Patent ID: 7626654

Claim:
A display device comprising: a display panel; a support member that supports the display panel; and at least one spacer that is interposed between a cut end surface of the display panel and a first surface of the support member, the first surface facing the cut end surface of the display panel; wherein the support member has a recess with an open end that opens through the first surface and a second surface, the second surface being connected to the first surface and extending in parallel to a display surface of the display panel; wherein the spacer includes a spacer position securing portion inserted in the space of the recess of the support member and a buffer portion that is integral with the spacer position securing portion and protrudes from the open end at the first surface of the support member toward the cut end surface of the display panel; wherein the spacer is made of an elastic material; wherein a plurality of the spacers are provided; and wherein at least one of the spacers of the plurality of spacers has a modulus of elasticity different from a modulus of elasticity of an other of the spacer of the plurality of spacers.