Display and remote controller including display

• US 7,206,195 B2
• Filed: 07/28/2004
• Issued: 04/17/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Hanahara, Tetsuro, Takahashi, Masahiro
• Primary Examiner(s): CHANG, YEAN HSI
• Application Number:
  US10/901,854
• Publication Number:
  US 20050063128A1
• Time in Patent Office: 993 Days
• Field of Search: 361679-681
• US Class Current: 361/679.21
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/00 Arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless electrical link

Abstract

A display includes a case having an opening provided therein, a holding portion provided on the case and having a frame shape provided around the opening, a display device accommodated in the holding portion, a circuit board accommodated in the case, a connector for connecting the display device to the circuit board, and an elastic portion provided at the holding portion for urging the display device. The holding portion has a side directing towards an inside of the frame shape. The display device includes plural electrodes arranged in a predetermined direction. The display device has a side contacting the side of the holding portion. The side of the display device faces the side of the holding portion in the predetermined direction. The circuit board includes plural conductors arranged in the predetermined direction. The connector connects the electrodes of the display device to the conductors of the circuit board, respectively.

Claims

1. A display comprising:

a case having an opening provided therein;

a holding portion provided on the case and having a frame shape provided around the opening, the holding portion having a first side directing towards an inside of the frame shape;

a display device accommodated in the holding portion, the display device including a plurality of electrodes arranged in a predetermined direction, the display device having a side contacting the first side of the holding portion, the side of the display device facing the first side of the holding portion in the predetermined direction;

a circuit board accommodated in the case, the circuit board including a plurality of conductors arranged in the predetermined direction;

a connector for electrically connecting the electrodes of the display device to the conductors of the circuit board, respectively; and

an elastic portion provided at the holding portion for urging the display device towards the first side of the holding portion in the predetermined direction.

2. The display according to claim 1, wherein the connector is elastic.

3. The display according to claim 1, wherein the connector includes

a plurality of conductive layers for electrically connecting the electrodes of the display device to the conductors of the circuit board, and

a plurality of insulating layers placed alternately on the conductive layers.

4. The display according to claim 1, further comprising a positioning portion for positioning the circuit board, the positioning portion being provided on the case and near the electrodes of the display device.

5. The display according to claim 1,

wherein the holding portion further has a second side directing towards the inside of the frame shape, the second side of the holding portion being opposite to the first side of the holding portion, and

wherein the elastic portion is provided at the second side of the holding portion.

6. The display according to claim 1, wherein the opening is located between the first side of the holding portion and the second side of the holding portion.

7. The display according to claim 1,

wherein the case has a bottom surface having the opening provided therein,

wherein the case includes the holding portion unitarily provided with the case, and

wherein the first side of the holding portion protrudes from the bottom surface of the case.

8. The display according to claim 7, wherein the elastic portion has a projection towards the display device for urging the display device towards the first side of the holding portion.

9. The display according to claim 1, wherein the holding portion has a portion functioning as the elastic portion, the holding portion having a slot therein which delineates the elastic portion.

10. A remote controller comprising:

a case having an opening provided therein;

a holding portion provided on the case and having a frame shape provided around the opening, the holding portion having a first side directing towards an inside of the frame shape;

a display device accommodated in the holding portion, the display device including a plurality of electrodes arranged in a predetermined direction, the display device having a side contacting the first side of the holding portion, the side of the display device facing the first side of the holding portion in the predetermined direction;

a circuit board accommodated in the case, the circuit board including a plurality of conductors arranged in the predetermined direction, the conductors being connected to the electrodes of the display device, respectively;

a connector for electrically connecting the electrodes of the display device to the conductors of the circuit board;

an elastic portion provided at the holding portion for urging the display device towards the first side of the holding portion in the predetermined direction;

an operating portion; and

a circuit accommodated in the case, the circuit being operable to transmit a signal according to a manipulation to the operating portion.

11. The remote controller according to claim 10, wherein the connector is elastic.

12. The remote controller according to claim 10, wherein the connector includes

a plurality of conductive layers for electrically connecting the electrodes of the display device to the conductors of the circuit board, and

a plurality of insulating layers placed alternately on the conductive layers.

13. The remote controller according to claim 10, further comprising a positioning portion for positioning the circuit board, the positioning portion being provided on the case and near the electrodes of the display device.

14. The remote controller according to claim 10, wherein the circuit is mounted to the circuit board.

15. The remote controller according to claim 10,

wherein the holding portion further has a second side directing towards the inside of the frame shape, the second side of the holding portion being opposite to the first side of the holding portion, and

wherein the elastic portion is provided at the second side of the holding portion.

16. The remote controller according to claim 15, wherein the elastic portion has a projection toward the display device for urging the display device towards the first side of the holding portion.

17. The remote controller according to claim 10,

wherein the case has a bottom surface having the opening provided therein,

wherein the case includes the holding portion unitarily provided with the case, and

wherein the first side of the holding portion protrudes from the bottom surface of the case.

18. The remote controller according to claim 10, wherein the holding portion has a portion functioning as the elastic portion, the holding portion having a slot therein which delineates the elastic portion.

19. The remote controller according to claim 18, wherein the elastic portion has a projection towards the display device for urging the display device towards the first side of the holding portion.