DISPLAY APPARATUS

Abstract

A display apparatus includes a display panel, a frame, and a bracket. The frame surrounds an outer circumference of the display panel in a planar view in which the display apparatus is viewed in a direction orthogonal to a plane of the display panel. The bracket holds the display panel from a back side of the display panel and extends outside the outer circumference of the display panel in the planar view. The bracket (i) has a bending portion that extends toward a front side of the display panel outside the outer circumference of the display panel in the planar view, (ii) supports the frame from a back side of the frame by the bending portion and (iii) has a projection in the bending portion that holds a lateral surface of the display panel.

Description

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising: a display panel;a frame that surrounds an outer circumference of the display panel in a planar view in which the display apparatus is viewed in a direction orthogonal to a plane of the display panel; anda bracket that holds the display panel from a back side of the display panel and extends outside the outer circumference of the display panel in the planar view, whereinthe bracket (i) has a bending portion that extends toward a front side of the display panel outside the outer circumference of the display panel in the planar view, (ii) supports the frame from a back side of the frame by the bending portion and (iii) has a projection in the bending portion that holds a lateral surface of the display panel.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a recess is provided in the lateral surface of the display panel, and the bracket holds the display panel by a distal end of the projection being fitted into the recess.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display panel includes a display element, a panel member that covers a display surface as a main surface of the display element, and a resin member that is arranged on a lateral surface of the display element and is provided with the recess, whereinthe resin member is fixed to a back surface of the panel member.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an upper end of the display apparatus protrudes from a dashboard of a vehicle in which the display apparatus is installed, the bracket extends to a side of the upper end of the display apparatus, has the bending portion that is bent toward the front side of the display panel at the upper end, and supports an upper side of the frame from the back side of the frame, and the projection holds the display panel from an upper lateral surface that is a lateral surface on the upper end of the display panel.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the bracket holds the lateral surface of the display panel at a plurality of positions.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the bracket is located outside the outer circumference of the display panel in the planar view at a plurality of positions, and the bending portion extends toward the front side of the display panel at the plurality of positions.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the bracket is fixed to a sheet metal chassis constituting a back surface of the display panel.