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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shiro Ueda, Mobara, JP;
Shunichi Kumaoka, Cupertino, CA (US);
Masumi Sasuga, Mobara, JP;
Katsuhiko Shibata, Mobara, JP;
Yoichi Igarashi, Mobara, JP;
Naoto Kobayashi, Mobara, JP;
Assignees:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Device Engineering Co., Ltd., Mobara, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
349 58 ; 349 65 ;
Abstract
A liquid crystal device in which a peripheral circuit board positioned in the outer periphery of a seal port is recessed to avoid the projection of the seal port and in which a fluorescent tube has its two lamp cables arranged around the four sides of a crystal display element, so that the substrate at the seal port side and the lamp cable of a side light type back light can be packaged in compact.