US 11,940,681 B2
Display device comprising a clamping member clamping an outer edge of a front plate and an outer edge of a support member
Takuya Nishimoto, Tokyo (JP); and Hiroki Sugiyama, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Japan Display Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Japan Display Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/839,830.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-102679 (JP), filed on Jun. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0404657 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. G02F 1/1333 (2006.01)
CPC G02F 1/13332 (2021.01) [G02F 1/133314 (2021.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a front plate;
a display panel disposed on a back surface side of the front plate;
a backlight disposed on a back surface side of the display panel;
a housing that accommodates the backlight and that extends along an outer side and a back surface side of the backlight;
a support member disposed on the back surface side of the front plate and outside the housing, the support member supporting the front plate, an outer edge of the support member being a flange extending along the front plate; and
a clamping member clamping an outer edge of the front plate and the outer edge of the support member, wherein
the support member includes the flange and a leg extending from the flange toward the back surface side of the backlight,
the clamping member including:
a first section located on a front surface side of the outer edge of the front plate;
a second section located on a back surface side of the flange; and
a third section connecting the first section and the second section;
a fourth section coupled to the second section and located outside the leg of the support member; and
a fifth section coupled to the fourth section and located on a back surface side of the leg, and
the second section of the clamping member is in direct contact with the back surface of the flange.