and the display surface of the liquid crystal display panel, and a rail-shaped member extending in a horizontal direction affixed to the display surface of the liquid crystal display panel, below the display area, in such a way that it does not come into contact with the first frame. | 07-08-2010 |
20110122335 | Display Device - A display device includes a display panel having a front surface and a back surface, a first and second frame, a first elastic member arranged between the first frame and the front surface of the display panel, and a second elastic member arranged between the second frame and the back surface of the display panel, the second elastic member extending in parallel to the first elastic member. A hardness of the first elastic member varies along an elongated direction of the first elastic member so as to have a high-hardness portion, and wherein a hardness of a first portion of the second elastic member which corresponds in location to the high-hardness portion of the first elastic member has a low hardness, a hardness of a second portion of the second elastic member which corresponds in location to the low-harness portion of the first elastic member has a high hardness. | 05-26-2011 |
20110164201 | Liquid crystal display device - An object of the invention is to provide a liquid crystal display device having a so-called direct backlight where the interval between a number of rod light sources can be reduced, as well as a liquid crystal display device where the liquid crystal display panel and the backlight can be provided close to each other and the thickness of the module can be reduced. The liquid crystal display device is provided with a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight provided on the rear surface of this liquid crystal display panel, and the above described backlight is provided with a number of rod light sources aligned in a plane which faces said liquid crystal display panel and electrode supports for supporting the electrodes of the rod light sources on the same pole, which are provided on the same side of the rod light sources, together. The above-described electrode supporting the electrodes on the same pole together are formed of at least a separate first electrode support and second electrode support. The first electrode support and the second electrode support are respectively formed by press processing a metal plate and provided with electrode fixtures for sandwiching the electrodes of the number of rod light sources and en electrode linking body for linking these electrode fixtures together. The metal fixtures of the first electrode support and the metal fixtures of the second electrode support alternate in the direction in which said rod light sources are aligned. | 07-07-2011 |
20110181809 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ILLUMINATING DEVICE - The side surface of the light guide plate includes an incident surface which faces the light source unit in an opposed manner, and a fixing surface which is directed in the left-and-right direction orthogonal to the top-and-bottom direction which is the direction along which the light source unit and the incident surface each other in an opposed manner. An engaging portion which is engageable with a lower frame is formed on the fixing surface or an edge portion which forms the fixing surface. The engaging portion is configured to allow a change of a distance between the incident surface and the lower frame due to expansion or shrinkage of the light guide plate while restricting the movement of the light guide plate in the top-and-bottom direction. | 07-28-2011 |
20110242458 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a liquid crystal display device, including: alight guide plate; first light-emitting diodes and a first connector, which are opposed to a first side surface of the light guide plate; a first substrate on which the first light-emitting diodes and the first connector are mounted; second light-emitting diodes and a second connector, which are opposed to a second side surface of the light guide plate, the second side surface being on a side opposite to the first side surface; and a second substrate on which the second light-emitting diodes and the second connector are mounted, in which: the first connector is opposed to any one of the second light-emitting diodes; the second connector is opposed to any one of the first light-emitting diodes; and the first connector and the second connector are disposed without being opposed to each other. | 10-06-2011 |
20120113072 | Display Device - A display device having a display element is configured such that the extending directions of electrodes are made different from each other among upper, lower, left and right pixels. | 05-10-2012 |
20130187842 | Display Device - A display device having a display element is configured such that the extending directions of electrodes are made different from each other among upper, lower, left and right pixels. | 07-25-2013 |