Patent ID: 8330894
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: G06F,H04N,H05K

Abstract:
1. A display device comprising: a display panel including a front panel and a back panel that have peripheral portions joined to each other by a sealing material; a chassis member joined to the back panel of the display panel, and a housing enclosing the display panel and the chassis member, wherein: the housing includes a front housing portion provided with an opening corresponding to an effective display region of the front panel, a front protective glass substrate fixed to the front housing portion so as to close the opening, a side housing portion coupled to the front housing portion, and a back housing portion that is coupled to the side housing portion and covers a back surface of the chassis member, and a supporting member provided on the front protective glass substrate or the front housing portion so as to sit between the sealing material of the display panel and the opening, the supporting member being configured to be spaced apart from the front panel in a normal state of the front panel and to restrict deflection of the front panel by contacting the front panel when the front panel is warped toward the front protective glass substrate, and being contained in an elastic member inserted between the front panel and the front protective glass substrate or between the front panel and the front housing portion.