Protective plate integrated display apparatus

A protective plate integrated display apparatus comprising:

• a rectangular display panel;
• a rectangular protective plate to protect the observation side surface of the display panel;
• a resin layer charged into a gap between the display panel and the protective plate to join the display panel and the protective plate;
• and
• a plate-like support member having an opening corresponding to a screen area of the display panel, the display panel being disposed on one surface side of the support member so that the screen area faces the opening, a peripheral portion of the observation side surface of the display panel being fixed to the support member, four edges of the protective plate overlapped on the periphery of the opening of the support member respectively having the projecting widths, the protective plate being arranged on the other surface side of the support member with the peripheral portion of the protective plate being fixed to the support member through a plurality of spacers provided between the support member and the protective plate to surround the opening at intervals, the display panel including, along one edge among the four edges thereof, an outwardly projecting driver mounting portion, the projecting width of the edge of the protective plate overlapped on the driver mounting portion among the four edges being larger than that of each of the other edges, the plurality of spacers including a plurality of air accumulation preventing spacers arranged along the edge having the large projecting width, the air accumulation preventing spacers being continuously formed extending from the edge of the opening to the edge of the protective plate and having an elongated shape in which a long axis extends in a direction vertical to the edge of the protective plate, the air accumulation preventing spacers being arranged at predetermined intervals so that the long axes of the spacers are parallel to one another, the resin layer being charged into the opening of the support member and a region surrounded by the plurality of spacers between the display panel and the protective plate.