Display panel assembly having a plurality of film carrier tapes on each of which a semiconductor divice is mounted

A display device comprising:

• a display panel having a plurality of electrodes;
• an external printed circuit board operatively electrically connected to said display panel;
• a semiconductor device operatively electrically connected between said external printed circuit board and said display panel for driving the display panel;
• a support member to which said semiconductor device is mounted;
• first and second lead groups each comprised of plural leads provided on said support member, the leads of said first lead group and the leads of said second lead group extending in respective directions that are different from one another, first ends of the leads of said first lead group projecting from said support member toward said electrodes;
• the semiconductor device mounted to said support member being operatively electrically connected to said first and said second lead groups;
• an elastic body for urging said first lead group against said plurality of electrodes for establishing an operative electrical contact between the first lead group and said plurality of electrodes;
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• a frame secured to a side edge of the display panel for pressing the elastic body against said plurality of electrodes.

A display device comprising:

• a flat display panel having a plurality of electrodes;
• an external printed circuit board operatively electrically connected to said display panel;
• a semiconductor device operatively electrically connected between said external printed circuit board and said display panel for driving the display panel;
• a support member to which the semiconductor device is mounted;
• first and second lead groups each comprised of plural leads provided on said support member, the leads of said first lead group and the leads of said second lead group extending in respective directions that are different from one another, first ends of the leads of said first lead group projecting from said support member toward said electrodes;
• the semiconductor device mounted to said support member being operatively electrically connected to said first and said second lead groups;
• a bar-shaped elastic body for urging said first lead group against said plurality of electrodes for establishing an operative electrical contact between the first lead group and said plurality of electrodes;
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• a frame secured to sides of the flat display panel for pressing said elastic body against said first lead group,
• said frame comprising a first structure in which a groove extends, the bar-shaped elastic body extending in said groove, a second structure extending over and engaging a front surface of the flat display panel on which a display is displayed, and means for coupling said first structure to said second structure and for urging the frame against the sides of the display panel to press the elastic body extending in the groove against said first lead group.