Sakai Display Products Corporation

Takashi Iwaki

Nobuhiro Yonezawa

Daishi Ishikawa

A display apparatus according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises a display panel, a light guiding plate that emits light, the light being derived from a light source, through a front surface of the light guiding plate toward a rear surface of the display panel, a spacer that forms a void between the display panel and the light guiding plate, and an optical sheet disposed at the void, the optical sheet having a surface to face the rear surface of the display panel and a surface to face the front surface of the light guiding plate. In the display apparatus, the spacer is formed using a shape memory alloy. In the display apparatus, the spacer includes a panel attachment part having a plate shape attached to a peripheral part of the rear surface of the display panel so as to be disposed along the display panel, and a light guiding plate attachment part attached to a peripheral part of the front surface of the light guiding plate or a peripheral part of the rear surface of the light guiding plate.

Display apparatus with spacer and method of manufacture of display apparatus with spacer

A display apparatus comprises: a display panel which displays an image on one surface thereof, a light guide plate disposed to face the other surface of the display panel; a plurality of optical sheets interposed between the display panel and the light guide plate; and a spacer which is sandwiched between the display panel and the light guide plate to secure a space for interposing the optical sheets therebetween, wherein the spacer has a space holding layer fixed to the light guide plate and securing the space, and a fixed layer sandwiched between the display panel and the space holding layer and fixed to the display panel, wherein the thickness of the space holding layer is thicker than a total of the thicknesses of the plurality of optical sheets except for an optical sheet nearest to the display panel.

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Sakai, Japan

Takashi Iwaki