US 12,422,711 B2
Display apparatus
Hiroaki Sato, Kanagawa (JP); and Yasunobu Inaba, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD., Kanagawa (JP)
Filed by Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd., Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on Jan. 16, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/025,582.
Claims priority of application No. 2024-025076 (JP), filed on Feb. 22, 2024.
Prior Publication US 2025/0271698 A1, Aug. 28, 2025
Int. Cl. G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); G02F 1/13363 (2006.01)
CPC G02F 1/133557 (2021.01) [G02F 1/133528 (2013.01); G02F 1/13363 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display apparatus comprising:
an optical member with translucency, the optical member including a front surface corresponding to an observation side and a back surface lying behind the front surface;
a transmissive member provided on a peripheral edge of the back surface of the optical member, the transmissive member having a transmittance of 5% or more;
an electro-optical member provided on a side of the back surface of the optical member, the electro-optical member having optical characteristics varying with applied voltage; and
a housing including a protruding portion, the protruding portion covering an end portion of the electro-optical member and protruding toward the back surface of the optical member,
wherein an end portion of the transmissive member is located between an end portion of the optical member and the protruding portion.