Patent ID: 8599543

Claim:
An image display apparatus comprising: a display panel and a connecting mechanism for connecting the display panel to a supporting body that supports the display panel, wherein the connecting mechanism includes a plurality of first connecting members fixed to a back surface of the display panel at the side opposite to an image display surface of the display panel, a plurality of second connecting members that connect the supporting body for supporting the display panel to the first connecting members, and a relative-position adjusting portion that adjusts relative positions between the first connecting members and the second connecting members, wherein the relative-position adjusting portion includes a slider portion provided at one of each first connecting member and the corresponding second connecting member and a rail portion provided at the other one of each first connecting member and the corresponding second connecting member, the slider portion including a steel ball and a spring and the rail portion regulating a movement of the steel ball, wherein the steel ball is pressed against the rail portion by the spring so that a frictional force is generated between the rail portion and the steel ball, and the relative positions between the first connecting members and the second connecting members are fixed by the generated frictional force, and wherein a flexural rigidity of the first connecting members is lower than a flexural rigidity of the display panel.