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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2005
Yasuaki Kondo, Mobara, JP;
Tsutomu Sato, Mobara, JP;
Kosuke Matsubara, Ichihara, JP;
Toshimitsu Matsudo, Shinagawa, JP;
Yasuaki Kondo, Mobara, JP;
Tsutomu Sato, Mobara, JP;
Kosuke Matsubara, Ichihara, JP;
Toshimitsu Matsudo, Shinagawa, JP;
Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Chiba, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a technique that is capable of preventing a separation of elements of the display panel of a slim display device in which the bending radius of a flexible printed circuit is small. A flexible printed circuit connects to a first side of the display panel proximate to an end surface of the display panel and is bent in the vicinity of the end surface, and a part of the flexible printed circuit is disposed between the back of a backlight and a holder. The holder has an opening or a depression in the vicinity of an end surface of the backlight corresponding to the end surface of the display panel. The flexible printed circuit has a portion which is deflected so that a portion thereof projects into a space in the opening or the depression in the holder, as viewed in section.