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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2013
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Toru Kuriyama, Osaka, JP;
Hideki Morii, Osaka, JP;
Hirofumi Miyamoto, Osaka, JP;
Takayuki Mizunaga, Osaka, JP;
Yuta Ueyama, Osaka, JP;
Toshihiro Yanagi, Osaka, JP;
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
Abstract
The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel including a display area for displaying images and a non-display area other than the display area, a rigid board configured to connect with an external signal source, and a flexible board. The liquid crystal panel and the flexible board are arranged in a first direction. A direction perpendicular to the first direction and along a plate surface of the liquid crystal panel is a second direction. The flexible board is larger in a dimension in the second direction than the rigid board, and includes an end portion including at least an outer portion located outside of the rigid board in the second direction, and a middle portion located about a middle of the flexible board with respect to the end portion in the second direction. The end portion is larger in dimension in the first direction than the middle portion.