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US 7,746,420 B2Granted
Liquid crystal display having a fixing member comprising a pressing protrusion and a window into which the pressing protrusion extends
AssigneeInnolux Display Corp.
InventorChih-Ching Chang
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Abstract
An exemplary liquid crystal display (LCD) (200) includes an LCD panel (210) including a first glass substrate (212) and a second glass substrate (214) parallel to the first glass substrate; a backlight module (220) includes a frame (222) accommodating the LCD panel; and a fixing member (240) attached to the frame of the backlight module and resiliently holding an end portion of the LCD panel in position in the frame.
Claims14
A liquid crystal display (LCD) comprising:
- an LCD panel comprising a first glass substrate and a second glass substrate parallel to the first glass substrate, the second glass substrate comprising an end portion;
- a backlight module comprising a frame accommodating the LCD panel, the frame comprising two side walls at opposite sides thereof, and each side wall comprising a notch near an end thereof and a hook member positioned in the notch;
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- a fixing member attached to the frame of the backlight module and resiliently holding the end portion of the second glass substrate in position in the frame, the fixing member pressing on the end portion, the fixing member comprising a main body, two clasping flanges extending from opposite ends of the main body, and a pressing protrusion, the clasping flanges attached to the side walls of the frame, each clasping flange comprising an opening, the clasping flanges being received in the notches with the hook members being engagingly received in the openings, and the main body of the fixing member comprising a first surface and a second surface at opposite sides thereof, the pressing protrusion being formed at the second surface;
- wherein the pressing protrusion is elastically deformed and resiliently presses the end portion of the second glass substrate, and the main body further comprises a buffer layer attached on the second surface, the buffer layer defining a window into which the pressing protrusion extends.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.