US 11,740,498 B2
Liquid crystal display device comprising an elastic component that engages with a side wall of a case
Koji Kawashima, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd., Shanghai (CN)
Filed by Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd., Shanghai (CN)
Filed on Dec. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/74,318.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-211444 (JP), filed on Dec. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0204995 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. G02F 1/1333 (2006.01)
CPC G02F 1/13332 (2021.01) 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:
a front bezel;
a backlight unit; and
a liquid crystal panel between the front bezel and the backlight unit,
wherein the front bezel includes a periphery portion that surrounds a display area of the liquid crystal panel on a front side of the liquid crystal panel, and
a side wall that stands from the periphery portion toward a rear side,
wherein the backlight unit includes
a case having a bottom plate and a side wall that stands from the bottom plate,
an optical component placed inside the case, and
an elastic component that engages with the side wall of the case, making contact with the optical component,
wherein the side wall of the front bezel is located outside the side wall of the case,
wherein the elastic component includes an outer portion, and
wherein the outer portion is positioned between an inner surface of the side wall of the front bezel and an outer surface of the side wall of the case, makes contact with the inner surface of the side wall of the front bezel and the outer surface of the side wall of the case, and presses the inner surface of the side wall of the front bezel and the outer surface of the side wall of the case along an in-plane direction of the display area.