Protection Panel for Electronic Apparatus Display Window and Production Method for Protection Panel

• US 20080218951A1
• Filed: 02/17/2005
• Published: 09/11/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nissha Printing Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nissha Printing Company Limited
• Inventors: Shimizu, Jun, Yamada, Shinya, Hashimoto, Takao, Kusuda, Yasuji
• Application Number:
  US10/589,668
• Publication Number:
  US 20080218951A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/681
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1601 Constructional details related to the housing of computer displays, e.g. of CRT monitors, of flat displays constructional details related to flat displays integrated in a portable computer, e.g. laptop, handheld computer G06F1/1637; constructional details related to television receivers H04N5/64
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1603 Arrangements to protect the display from incident light, e.g. hoods
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1607 Arrangements to support accessories mechanically attached to the display housing G06F1/1603, G06F1/1605 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0283 for providing a decorative aspect, e.g. customization of casings, exchangeable faceplate

Abstract

To provide a low reflectance protection panel with decoration for a display window of an electronic apparatus, superior in productivity. A decorating film is laminated on the surface of a transparent protective plate: the decorating film forms at least a window forming layer having a transparent window portion on the surface of a hard coating film at the transparent protective plate side and is formed with a low reflectance processed layer on the opposite surface thereof: and a low reflectance processed layer is formed on the rear surface of the transparent protective plate. Or, a decorating film is laminated on a surface of an optical isotropic transparent protective plate being interposed by a polarizing plate, the decorating film forms at least a window forming layer having a transparent window portion on the surface of the hard coating film at the transparent protective plate side.

Claims

1. A display window protection panel for an electronic apparatus fitted into a display window opening for protecting a portion of a display device, which is located under the display window openings in a casing of the electronic apparatus and exposed from the display window opening, said protection panel comprising:

a transparent protective plate provided being opposed to a surface of said exposed portion of said display device;

a decorating film including a transparent hard coating film and a window forming layer having a decorating portion formed in a thin film state in a portion of one surface of said hard coating film and a part where is not formed with said decorating portion and is formed as a transparent window portion arranged so that the portion exposed from said display window opening of said display device can be viewed; and

a transparent sticking layer for sticking said decorating film to a surface at a side not facing to said display device of said transparent protective plate in a laminated state so that said window forming layer is positioned at a surface side of the transparent protective plate.

2. The display window protection panel for an electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said decorating portion is provided in a peripheral area of said decorating film as a printed layer, and said transparent window portion is formed in an central portion of said decorating film.

3. The display window protection panel for an electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said decorating film is further provided with a first low reflectance processed layer.

4. The display window protection panel for an electronic apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said first low reflectance processed layer is provided to an entire of the other surface of said hard coating film.

5. The display window protection panel for an electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said transparent protective plate is optical isotropic, and either surface thereof is provided with a polarizing film.

6. The display window protection panel for an electronic apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said polarizing film is provided to a surface at a transparent protective plate side not opposing to said display device.

7. The display window protection panel for an electronic apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said transparent protective plate is provided with a second low reflectance processed layer onto a surface at a side opposing to said display device.

8. The display window protection panel for an electronic apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said second low reflectance processed layer is formed of a λ

/4 plate.

9. The display window protection panel for an electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transparent protective plate is constructed of a touch panel including a movable electrode film laminated on said decorating film and a fixed electrode plate stuck to said movable electrode film in the peripheral portion thereof so as to form an air layer between said movable electrode film and the fixed electrode plate.

11. The display window protection panel for an electronic apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the transparent protective plate is constructed of a touch panel including a movable electrode film laminated on said decorating film and a fixed electrode plate stuck to said movable electrode film in the peripheral portion thereof so as to form an air layer between said movable electrode film and the fixed electrode plate.

12. The display window protection panel for an electronic apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the transparent protective plate is constructed of a touch panel including a movable electrode film laminated on said decorating film and a fixed electrode plate stuck to said movable electrode film in the peripheral portion thereof so as to form an air layer between said movable electrode film and the fixed electrode plate.

13. The display window protection panel for an electronic apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the transparent protective plate is constructed of a touch panel including a movable electrode film laminated on said decorating film and a fixed electrode plate stuck to said movable electrode film in the peripheral portion thereof so as to form an air layer between said movable electrode film and the fixed electrode plate.

14. The display window protection panel for an electronic apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the transparent protective plate is constructed of a touch panel including a movable electrode film laminated on said decorating film and a fixed electrode plate stuck to said movable electrode film in the peripheral portion thereof so as to form an air layer between said movable electrode film and the fixed electrode plate.

15. The display window protection panel for an electronic apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the transparent protective plate is constructed of a touch panel including a movable electrode film laminated on said decorating film and a fixed electrode plate stuck to said movable electrode film in the peripheral portion thereof so as to form an air layer between said movable electrode film and the fixed electrode plate.

16. The display window protection panel for an electronic apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the transparent protective plate is constructed of a touch panel including a movable electrode film laminated on said decorating film and a fixed electrode plate stuck to said movable electrode film in the peripheral portion thereof so as to form an air layer between said movable electrode film and the fixed electrode plate.

17. The display window protection panel for an electronic apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the transparent protective plate is constructed of a touch panel including a movable electrode film laminated on said decorating film and a fixed electrode plate stuck to said movable electrode film in the peripheral portion thereof so as to form an air layer between said movable electrode film and the fixed electrode plate.

10. A manufacturing method of display window protection panels for an electronic apparatus fitted into a display window opening for protecting a portion of a display device, which is located under the display window opening in a casing of the electronic apparatus and exposed from the display window opening, the method comprising:

forming a plurality of decorating areas each including a window forming layer having a decorating portion formed in a portion of one surface of said hard coating film in a thin film state, in which a part not provided with said decorating portion is formed as a transparent window portion which transmits a portion of said display device exposed from said display window opening so as to be viewed, thereby producing a large size decorating film

sticking said large size decorating film to a large size transparent protective plate having an area larger than one of the decorating areas so that said decorating portion is located opposing to a surface of said large size transparent protective plate; and

cutting said stuck large size decorating film and large size transparent protective plate at one time in a position outer than said transparent window portion as well as inner side of the decorating area, thereby obtaining protection panels.