Patent ID: 8866986
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: G02F,H01L

Abstract:
1. A display device comprising: a display panel in which a plurality of pixels are arranged on a substrate; and a support member which supports a lower surface of the display panel; wherein the display panel has a rectangular shape with first and second pairs of opposite sides; wherein the support member has a rectangular shape with two support lugs for supporting only one of the first and second pairs of the opposite sides of the lower surface of the display panel; wherein each of the two support lugs of the support member projects in a direction toward the lower surface of the display panel from one of two opposite sides of the support member, respectively, and each of the two support lugs is a continuous part of the support member extending from the one of the two opposite sides of the support member over a major portion of a respective opposite side of only one of the first and second pairs of the opposite sides of the lower surface of the display panel without extending over an entirety of the respective opposite side; wherein each of the two support lugs of the support member has a first surface portion, a second surface portion and a stepped portion disposed between the first and second surface portions so that the first and second surface portions extend in opposite directions away from the stepped portion; wherein the first surface portion is farther from the one of two opposite sides of the support member and closer to the lower surface of the display panel than that of the second surface portion; and wherein each of the two support lugs of the support member is disposed so as to directly support only one of the two opposite sides of only one of the first and second pairs of the opposite sides of the lower surface the display panel, respectively, which overlie the support lugs without directly supporting any portion of an other of the first and second pairs of the opposite sides of the lower surface of the display panel.