# US 8,786,796 B2 · Display device

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- Number: US 8,786,796 B2
- Document ID: US8786796B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 12/740,626
- Filed: 2008-10-27
- Published: 2010-10-07
- Granted: 2014-07-22
- Earliest claimed: 2007-10-29
- Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Keita Ito; Eiji Iwata; Masahiro Ohtake
- Inventors: Keita Ito; Eiji Iwata; Masahiro Ohtake
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8786796B2

## CPC

- G02F 1/133308: {Support structures for LCD panels, e.g. frames or bezels}
- G02F 1/133311: {Environmental protection, e.g. against dust or humidity}
- G02F 1/133317: {Intermediate frames, e.g. between backlight housing and front frame}
- G02F 1/13332: {Front frames}
- G02F 1/133322: {Mechanical guidance or alignment of LCD panel support components}
- G02F 2201/465: Snap -fit
- G02F: OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS

## Abstract

In a structure for holding a display panel disposed within a cabinet, which includes a frame part positioned on one side of a display face of the display panel; a peripheral part positioned around the display panel; and a rear part covering the other face side of the display panel, from both sides by the frame part and a holding member supported by the peripheral part, a projecting portion projects on an inner face portion of the frame part in a position on an outer peripheral side of a rim portion of the display panel and the holding member so as to extend from the side of the display face of the display panel toward the opposite side of the display face, and a reinforcing portion for coupling the inner face portion of the projecting portion and the inner face portion of the frame part is provided.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A display device comprising:
a cabinet including a frame part being disposed on a first face side corresponding to a display face of a display panel and having an opening, a peripheral part connected to an outer periphery of the frame part and positioned so as to cover peripheral faces of display panel, and a rear part connected to the peripheral part and covering a second face side of the display panel;
the display panel disposed within the cabinet and held from both sides thereof by the frame part and a holding member supported on the peripheral part or the rear part;
a projecting portion that projects inside the frame part, disposed outside a rim portion of the display panel and the holding member and extends from the first face side toward the second face side, wherein the projecting portion is an annular projection provided continuously outside the rim portion of the display panel; and
a reinforcing portion that is disposed only inside the projecting portion and couples the projecting portion with an interior of the frame part.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The display device according to claim 1, wherein the projecting portion extends in a direction substantially perpendicular to an inner face of the frame part, and the reinforcing portion is a plate portion substantially perpendicular to the projecting portion and the inner face of the frame part.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The display device according to claim 1, wherein the reinforcing portion is provided inside the projecting portion.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The display device according to claim 1, wherein the holding member is a frame body having an opening for transmitting light for irradiating the display panel and holding the rim portion of the display panel from the second face side.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The display device according to claim 4, wherein the frame body includes, in an outer peripheral portion thereof, a receiving portion for a circuit board used for driving the display panel.