Information display

• US 8,355,086 B2
• Filed: 07/16/2008
• Issued: 01/15/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Hisakawa, Kohji
• Primary Examiner(s): Kianni, K. Cyrus
• Application Number:
  US12/682,087
• Publication Number:
  US 20100238365A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,644 Days
• Field of Search: 349/11, 349/23
• US Class Current: 349/11
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133308 Support structures for LCD panels, e.g. frames or bezels
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133311 Environmental protection, e.g. against dust or humidity
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133604 with lamps
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 19/22 Advertising or display means on roads, walls or similar surfaces, e.g. illuminated
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 9/35 being liquid crystals G09F9/302 takes precedence; liquid crystal materials C09K19/00; liquid crystal panels comprising a number of electrodes in a single cell per se G02F1/13

Abstract

An information display 100 according to the present invention, comprising a housing 60 having an opening 65, a display member 10 accommodated within the housing 60, a translucent protective member 70 covering the opening 65 of the housing 60 and allowing a display provided by the display member 10 to be visible, and a magnet 80 disposed within the housing 60.

Claims

1. An information display comprising:

a display member including a display panel and a chassis housing the display panel;

a housing including an opening and housing the display member;

a translucent protective member including a ventilation hole, the translucent protective member being arranged at a distance from the display member and arranged to cover the opening of the housing such that an image on the display member is visible; and

a plurality of magnets disposed within the housing, at least a first one of the plurality of magnets being arranged closer to a rear of the information display than the display member, at least a second one of the plurality of magnets being arranged adjacent to the ventilation hole and between the display member and the transparent protective member such that the at least a second one of the plurality of magnets is closer to a front of the information display than the display member, and at least a third one of the plurality of magnets being directly mounted to the chassis of the display member.

2. The information display according to claim 1, wherein the housing is installed on a wall of a platform of a train station.

3. The information display according to claim 1, wherein the display member is a liquid crystal module.

4. The information display according to claim 3, wherein the display panel of the liquid crystal module is a liquid crystal panel including a liquid crystal layer arranged between a pair of substrates and a lighting device arranged to provide an illuminating light permitting a display of the liquid crystal panel, and the liquid crystal panel and the lighting device are unitized through a bezel.

5. The information display according to claim 4, wherein the lighting device comprises a light source, the chassis being arranged to house the light source and including an opening in a light emission side, an optical sheet disposed in an opening side of the chassis, and a frame arranged to fix the optical sheet to the chassis.

6. The information display according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of magnets are respectively housed in ones of a plurality of housing bags capable of allowing magnetism of the magnet to penetrate therethrough.