Patent ID: 6398560
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: G02F,H01R,H04M

Abstract:
A retaining structure of an LCD device for portable equipment, comprising:(a) an LCD device; (b) a first circuit board having a driver IC for driving said LCD device, a first set of terminals electrically connected to said driver IC, and a second set of terminals electrically connected to said driver IC; said first circuit board being flexible so as to be bent at a flexible position; said first set of terminals being located near one end of said first circuit board and mechanically and electrically connected to said LCD device; said second set of terminals being located near the other end of said first circuit board; said first circuit board having penetrating holes; (c) a second circuit board having specific circuits for said electronic equipment; said circuits of said second circuit board being mechanically and electrically connected to said second set of terminals of said first circuit board; and (d) a frame member having a lower frame part and bosses extending downward; said LCD device being fixed on an upper face of said frame member; said lower frame part being contacted with said second circuit board to form a space between said frame member and said second circuit board, thereby fixing said frame member to said second circuit board and covering said second set of terminals of said first circuit board in said space; said lower frame part having a window for allowing said first circuit board to enter said space through said lower frame part; said bosses being located near said window of said lower frame part and penetrating said holes of said first circuit board to be contacted with said second circuit board in said space.