Flat-panel display device, and process of sealing the device along its periphery

A flat-panel display device comprising:

• a transparent first plate and a second plate which are disposed in parallel with each other and cooperate to define therebetween an air-tight space in which light is generated for emission through said first plate;
• a sealing material for air-tightly sealing said air-tight space along a periphery of said first and second plates;
• metallic thin sheets bonded with said sealing material to end faces of said first and second plates such that said metallic thin sheets cover said end faces;
• a plurality of internal conductors disposed between said first and second plates, each of said plurality of internal conductors having one end located near said end faces;
• a plurality of lead conductors provided on surfaces of said metallic thin sheets which face said end faces of said first and second plates, said plurality of lead conductors being electrically connected to said internal conductors, respectively;
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• a plurality of external conductors which are provided on a back surface of said second plate and which are electrically connected to said plurality of lead conductors, respectively.

A flat-panel display device comprising:

• a transparent first plate and a second plate which are disposed in parallel with each other and cooperate to define therebetween an air-tight space in which light is generated for emission through said first plate;
• a sealing material for air-tightly sealing said air-tight space along a periphery of said first and second plates;
• metallic thin sheets bonded with said sealing material to end faces of said first and second plates such that said metallic thin sheets cover said end faces;
• a plurality of internal conductors disposed between said first and second plates, each of said plurality of internal conductors having one end located near said end faces;
• and
• a plurality of lead conductors provided on surfaces of said metallic thin sheets which face said end faces of said first and second plates, said plurality of lead conductors being electrically connected to said internal conductors, respectively,
• wherein each of said metallic thin sheets is an L-shaped sheet that is L-shaped in transverse cross section and consists of two portions one of which faces said end faces of said first and second plates and the other of which faces a back surface of said second plate, each of said plurality of lead conductors being provided on one surface of said L-shaped sheet and L-shaped following said one surface of said L-shaped sheet.