Patent ID: 7961281

Claim:
A display device comprising: a display panel to display an image; a protection plate that is arranged on an observation side of the display panel with a predetermined gap with respect to the display panel and configured to protect an observation surface of the display panel; a spacer that is arranged between the display panel and the protection plate to surround a region that corresponds to a screen area of the display panel, the spacer including at least one missing portion to connect an inside and an outside of the region to each other; and a filler layer filling the region that is surrounded by the spacer of a gap between the display panel and the protection plate, the filler layer having been polymerized by irradiation of light and heating; wherein the spacer forms a rectangular frame surrounding the region that corresponds to the screen area of the display panel, and the at least one missing portion comprises missing portions formed near each of four corners of the spacer; and wherein each of the missing portions formed near the four corners of the spacer is formed in such a shape that a width of the missing portion increases from an outer edge toward an inner edge of the spacer.