ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,542, issued on April 29, was assigned to JAPAN DISPLAY INC. (Tokyo).
"Display device" was invented by Ryou Shimmen (Tokyo) and Michikazu Noguchi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, a display device includes an array substrate, a counter-substrate facing the array substrate, a liquid crystal layer provided between the array substrate and the counter-substrate, a first transparent cover member including a first main surface facing the counter-substrate, a second main surface located on a side opposite to the first main surface, and a first side surface extending in a first direction, and a light source app...