Display Device Having Alignment Structure and Assembly Method Thereof

• US 20160062185A1
• Filed: 06/23/2015
• Published: 03/03/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AU Optronics Corporation
• Original Assignee: AU Optronics Corporation
• Inventors: Deng, Ya-Wei, Cheng, Chu-Hung
• Application Number:
  US14/747,123
• Publication Number:
  US 20160062185A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133308 Support structures for LCD panels, e.g. frames or bezels
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133322 Mechanical guidance or alignment of LCD panel support components
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133331 Cover glasses
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133608 including particular frames or supporting means

Abstract

A display device and an assembly method of the display device are provided. The display device includes a backlight module, a display panel, a cover lens, and an alignment mark. The backlight module has a supporting frame, and at least one alignment hole is formed on the supporting frame. The display panel is disposed on the backlight module and has a first substrate. The cover lens covers an outer side of the display panel opposite to the backlight module and protrudes outside a side edge of the first substrate. The alignment mark is formed on the first substrate or on the cover lens. The alignment mark at least partially overlaps the alignment hole within a vertical projecting region of the supporting frame. The relative positions along each part of the display device are ensured by using the alignment mark and the alignment hole.

Claims

1. A display device, comprising:

a backlight module having a supporting frame, wherein at least one alignment hole is formed on the supporting frame;

a display panel disposed on the backlight module and having a first substrate;

a cover lens covering an outer side of the display panel opposite to the backlight module and protruding outside a side edge of the first substrate; and

an alignment mark formed on the first substrate or on the cover lens, the alignment mark at least partially overlapping the alignment hole within a vertical projecting region of the supporting frame.

2. The display device of claim 1, wherein the alignment mark is visible through the alignment hole from the outer side of the backlight module.

3. The display device of claim 1, wherein the supporting frame comprises:

a metal frame having a first alignment hole; and

a plastic frame disposed in the metal frame and having a second alignment hole,

wherein the first alignment hole and the second alignment hole communicate with each other and together form the alignment hole.

4. The display device of claim 3, wherein the first alignment hole has a first diameter, and the second alignment hole has a second diameter, and the first diameter is larger than the second diameter.

5. The display device of claim 1, further comprising a tape, the alignment hole forming an opening on a bottom surface of the supporting frame, the tape covering the opening from the outer side of the backlight module.

6. The display device of claim 5, wherein one end of the tape is attached to an outer surface of the display panel facing the cover lens, and the other end of the tape is attached to the bottom surface of the supporting frame where the opening is located.

7. The display device of claim 1, wherein the alignment mark is disposed on a surface of the first substrate facing the cover lens, and the alignment mark is made of a metallic material.

8. The display device of claim 1, wherein the alignment mark is formed by means of a corner of the first substrate.

9. The display device of claim 1, wherein the alignment mark totally falls into the alignment hole within the vertical projecting region of the supporting frame.

10. The display device of claim 1, wherein the display panel further comprises a second substrate and a display media layer, the display media layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the first substrate has a protruding part protruding beyond a side edge of the second substrate, and the alignment mark is located on the protruding part.

11. The display device of claim 1, wherein the cover lens is a touch module substrate.

12. An assembly method of a display device, comprising:

(a) forming an alignment mark on a first substrate of a display panel or on a cover lens;

(b) attaching the cover lens on an outer side of the display panel to allow the cover lens to protrude outside a side edge of the first substrate;

(c) forming at least one alignment hole on a supporting frame of a backlight module;

(d) moving the combined display panel and the cover lens above the backlight module, and inspecting the position of the alignment mark by the alignment hole to position the relative position of the display panel and the supporting frame; and

(e) combing the display panel with the backlight module after positioning is completed.

13. The assembly method of claim 12, further comprising:

(f) covering an opening formed by the alignment hole on a bottom surface of the supporting frame by a tape after the display panel and the backlight module are combined.

14. The assembly method of claim 13, wherein the step (f) comprises:

(f1) attaching one end of the tape to an outer surface of the display panel facing the cover lens;

(f2) attaching the other end of the tape to the bottom surface of the supporting frame where the opening is located.

15. The assembly method of claim 12, wherein the step (d) comprises confirming the alignment mark totally falling into the alignment hole within a vertical projecting region of the supporting frame.

16. The assembly method of claim 12, wherein the step (d) comprises confirming distances between each side of the alignment mark and a corresponding periphery of the alignment hole within a vertical projecting region of the supporting frame are smaller than a standard range.

17. The assembly method of claim 12, wherein the supporting frame comprises a metal frame and a plastic frame, the metal frame has a first alignment hole, the plastic frame has a second alignment hole communicating with the first alignment hole, the first alignment hole and the second alignment hole together form the alignment hole, and a first diameter of the first alignment hole is larger than a second diameter of the second alignment hole, the step (d) comprises confirming at least a part of the alignment mark overlapping the second alignment hole within a vertical projecting region of the plastic frame.