Display apparatus and method for assembling the same
AssigneeAlpine Electronics, Inc.
InventorsHiroyuki Mochiji, Satoshi Hara
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Abstract
A frame-shaped reinforcement member is bonded and fixed to a rear surface of a cover panel, such as a glass plate. The reinforcement member has a rigidity higher than that of the cover panel. Since the reinforcement member is provided, the flatness of flat portions of the cover panel can be maintained at a high level. The reinforcement member is bonded and fixed to a rear support member after display cell elements are bonded to the flat portions and backlights are fixed to the reinforcement member.
Claims6
A display apparatus comprising:
- a display cell;
- a cover panel that is light-transmissive and that covers at least a portion of the display cell that faces in a forward direction, which is a displaying direction of the display cell;
- and
- a reinforcement member that is frame-shaped and has a rigidity higher than a rigidity of the cover panel, the reinforcement member being fixed to a rear surface of the cover panel that faces in a rearward direction,
- wherein:
- the display cell is fixed to the rear surface of the cover panel in a region surrounded by the reinforcement member, and the display cell is not supported by the reinforcement member;
- the cover panel includes a bent portion or a curved portion separating a first flat portion and a second flat portion of the cover panel, and the reinforcement member is fixed to the rear surface of the cover panel at either of the bent portion and a portion near the bent portion, or either of at least a portion of the curved portion and a portion near the curved portion;
- the reinforcement member includes a partition portion that partitions an inner space of the frame-shaped reinforcement member, and at least a portion of the partition portion is fixed to the rear surface of the cover panel;
- and
- the display cell comprises a first display cell and a second display cell, the first display cell is fixed to a rear surface of the first flat portion, and the second display cell is fixed to a rear surface of the second flat portion.
A method for assembling a display apparatus including a display cell and a cover panel that is light-transmissive and that covers at least a portion of the display cell that faces in a forward direction, which is a displaying direction of the display cell, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) fixing a reinforcement member that is frame-shaped and has a rigidity higher than a rigidity of the cover panel to a rear surface of the cover panel that faces in a rearward direction;
- and
- (b) fixing the display cell to the rear surface of the cover panel in a region surrounded by the reinforcement member after step (a) so that the display cell is not supported by the reinforcement member, wherein:
- the cover panel includes a bent portion or a curved portion separating a first flat portion and a second flat portion of the cover panel, and the reinforcement member is fixed to the rear surface of the cover panel at either of the bent portion and a portion near the bent portion, or either of at least a portion of the curved portion and a portion near the curved portion;
- the reinforcement member includes a partition portion that partitions an inner space of the frame-shaped reinforcement member, and at least a portion of the partition portion is fixed to the rear surface of the cover panel;
- and
- the display cell comprises a first display cell and a second display cell, the first display cell is fixed to a rear surface of the first flat portion, and the second display cell is fixed to a rear surface of the second flat portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.