Display device

• US 6,867,824 B2
• Filed: 05/16/2002
• Issued: 03/15/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Display Technologies Corporation (Fujitsu Limited)
• Inventors: Hayashimoto, Seiji, Eiraku, Takayuki
• Primary Examiner(s): TON, MINH TOAN T
• Application Number:
  US10/146,751
• Publication Number:
  US 20030122993A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,034 Days
• Field of Search: 349/58, 349/61, 361/681, 361/682
• US Class Current: 349/58
• 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

Abstract

A liquid crystal display unit having a liquid crystal display element is accommodated in a housing having an opening for exposing the display portion of the display element to the exterior. The housing comprises a display face cover and a rear cover and the liquid crystal display unit is mounted directly relative to the display face cover. A positioning pin is provided so as to extend out from the display face cover in order to position the liquid crystal display unit relative to the display face cover, and a positioning hole, which engages the positioning pin, is provided on the liquid crystal unit.

Claims

1. A display device comprising:

a display unit having a display element;

a housing having an opening provided for exposing a display portion of the display element to the exterior, said display unit being mounted directly to said housing;

a positioning protrusion extending out from one of said housing and said display unit so as to position said display unit to said housing; and

a positioning hole, provided on the other one of said housing and said display unit, so as to be engaged with the positioning protrusion which fits in the positioning hole.

2. The display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said display unit is mounted to said housing by a screw, and a screw hole for engaging with the screw is formed in the positioning protrusion of the housing.

3. A display device comprising:

a display unit having a display element;

a housing having an opening provided for exposing a display portion of the display element to the exterior, said display unit being mounted directly to said housing;

a positioning protrusion extending out from one of said housing and said display unit so as to position said display unit to said housing; and

a positioning hole, provided on the other one of said housing and said display unit, so as to be engaged with the positioning protrusion,

wherein said housing comprises an upper housing having the opening and a lower housing, and the lower housing is mounted to the upper housing through a mounting portion of said display unit relative to the upper housing.

4. A display device comprising:

a display unit having a display element;

a housing having an opening provided for exposing a display portion of the display element to the exterior, said display unit being mounted directly to said housing;

a positioning protrusion extending out from one of said housing and said display unit so as to position said display unit to said housing; and

a positioning hole, provided on the other one of said housing and said display unit, so as to be engaged with the positioning protrusion,

wherein said display unit is mounted to said housing by a screw, and a screw hole for engaging with the screw is formed in the positioning protrusion of the housing, and

wherein said housing comprises an upper housing having the opening and a lower housing, and the lower housing is mounted to the upper housing through a mounting portion of said display unit relative to the upper housing.