Patent ID: 8405792

Claim:
A protective plate integrated display apparatus comprising: a display panel; a protective plate which protects an observation side surface of the display panel; a resin layer charged into a gap between the display panel and the protective plate to join the display panel and the protective plate; and a plate-like support member having an opening corresponding to a screen area of the display panel; wherein the display panel is disposed on a first surface side of the support member so that the screen area faces the opening and so that a peripheral portion of the observation side surface of the display panel is continuously fixed to the support member over a whole periphery thereof through a frame-like adhesive layer continuously provided between the support member and the display panel to surround a whole periphery of the opening; wherein the protective plate is arranged on a second surface side of the support member with a peripheral portion of the protective plate being fixed to the support member; wherein the resin layer is charged into the opening of the support member and a region surrounded by the adhesive layer between the display panel and the protective plate; wherein the protective plate is fixed to the support member through a plurality of spacers provided between the support member and the protective plate to surround the opening at intervals; wherein the protective plate is shaped to have projecting widths so that the peripheral portion of the protective plate is overlapped on the periphery of the opening of the support member, and at least one of the plurality of spacers is continuously formed extending from an edge of the opening to an edge of the protective plate; wherein the peripheral portion of the protective plate has a plurality of edges overlapped on the periphery of the opening of the support member, a projecting width of at least one edge of the plurality of edges is larger than a projecting width of each of the other edges of the plurality of edges, and at least one spacer arranged along the edge of the protective plate having the large projecting width among the plurality of spacers is continuously formed extending from the edge of the opening to the edge of the protective plate.