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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1998
Tetsuya Tamura, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Fujimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Masashi Tani, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoya Terasawa, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuhiro Iwano, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A large scale LCD device has a plurality of LCD modules coupled together to form a single screen of the LCD panel. Each module has a plurality of top holes, bottom protrusions, left protrusions and right holes on respective sides of the module. The top hole has a longitudinal section and a transverse section for guiding the bottom protrusion in a horizontal direction for locking the bottom protrusion with the top hole. In the movement of the module for guiding the protrusion for locking operation, the left protrusions advance to the right holes to be received therein and locked with locking pins.