IP Library Granted Patent US 7,755,893
Granted Patent B2
US 7,755,893 · App. 11/816,650 · Granted Jul 13, 2010

Display device

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Patent No.
US 7,755,893
App. No.
11/816,650
Granted
Jul 13, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a display apparatus that can achieve high durability by making the most of the function of the exhaust fans to effectively suppress the rise of the temperature. The display apparatus comprises a display panel for displaying images, a rear case covering a rear side of the display panel, and an exhaust fan disposed within the rear case, wherein the rear case includes a first air-hole area and a second air-hole area each provided with a plurality of air holes, the first air-hole area is located at a higher level than the second air-hole area with respect to a vertical direction with a spacing therebetween, and at least partially faces the exhaust fan, and an area surrounded by the first air-hole area, the second air-hole area and external common tangents thereof is a shielded area in which no air hole is provided.

Claims (15)

1. A display apparatus comprising

a display panel for displaying images;

a rear case covering a rear side of the display panel, the rear case including a first air-hole area, a second air-hole area, and a third air-hole area, each provided with a plurality of air holes, wherein the first air-hole area is located at a higher level than the second air-hole area with respect to a vertical direction with a spacing therebetween, and an area surrounded by the first air-hole area, the second air-hole area, and external common tangents between the first air air-hole area and the second air-hole area, is a shielded area in which no air hole is provided;

a drive circuit for driving the display panel disposed in an inner space surrounded by the display panel and the rear case, the drive circuit including a circuit substrate on which a plurality of electronic parts are mounted, wherein in the inner space, an electronic part that generates the largest amount of heat among the plurality of electronic parts is located in a space between the shielded area and the display panel;

an exhaust fan disposed within the rear case, wherein the first air-hole area at least partially faces the exhaust fan, and the third air-hole area is located a prescribed distance away from the exhaust fan; and

a partition disposed along the external common tangents.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the inner space is separated by the partition.

3. A display apparatus comprising:

a display panel for displaying images;

a rear case covering a rear side of the display panel including a first air-hole area, a second air-hole area, and a third air-hole area, each provided with a plurality of air holes, wherein the first air-hole area is located at a higher level than the second air-hole area with respect to a vertical direction with a spacing therebetween, the third air-hole area is located at a lower level than the second air-hole area with respect to the vertical direction with a spacing therebetween, and an area surrounded by the first air-hole area, the second air-hole area, and external common tangents between the first air air-hole area and the second air-hole area is a shielded area in which no air hole is provided;

a drive circuit for driving the display panel is disposed in an inner space surrounded by the display panel and the rear case, the drive circuit including a circuit substrate on which a plurality of electronic parts are mounted, wherein in the inner space, an electronic part that generates the largest amount of heat amount the plurality of electronic parts is located in a space between the shielded area and the display panel;

a data driver IC disposed in the inner space so as to face the third air-hole area;

an exhaust fan disposed within the rear case, wherein the first air-hole area at least partially faces the exhaust fan, the third air-hole area is located a prescribed distance away from the exhaust fan; and

a partition disposed between the third air-hole area and the second air-hole area so that a flow of air in the vertical direction is obstructed, the partition having a size that fits a size of an area where the data driver IC is disposed.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 11, 2008
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021818/0725 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 17, 2008
From: YANAGAWA, HIROTO; TAKEZAWA, HIROAKI
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021695/0813 →