Patent ID: 9709837
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: G02F

Claim:
1. An electro-optical device comprising: an illumination unit that includes a light guide plate and a light source; a panel that includes a first substrate facing the illumination unit, a second substrate facing the first substrate, an electro-optical material provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a sealing member configured to seal the electro-optical material and that is provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, the sealing member having a shape of a frame and having an inner side surface facing the electro-optical material; a support member that includes a frame portion and a step portion, the frame portion surrounding the panel and the illumination unit, the step portion being formed on an inner side of the frame portion and having an upper surface for holding the first substrate; an upper polarizing plate provided on a surface of the second substrate opposite to a surface facing the first substrate; and a tape provided along an outer edge portion of the first substrate and between the first substrate and the step portion, the tape having an inner edge and an outer edge that is opposite to the inner edge and faces the frame portion of the support member, the tape having a first surface facing the first substrate, the tape having a second surface bonded to the upper surface of the step portion, wherein the inner edge of the tape is outside the inner side surface of the sealing member in a planar view and flush with an inner edge of the step portion.