IP Library Granted Patent US 9,148,713
Granted Patent B2
US 9,148,713 · App. 13/489,648 · Granted Sep 29, 2015

Television and electronic device

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Patent No.
US 9,148,713
App. No.
13/489,648
Granted
Sep 29, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to at least one embodiment, a television includes a housing further including a pair of corner portions and an enclosed space on an inner side thereof, a pair of speaker boxes housed in the enclosed space in vicinities of the corner portions, a pair of speakers housed in the speaker boxes respectively in a direction which crosses a thickness direction of the housing, and each of the speaker boxes further includes a first duct to guide sounds from a first side of the respective speaker to the respective first opening portion and a second duct to guide sounds from a second side of the respective speaker towards the enclosed space.

Claims (36)

1. A television comprising:

a housing comprising a pair of corner portions, an enclosed space on an inner side of the corner portions, a pair of first opening portions each in a vicinity of a respective one of the pair of corner portions, and a second opening portion between the pair of first opening portions and opening to the enclosed space;

a pair of speaker boxes each in the enclosed space in a vicinity of a respective one of the pair of the corner portions; and

a pair of speakers each in a respective one of the pair of speaker boxes in a direction that crosses a thickness direction of the housing,

wherein each of the pair of speaker boxes further comprises:

a first conduit configured to transmit sounds from a first side of a respective one of the pair of speakers to a respective one of the first opening portions; and

a second conduit configured to transmit sounds from a second side of a respective one of the pair of speakers toward the enclosed space, and

wherein the housing further comprises:

housing portions each facing a respective one of the pair of speaker boxes, the housing portions forming a wall of the first conduit; and

the pair of speaker boxes each comprising a groove portion that forms another wall of the first conduit.

2. The television of claim 1 , wherein

the groove portion comprises an elastic member that defines a circumference of the groove portion and is configured to abut the housing portions.

3. The television of claim 2 , further comprising an inner member inside the housing, configured to define the enclosed space.

4. The television of claim 3 , wherein

the housing further comprises a first case, at least some of which is exposed and viewable by a user, and a second case opposite the first case, and

the first opening portions are in the second case.

5. The television of claim 4 , wherein

the first opening portions extend in a direction which crosses the thickness direction of the housing.

6. The television of claim 5 , wherein

the housing further comprises ribs projecting toward the enclosed space from the housing portions, each of the ribs facing a respective one of the pair of speaker boxes.

7. An electronic device comprising:

a housing comprising a pair of corner portions;

a pair of first opening portions each in a vicinity of a respective one of the pair of corner portions, and a second opening portion between the pair of first opening portions;

a pair of speaker boxes each in the housing in a vicinity of a respective one the pair of corner portions; and

a pair of speakers each in a respective one of the pair of speaker boxes in a direction that crosses a thickness direction of the housing,

wherein each of the pair of speaker boxes further comprises:

a first conduit configured to transmit sounds from a respective one of the pair of speakers to a respective one of the first opening portions; and

a second conduit configured to transmit sounds from a respective one of the pair of speakers towards the second opening portion, and

wherein the housing further comprises:

housing portions each facing a respective one of the pair of speaker boxes, the housing portions forming a wall of the first conduit; and

the pair of speaker boxes each comprising a groove portion that forms another wall of the first conduit.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein

the housing comprises an enclosed space on an inner side of a palm rest in the housing.

9. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein

the housing further comprises a first case, at least some of which is exposed and viewable by a user, and a second case opposite the first case, and

the first opening portions are made in a user side of the second case.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2019
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA CLIENT SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048720/0635 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 6, 2012
From: MIYAMOTO, TOMOFUMI; WATANABE, HIDEKI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 028330/0967 →