Patent ID: 8023064
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display (LCD) device comprising: a display panel including a liquid crystal (LC) layer sandwiched between a pair of substrates; a backlight unit for supplying light to said LC layer through a rear surface of the opposing side of a display surface of said display panel; a shield front attachable onto said backlight unit for partially disposing said display panel between said shield front and said backlight unit; a plurality of ribs being disposed on said backlight unit, arranged along the four edges of said display panel and restricting a position in an in-plane direction of said display panel, wherein each of said ribs has a position-restricting wall opposing a side edge of said display panel; and a flexible seal member being fixed onto one of said backlight unit and said shield front, said flexible seal member being arranged along said side edge of said display panel, and configured to press a side edge of said display panel only in an in-plane direction of said display panel, wherein said flexible seal member has a side surface for pressing said side edge of said display panel, wherein before said shield front is attached onto said backlight unit, said side surface of said flexible seal member is spaced apart from said side edge of said display panel in said in-plane direction of said display panel at a distance the same or greater than the distance from said side edge of said display panel to one of said position-restricting walls adjacent to said flexible seal member, and when said shield front is being attached onto said backlight unit said flexible seal member is pressed in a vertical direction of said display surface of said display panel by said backlight unit and said shield front to expand in said in-plane direction of said display panel, and thereby bring said side surface of said flexible seal member into contact with said side edge of said display panel.