# US 8,542,497 B2 · Display device

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- Number: US 8,542,497 B2
- Document ID: US8542497B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 12/601,155
- Filed: 2008-05-20
- Published: 2010-08-05
- Granted: 2013-09-24
- Earliest claimed: 2007-05-23
- Assignees: Sony Corporation
- Applicants: Tatsuya Sakata; Makoto Miyashita; Toyoki Takahashi; Daiki Adachi; Sachiko Koyama
- Inventors: Tatsuya Sakata; Makoto Miyashita; Toyoki Takahashi; Daiki Adachi; Sachiko Koyama
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8542497B2

## CPC

- F16M 11/10: around a horizontal axis {(F16M11/12 takes precedence)}
- G06F 1/1601: {Constructional details related to the housing of computer displays, e.g. of CRT monitors, of flat displays (constructional details related to flat displays integrated in a portable computer, e.g. laptop, handheld computer G06F1/1637; constructional details related to television receivers H04N5/64)}
- G06F 1/20: Cooling means
- H05K 1/028: {Bending or folding regions of flexible printed circuits (H05K1/0283 takes precedence)}
- H05K 1/147: {at least one of the printed circuits being bent or folded, e.g. by using a flexible printed circuit (H05K1/148 takes precedence)}
- H05K 5/0204: {Mounting supporting structures on the outside of casings}
- H05K 5/0226: {Hinges}
- H05K 5/0234: {Feet; Stands; Pedestals, e.g. wheels for moving casing on floor}
- H05K 7/00: Constructional details common to different types of electric apparatus (casings, cabinets, drawers H05K5/00)
- H10K 59/82: Interconnections, e.g. terminals (H10K59/131, H10K59/179 take precedence)
- F16M 2200/08: Foot or support base
- G06F 2200/1612: Flat panel monitor
- H05K 5/03: Covers
- H10K 59/871: {Self-supporting sealing arrangements}
- H10K 2102/351: {Thickness}
- F16M: FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
- H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES

## Abstract

A display device in the present invention includes a display panel which is provided with a display screen, a T-substrate which is arranged in a predetermined range narrower than the display panel at the back side of the display panel, first flexible printed circuit substrates which extend downward from the upper end of the display panel and are connected to the T-substrate, and second flexible printed circuit substrates which extend upward from the lower end of the display panel and are connected to the T-substrate in order to achieve more reduction in thickness when the display panel and the circuit substrate are arranged together.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A display device, comprising:
a display panel which is provided with a display screen;
a T-substrate which is arranged in a predetermined range narrower than the display panel at the back side of the display panel, and wherein the entire T-substrate is arranged in a region less than or equal to the lower half of the back side of the display panel;
a first plurality of flexible printed circuit substrates which extend downward from the upper end of the display panel and are connected to the T-substrate; and
a second plurality of flexible printed circuit substrates which extend upward from the tower end of the display panel and are connected to the T-substrate.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The display device according to claim 1, wherein the first plurality of flexible printed circuit substrates are arranged folded back downward by 180° at the upper end of the display panel, and the second plurality of flexible printed circuit substrates are arranged folded back upward by 180° at the lower end of the display panel.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The display device according to claim 1, wherein the first plurality of flexible printed circuit substrates connect a plurality of power supply lines to the display panel, and the second plurality of flexible printed circuit substrates connect a plurality of signal lines to the display panel.

### Claim 4

A display device, comprising:
a display panel which is provided with a display screen;
a T-substrate which is arranged in a predetermined rage narrower than the display panel at the back side of the display panel, and wherein the uppermost edge of the T-substrate is located below a mid-line of the back side of the display panel;
a first plurality of flexible printed circuit substrates which extend downward from the upper end of the display panel and are connected to the T-substrate; and
a second plurality of flexible printed circuit substrates which extend upward from the lower end of the display panel and are connected to the T-substrate.