Alps Electric Co., Ltd.

Makoto Tomofuji

Fumiaki Yamanashi

A connecting structure for connecting a liquid crystal display and a flexible flat cable by soldering electrode terminals formed over the lower glass substrate of the liquid crystal display and connecting electrodes formed over the surface of the free end of the flexible flat cable, and by solidifying the junction of the liquid crystal display and the flexible flat cable with a resin. Through holes are formed in the free end of the flexible flat cable between the connecting electrodes at an appropriate pitch so that the through holes extend lengthwise across the end of the lower glass substrate when the flexible flat cable is put in place on the lower glass substrate. A resin applied to the upper surface of the flexible flat cable spreads over the upper surface of the flexible flat cable near the upper glass substrate of the liquid crystal display and the end surface of the upper glass substrate, flows through the through holes to the backside of the flexible flat cable, and spreads over part of the lower surface of the flexible flat cable near the end of the lower glass substrate and over the end surface of the lower glass substrate. Thus, the resin can be spread over the upper and lower surfaces of the flexible flat cable and over the respective end surfaces of the upper and lower glass substrates through a single resin applying process.

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Iwaki, Japan

Makoto Tomofuji