Patent ID: 8111345

Claim:
A display device comprising: a display panel including first and second substrates consecutively layered on a chassis having at least one mounting surface, wherein said mounting surface is flat and contacts a back face of said display panel in the same plane, said display panel is mounted on said mounting surface, and, said first and second substrates are bonded together at a bonding surface, said display panel having a first panel portion in which an edge of said first substrate protrudes from an edge of said second substrate and a second panel portion in which an edge of said first substrate is substantially flush with an edge of said second substrate; and a positioning rib set located on and protruding from said mounting surface to define a location for said display panel on said mounting surface, said positioning rib set including a first rib, protruding from said mounting surface, having a first positioning wall which opposes an edge of said first panel portion and has a height larger than a height of said bonding surface as observed from said mounting surface, and a second rib, protruding from said mounting surface, having a second positioning wall which opposes an edge of said second panel portion and has a height smaller than a height of said bonding surface as observed from said mounting surface.