Anti-moisture structures for use with a liquid crystal display

Claim 2

A liquid crystal display wherein an outer case is formed of a transmissive hard synthetic resin, a liquid crystal display board is housed in said outer case in a floating state relative to an inner bottom surface of said outer case, and surroundings of said liquid crystal display board are covered with a transmissive synthetic resin poured into said outer case; and wherein a fluid reservoir is provided on an inner side of an inner case disposed in said outer case and contacting said liquid crystal display board, and said inner case is fixedly jointed to said liquid crystal display board by an adhesive applied to said fluid reservoir.

Claim 3

A liquid crystal display according to claim 1, wherein the depth of said outer case is larger than the depth of said liquid crystal display board.

Claim 4

A liquid crystal display according to claim 1, wherein the upper ends of peripheral walls constituting said outer case are higher that the upper surface of said liquid crystal display board descended into said outer case.

Claim 5

A liquid crystal display wherein an upper glass substrate and a lower glass substrate are provided in a facing relation, transparent electrodes are respectively provided on opposite surfaces of said glass substrates on their inner side, a liquid crystal substance is interposed between said transparent electrodes and sealed between said glass substrates, and first connecting terminal pins for connecting said transparent electrodes to the exterior are provided at an edge of one of said glass substrates, thereby constituting a liquid crystal display board; wherein an outer case is formed of a transmissive hard synthetic resin, said liquid crystal display board is housed in said outer case such that the display surface of said liquid crystal display board faces an inner bottom surface of said outer case, a backlight formed by an electroluminescent illuminant is on the rear side of said liquid crystal display board, and second connecting terminal pins for said backlight which are not connected to said transparent electrodes are provided on said liquid crystal display board together, said backlight being connected to an external circuit for energization through said second connecting terminal pins for said backlight; wherein a control substrate for controlling the driving of various loads is provided, a connecting portion is provided on said control substrate, and said connecting portion is directly contacted with said first and second connecting terminal pins for interconnection therebetween; wherein a substrate case is provided, said liquid crystal display board and said control substrate are housed in said substrate case, and a synthetic resin is poured into said substrate case to mold said liquid crystal display board and said control substrate together; wherein a gap is left partially or entirely between a transmissive synthetic resin poured into said outer case and an inner side of an inner case disposed in said outer case and contacting said liquid crystal display board; and wherein said gap is directly communicated with the atmosphere through a communicating pipe.

Claim 6

A liquid crystal display wherein an upper glass substrate and a lower glass substrate are provided in a facing relation, transparent electrodes are respectively provided on opposite surfaces of said glass substrates on their inner side, a liquid crystal substance is interposed between said transparent electrodes and sealed between said glass substrates, and first connecting terminal pins for connecting said transparent electrodes to the exterior are provided at an edge of one of said glass substrates, thereby constituting a liquid crystal display board; wherein an outer case is formed of a transmissive hard synthetic resin, said liquid crystal display board is housed in said outer case such that the display surface of said liquid crystal display board faces an inner bottom surface of said outer case, a backlight formed by an electroluminescent illuminant is on the rear side of said liquid crystal display board, and second connecting terminal pins for said backlight which are not connected to said transparent electrodes are provided on said liquid crystal display board together, said backlight being connected to an external circuit for energization through said second connecting terminal pins for said backlight; wherein a control substrate for controlling the driving of various loads is provided, a connecting portion is provided on said control substrate, and said connecting portion is directly contacted with said first and second connecting terminal pins for interconnection therebetween; wherein a substrate case is provided, said liquid crystal display board and said control substrate are housed in said substrate case, and a synthetic resin is poured into said substrate case to mold said liquid crystal display board and said control substrate together; wherein a gap is left partially or entirely between a transmissive synthetic resin poured into said outer case and an inner side of an inner case disposed in said outer case and contacting said liquid crystal display board; and wherein said gap is directly communicated with the atmosphere through a communicating pipe.

Claim 7

In a liquid crystal display wherein an outer case is formed of a transmissive hard synthetic resin, and a liquid crystal display board housed in said outer case is molded by pouring a liquid transmissive synthetic resin, the improvement wherein said outer case is divided into two spaces by a partition, a flow passage allowing the liquid synthetic resin to flow therethrough is formed in a lower edge of said partition, said liquid crystal display board is housed in one of the divided spaces, and the liquid synthetic resin is poured into the other divided space.

Claim 8

In a liquid crystal display wherein an outer case is formed of a transmissive hard synthetic resin, and a liquid crystal display board housed in said outer case is molded by pouring a liquid transmissive synthetic resin, the improvement wherein said outer case is divided into two spaces by a partition, a flow passage allowing the liquid synthetic resin to flow therethrough is formed in a lower edge of said partition, said liquid crystal display board is housed in one of the divided spaces, and the liquid synthetic resin is poured into the other divided space.

Claim 9

A liquid crystal display wherein an upper glass substrate and a lower glass substrate are provided in a facing relation, transparent electrodes are respectively provided on opposite surfaces of said glass substrates on their inner side, a liquid crystal substance is interposed between said transparent electrodes and sealed between said glass substrates, and first connecting terminal pins for connecting said transparent electrodes to the exterior are provided at an edge of one of said glass substrates, thereby constituting a liquid crystal display board; wherein an outer case is formed of a transmissive hard synthetic resin, a liquid crystal display board is housed in said outer case such that the display surface of said liquid crystal display board faces an inner bottom surface of said outer case, a backlight formed by an electroluminescent illuminant is on the rear side of said liquid crystal display board, and second connecting terminal pins for said backlight which are not connected to said transparent electrodes are provided on said liquid crystal display board together, said backlight being connected to an external circuit for energization through said second connecting terminal pins for said backlight; wherein a control substrate for controlling the driving of various load is provided, a connecting portion is provided on said control substrate, and said connecting portion is directly contacted with said first and second connecting terminal pins for interconnection therebetween; wherein a substrate case is provided, said liquid crystal display board and said control substrate are housed in said substrate case, and a synthetic resin is poured into said substrate case to mold said liquid crystal display board and said control substrate together; wherein a gap is left between the synthetic resin poured into said substrate case and a part or the whole of either an outer side of an inner case disposed in said outer case and contacting said liquid crystal display board or a transmissive synthetic resin disposed on the outer side of said inner case; and wherein said gap is directly communicated with the atmosphere through a communicating pipe.

Claim 10

A liquid crystal display wherein an upper glass substrate and a lower glass substrate are provided in a facing relation, transparent electrodes are respectively provided on opposite surfaces of said glass substrates on their inner side, a liquid crystal substance is interposed between said transparent electrodes and sealed between said glass substrates, and first connecting terminal pins for connecting said transparent electrodes to the exterior are provided at an edge of one of said glass substrates, thereby constituting a liquid crystal display board; wherein an outer case is formed of a transmissive hard synthetic resin, a liquid crystal display board is housed in said outer case such that the display surface of said liquid crystal display board faces an inner bottom surface of said outer case, a backlight formed by an electroluminescent illuminant is on the rear side of said liquid crystal display board, and second connecting terminal pins for said backlight which are not connected to said transparent electrodes are provided on said liquid crystal display board together, said backlight being connected to an external circuit for energization through said second connecting terminal pins for said backlight; wherein a control substrate for controlling the driving of various load is provided, a connecting portion is provided on said control substrate, and said connecting portion is directly contacted with said first and second connecting terminal pins for interconnection therebetween; wherein a substrate case is provided, said liquid crystal display board and said control substrate are housed in said substrate case, and a synthetic resin is poured into said substrate case to mold said liquid crystal display board and said control substrate together; wherein a gap is left between the synthetic resin poured into said substrate case and a part or the whole of either an outer side of an inner case disposed in said outer case and contacting said liquid crystal display board or a transmissive synthetic resin disposed on the outer side of said inner case; and wherein said gap is directly communicated with the atmosphere through a communicating pipe.

Claim 11

A liquid crystal display comprising: an outer case made of a transparent hard synthetic resin; an inner case having support pins provided on an outer peripheral edge of the inner case; and a liquid crystal display board mounted on the inner case; wherein the inner case is disposed in the outer case and is supported by the outer case by means of the support pins such that the liquid crystal display board is between the outer case and the inner case and there is a gap between the liquid crystal display board and an inner surface of the outer case; and wherein the gap between the liquid crystal display board and the inner surface of the outer case is filled with a transparent synthetic resin poured into the outer case.

Claim 12

A liquid crystal display comprising: an outer case made of a transparent hard synthetic resin; an inner case having support pins provided on an outer peripheral edge of the inner case; and a liquid crystal display board mounted on the inner case; wherein the inner case is disposed in the outer case and is supported by the outer case by means of the support pins such that the liquid crystal display board is between the outer case and the inner case and there is a gap between the liquid crystal display board and an inner surface of the outer case; and wherein the gap between the liquid crystal display board and the inner surface of the outer case is filled with a transparent synthetic resin poured into the outer case.

Claim 13

A liquid crystal display according to claim 7, wherein the outer case includes supports provided on an outer peripheral edge of the outer case, the supports of the outer case engaging the support pins of the inner case.

Claim 14

A liquid crystal display comprising: an outer case made of transparent hard synthetic resin; a liquid crystal display board disposed in the outer case such that there is a gap between the liquid crystal display board and an inner surface of the outer case; and an inner case disposed in the outer case such that the liquid crystal board is between the outer case and the inner case, the inner case having a protruding portion provided on a peripheral edge of the inner case, the protruding portion defining a space and being provided with a pouring port; wherein the gap between the liquid crystal display board and the inner surface of the outer case is filled with a transparent synthetic resin poured into the space defined by the protruding portion, the transparent synthetic resin filling the gap having flowed into the outer case from the space defined by the protruding portion through the pouring port.

Claim 15

A liquid crystal display comprising: an outer case made of transparent hard synthetic resin; a liquid crystal display board disposed in the outer case such that there is a gap between the liquid crystal display board and an inner surface of the outer case; and an inner case disposed in the outer case such that the liquid crystal board is between the outer case and the inner case, the inner case having a protruding portion provided on a peripheral edge of the inner case, the protruding portion defining a space and being provided with a pouring port; wherein the gap between the liquid crystal display board and the inner surface of the outer case is filled with a transparent synthetic resin poured into the space defined by the protruding portion, the transparent synthetic resin filling the gap having flowed into the outer case from the space defined by the protruding portion through the pouring port.

Claim 16

A liquid crystal display according to claim 9, wherein the protruding portion of the inner case is provided with an air reservoir communicating with a space between the inner case and the inner surface of the outer case.

Claim 17

A liquid crystal display according to claim 10, further comprising a communicating pipe disposed on the protruding portion of the inner case and communicating the air reservoir with the atmosphere.

Claim 18

A liquid crystal display according to claim 11, wherein an amount of the transparent synthetic resin poured into the space defined by the protruding portion is such that the air reservoir is not filled by the transparent synthetic resin when the transparent synthetic resin has flowed into the outer case from the space defined by the protruding portion through the pouring port.

Claim 19

A liquid crystal display comprising: an outer case made of a transparent hard synthetic resin; an inner case having contact ribs projecting from a surface of the inner case; and a liquid crystal display board mounted on the contact ribs; wherein the inner case is disposed in the outer case such that the liquid crystal display board is between the outer case and the inner case and there is a gap between the liquid crystal display board and an inner surface of the outer case; and wherein the gap between the liquid crystal display board and the inner surface of the outer case is filled with a transparent synthetic resin poured into the outer case.

Claim 20

A liquid crystal display comprising: an outer case made of a transparent hard synthetic resin; an inner case having contact ribs projecting from a surface of the inner case; and a liquid crystal display board mounted on the contact ribs; wherein the inner case is disposed in the outer case such that the liquid crystal display board is between the outer case and the inner case and there is a gap between the liquid crystal display board and an inner surface of the outer case; and wherein the gap between the liquid crystal display board and the inner surface of the outer case is filled with a transparent synthetic resin poured into the outer case.

Claim 21

A liquid crystal display according to claim 13, wherein the liquid crystal display board is bonded to the contact ribs with an adhesive.

Claim 22

A liquid crystal display according to claim 13, wherein the contact ribs are arranged to define at least one fluid reservoir between a plurality of the contact ribs, and wherein the at least one fluid reservoir is filled with an adhesive which bonds the liquid crystal display board to the contact ribs.

Claim 23

A liquid crystal display comprising: an outer case made of a transparent hard synthetic resin; an inner case having support pins provided on an outer peripheral edge of the inner case, contact ribs projecting from a surface of the inner case, the contact ribs being arranged to define at least one fluid reservoir between a plurality of the contact ribs, the at least one fluid reservoir being filled with an adhesive, and a protruding portion provided on a peripheral edge of the inner case, the protruding portion defining a space and being provided with a pouring port and an air reservoir; a liquid crystal display board bonded to the contact ribs by the adhesive in the at least one fluid reservoir, the contact ribs maintaining a gap between the liquid crystal board and the surface of the inner case; wherein the inner case is disposed in the outer case and is supported by the outer case by means of the support pins such that the liquid crystal display board is between the outer case and the inner case, there is a gap between the liquid crystal display board and an inner surface of the outer case, and the air reservoir communicates with a space between the inner case and the inner surface of the outer case; and wherein the gap between the liquid crystal board and the surface of the inner case and the gap between the liquid crystal display board and the inner surface of the outer case are filled with a transparent synthetic resin poured into the space defined by the protruding portion, the transparent synthetic resin filling the gaps having flowed into the outer case from the space defined by the protruding portion through the pouring port; the liquid crystal display further comprising a communicating pipe disposed on the protruding portion of the inner case and communicating the air reservoir with the atmosphere.

Claim 24

A liquid crystal display comprising: an outer case made of a transparent hard synthetic resin; an inner case having support pins provided on an outer peripheral edge of the inner case, contact ribs projecting from a surface of the inner case, the contact ribs being arranged to define at least one fluid reservoir between a plurality of the contact ribs, the at least one fluid reservoir being filled with an adhesive, and a protruding portion provided on a peripheral edge of the inner case, the protruding portion defining a space and being provided with a pouring port and an air reservoir; a liquid crystal display board bonded to the contact ribs by the adhesive in the at least one fluid reservoir, the contact ribs maintaining a gap between the liquid crystal board and the surface of the inner case; wherein the inner case is disposed in the outer case and is supported by the outer case by means of the support pins such that the liquid crystal display board is between the outer case and the inner case, there is a gap between the liquid crystal display board and an inner surface of the outer case, and the air reservoir communicates with a space between the inner case and the inner surface of the outer case; and wherein the gap between the liquid crystal board and the surface of the inner case and the gap between the liquid crystal display board and the inner surface of the outer case are filled with a transparent synthetic resin poured into the space defined by the protruding portion, the transparent synthetic resin filling the gaps having flowed into the outer case from the space defined by the protruding portion through the pouring port; the liquid crystal display further comprising a communicating pipe disposed on the protruding portion of the inner case and communicating the air reservoir with the atmosphere.

Claim 25

A liquid crystal display comprising: an outer case made of a transparent hard synthetic resin; a liquid crystal display board disposed in the outer case such that there is a gap between the liquid crystal display board and an inner surface of the outer case; an inner case disposed in the outer case such that the liquid crystal board is between the outer case and the inner case; and a backlight including an electroluminescent illuminant, the backlight being disposed between the liquid crystal board and the inner case; wherein the gap between the liquid crystal display board and the inner surface of the outer case is filled with a transparent synthetic resin poured into the outer case.

Claim 26

A liquid crystal display comprising: an outer case made of a transparent hard synthetic resin; a liquid crystal display board disposed in the outer case such that there is a gap between the liquid crystal display board and an inner surface of the outer case; an inner case disposed in the outer case such that the liquid crystal board is between the outer case and the inner case; and a backlight including an electroluminescent illuminant, the backlight being disposed between the liquid crystal board and the inner case; wherein the gap between the liquid crystal display board and the inner surface of the outer case is filled with a transparent synthetic resin poured into the outer case.

Claim 27

A liquid crystal display according to claim 17, wherein the backlight further includes terminals, and wherein the liquid crystal display further comprises: first connecting terminal pins provided at an edge of the liquid crystal display board for connecting the liquid crystal display board to a circuit outside the outer case for driving the liquid crystal display board; and second connecting terminal pins provided at the edge of the liquid crystal display board and connected to the terminals of the backlight for connecting the backlight to a circuit outside the outer case for driving the backlight.

Claim 28

A liquid crystal display comprising: a case made of a transparent hard synthetic resin; a partition disposed in the case, the partition dividing the case into a first space and a second space; a passage between the first space and the second space; a liquid crystal display board disposed in the case in the second space; and a transparent synthetic resin poured into the case into the first space, the transparent synthetic resin fixing the liquid crystal display board in the case in the second space, the transparent synthetic resin having flowed into the second space through the passage between the first space and the second space.

Claim 29

A liquid crystal display comprising: a case made of a transparent hard synthetic resin; a partition disposed in the case, the partition dividing the case into a first space and a second space; a passage between the first space and the second space; a liquid crystal display board disposed in the case in the second space; and a transparent synthetic resin poured into the case into the first space, the transparent synthetic resin fixing the liquid crystal display board in the case in the second space, the transparent synthetic resin having flowed into the second space through the passage between the first space and the second space.