Patent ID: 7728918
Filing Date: 2010-06-01
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. An electro-optical device comprising: an electro-optical panel having a display surface opposite a rear face and defining a major plane, the electro-optical panel having a pair of first sides extending in a first direction and a pair of second sides extending in a second direction, the first direction and the second direction being perpendicular to each other in the major plane; a bent wiring board connected to one of the pair of first sides of the electro-optical panel and extending in the second direction, the bent wiring board having a single bent portion extending between a first edge and a second edge of the bent wiring board; a display side outer frame having a body adjacent the display surface and extending parallel to the major plane of the electro-optical panel, and a pair of turndown flanges adjacent the pair of second sides and extending in a third direction normal to the major plane, the display side outer frame including a first pair of notches formed in the body and the pair of turndown flanges and a second pair of notches formed in the body between the pair of turndown flanges, the first and second pairs of notches defining corresponding openings in the body in the third direction; a support frame adjacent the rear face and extending parallel to the major plane of the electro-optical panel that supports the electro-optical panel in the major plane, the support frame including a pair of first side members and a second side member that form corner portions of the support frame corresponding to the bent portion of the wiring board, the corner portions having a first side and second sides that are connected to the first side at vertexes of the corner portions; a pair of first direction holding tabs protruding from the pair of first side members in the third direction that prevent positional deviation of the electro-optical panel in the first direction, one of the pair of first direction holding tabs being provided at each of opposing corner portions of the support frame that correspond to the bent portion of the wiring board, the pair of first direction holding tabs sandwiching the first and second edges of the bent portion of the wiring board therebetween in the first direction, the pair of first direction holding tabs fitting into the openings defined by the first pair of notches in the body and the pair of turndown flanges of the display side outer frame; and a pair of second direction holding tabs protruding from the second side member in the third direction that prevent positional deviation of the electro-optical panel in the second direction, the pair of second direction holding tabs being provided at each of the opposing corner portions of the support frame that correspond to the bent portion of the wiring board, the pair of second direction holding tabs sandwiching the first and second edges of the bent portion of the wiring board therebetween in the first direction, wherein at least one of the first direction holding tabs and the second direction holding tabs is provided at a position separated from the vertex of the corresponding corner portion, the pair of second direction holding tabs fitting into the openings defined by the second pair of notches in the body of display side outer frame.