# US 11,442,301 B2 · Display device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,442,301 B2 - Document ID: US11442301B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/741,090 - Filed: 2020-01-13 - Published: 2020-07-23 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2019-01-21 - Assignees: Alpine Electronics, Inc. - Applicants: Alpine Electronics, Inc. - Inventors: Makoto Yamazaki; Takahiro Akamura - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11442301B2 ## CPC - G02F 1/133308: {Support structures for LCD panels, e.g. frames or bezels} - B60K 35/10: Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor - B60K 35/22: Display screens - G02F 1/133317: {Intermediate frames, e.g. between backlight housing and front frame} - G02F 1/13332: {Front frames} - G02F 1/133331: {Cover glasses} - G02F 2201/46: Fixing elements - G02F 2201/503: Arrangements improving the resistance to shock - G02F: OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS - B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES ## Abstract In a display unit, a display cell and a backlight device are provided in a bracket. A support member is arranged on the side of a display screen of the display unit, and the support member is provided with a support piece that can be elastically deformed in a front-rear direction. The front panel is bonded to the bracket of the display unit by a first adhesive layer and is bonded to the support piece by a second adhesive layer. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display device comprising: a display unit having a display cell; and a light-transmissive front panel located on a front side of the display unit, the front side of the display unit being a display direction, wherein a support member is provided alongside of the display unit in at least one of a lower side or an upper side of the display unit in a gravity direction or a lateral direction from the display unit intersecting the gravity direction, and the support member includes openings that define support pieces having free ends which are elastically deformable in a direction intersecting a surface of the front panel, and wherein a surface of the front panel facing a rear side opposite to a-the display direction is bonded to both the front side of the display unit and a front side of the support pieces. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display device according to claim 1, wherein the free ends of the support pieces face a lower side or an upper side which is a gravity direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display device according to claim 1, wherein the free ends of the support pieces face a lateral direction which is a direction intersecting a gravity direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The display device according to claim 3, wherein the support pieces are provided on both sides of the display unit, respectively, and wherein the free ends face directions of separating from each other between the support piece provided on one side and the support piece provided on another side with the display unit interposed therebetween. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The display device according to claim 3, wherein a rear member is provided on a rear side opposite to a display direction of the support member, and wherein a restriction mechanism that restricts deformation of the support piece in the gravity direction is provided between the support piece and the rear member. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The display device according to claim 5, wherein the rear member is provided on the rear side opposite to the display direction of the support member, and wherein a gap in a front-rear direction is formed between the support piece and the rear member. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The display device according to claim 6, wherein at least one of the support piece and the rear member is provided with an abutment protrusion that restricts the support piece from approaching the rear member. ### Claim 8 A display device comprising: a display unit having a display cell; and a light-transmissive front panel located on a front side of the display unit, the front side of the display unit being a display direction, and extending beyond an edge of the display unit, wherein a support member is provided alongside of the display unit in at least one of a lower side or an upper side of the display unit in a gravity direction or a lateral direction from the display unit intersecting the gravity direction, and the support member includes an opening that defines a support piece having a free end which is elastically deformable in a direction intersecting a surface of the front panel, and wherein a surface of the front panel facing a rear side opposite to a-the display direction is bonded to both the front side of the display unit and a front side of the support piece. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The display device according to claim 8, wherein the free end of the support piece faces a lower side or an upper side which is a gravity direction. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The display device according to claim 8, wherein the free end of the support piece faces a lateral direction which is a direction intersecting a gravity direction. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The display device according to claim 10, wherein a support piece is provided on each side of the display unit, respectively, and wherein the free ends of the support pieces face directions of separating from each other between the support piece provided on one side and the support piece provided on another side with the display unit interposed therebetween. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The display device according to claim 8, wherein a rear member is provided on a rear side opposite to a display direction of the support member, and wherein a restriction mechanism that restricts deformation of the support piece in the gravity direction is provided between the support piece and the rear member. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The display device according to claim 12, wherein the rear member is provided on the rear side opposite to the display direction of the support member, and wherein a gap in a front-rear direction is formed between the support piece and the rear member. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The display device according to claim 13, wherein at least one of the support piece and the rear member is provided with an abutment protrusion that restricts the support piece from approaching the rear member.