Portable electronic apparatus having curved thin film-type display member
AssigneeSeiko Instruments Inc.
InventorMasayuki Kawata
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Abstract
A portable electronic apparatus has a thin film-type display member and a holding mechanism for holding the film-type display member 50 in a curved state. The holding mechanism has a first holding member having a recessed portion receiving the thin film-type display member and a second holding member engaged with the first holding member to hold the thin film-type display member in the recessed portion of the first holding member in a curved state. A case has a recessed portion and a locking member for locking the holding mechanism in the recessed portion of the case to hold the thin film-type display member in the curved state.
Claims20
A portable electronic apparatus comprising:
- a thin film-type display member having a pair of projections;
- a display member holding mechanism comprising a lower side holding member having a first recessed portion receiving the thin film-type display member and a pair of second recessed portions receiving the respective projections of the thin film-type display member, and an upper side holding member engaged with the lower side holding member at a peripheral edge portion of the first recessed portion of the lower side holding member to hold the thin film-type display member in the first recessed portion of the lower side holding member in a curved state;
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- a case having a recessed portion and locking means for locking the display member holding mechanism in the recessed portion of the case to hold the thin film-type display member in the curved state.
A portable electronic apparatus comprising:
- a display member having a display surface and a pair of projections;
- a case having a recessed portion;
- and a mounting mechanism for mounting the display member in the recessed portion of the case, the mounting mechanism having a first mounting member for supporting the display member and a second mounting member for integral connection to the first mounting member to hold the display member therebetween in a curved state while the second mounting member is disposed over an entire outer periphery of the display surface of the display member, the second mounting member having a pair of recessed portions for receiving the respective projections of the display member.
A portable electronic apparatus comprising:
- a case having a recessed portion;
- a unitary structure comprised of a pair of mounting members integrally supporting a thin film-type display member in a curved state, one of the mounting members having a pair of recessed portions receiving respective projections extending from the thin film-type display member;
- and connecting means for integrally connecting the unitary structure in the recessed portion of the case so that the thin film-type display member is mounted to the case in the curved state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.