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Liquid crystal apparatus

Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1995-09-05
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Granted: 1996-05-14
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Expires: 2015-09-05
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Abstract

Abstract A liquid crystal apparatus is constituted by a display device for data display, a drive circuit unit for driving the display device, a unit substrate for supplying electric signals to the drive circuit unit, and a tape-form film carrier comprising an insulating substrate and a conductor covered with the insulating substrate for connecting the display device, the drive circuit unit and the unit substrate. A part of the film carrier is provided with a blank portion where the insulating substrate is locally removed to absorb a stress applied to the film carrier. A unit substrate constituting the drive circuit unit is screwed to a supporting member so as to allow a movement thereof relative to the supporting member by use of a space regulating means surrounding the screw shank.

Inventors

  • 👤 Hideo Mori
  • 👤 Hisao Tajima
  • 👤 Hiroshi Takabayashi
  • 👤 Toshiaki Itazawa
  • 👤 Masanori Takahashi
  • 👤 Kenji Niibori

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05K; H05K3/00; H05K3/0058; G; G02; G02F; G02F1/00; G02F1/01; G02F1/13; G02F1/133; G02F1/1333; G02F1/1345; G02F1/13452; H05K1/00; H05K1/02; H05K1/0277; H05K1/028; H05K2201/00; H05K2201/01; H05K2201/0104; H05K2201/0133; H05K2201/03; H05K2201/0332; H05K2201/0388; H05K2201/0394; H05K2201/09; H05K2201/09009; H05K2201/09063; H05K2201/09209; H05K2201/09218; H05K2201/09281; H05K2201/10; H05K2201/10007; H05K2201/10128; H05K2201/10136; H05K2201/10227; H05K2201/10409; H05K2201/10431; H05K2201/10598; H05K2201/10613; H05K2201/10621; H05K2201/10681; H05K3/36; H05K3/361

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 174 words
A display apparatus, comprising: a display device for data display, a drive circuit unit for driving the display device, a unit substrate for supplying electric signals to the drive circuit unit, and a tape-form film carrier comprising a first outer lead connected to the display device, a second outer lead connected to the unit substrate, an inner lead connected to the device circuit unit, a plurality of conductors connecting the leads, and an insulating substrate covering the conductors, wherein: a part of the film carrier connecting the display device and the drive circuit unit is provided with a first and a second blank portion where the insulating substrate is locally removed to expose the conductors, the second outer lead connected to the unit substrate extends in a direction perpendicular to an extension direction of the first outer lead connected to the display device, and the first and second blank portions are disposed in two elongated rows in a direction perpendicular to the extension direction of the first outer lead connected to the display device.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 174 words
A display apparatus, comprising: a display device for data display, a drive circuit unit for driving the display device, a unit substrate for supplying electric signals to the drive circuit unit, and a tape-form film carrier comprising a first outer lead connected to the display device, a second outer lead connected to the unit substrate, an inner lead connected to the device circuit unit, a plurality of conductors connecting the leads, and an insulating substrate covering the conductors, wherein: a part of the film carrier connecting the display device and the drive circuit unit is provided with a first and a second blank portion where the insulating substrate is locally removed to expose the conductors, the second outer lead connected to the unit substrate extends in a direction perpendicular to an extension direction of the first outer lead connected to the display device, and the first and second blank portions are disposed in two elongated rows in a direction perpendicular to the extension direction of the first outer lead connected to the display device.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 21 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the unit substrate is elongated in a direction parallel to the elongated blank portions.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 16 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display device is a liquid crystal display device.

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