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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:
Aug. 21, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1998
Masaaki Ohga, Tenri, JP;
Hisao Kawaguchi, Nara, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The display device of this invention includes: a display panel; a printed circuit board; a plurality of tape carrier packages each having a first side, a second side, an output terminal group located near the first side, and an input terminal group located near the second side; and a chassis having a plurality of ribs for fixing the display panel, wherein the output terminal group of each of the plurality of tape carrier packages is connected with the display panel, the input terminal group of each of the plurality of tape carrier packages is connected with the printed circuit board, the first side of each of the plurality of tape carrier packages is shorter than the second side of each of the plurality of tape carrier packages, and at least one rib of the plurality of ribs is located between the plurality of tape carrier packages.