IP Library Granted Patent US 9,380,254
Granted Patent B2
US 9,380,254 · App. 13/489,672 · Granted Jun 28, 2016

Display and electronic unit

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Patent No.
US 9,380,254
App. No.
13/489,672
Granted
Jun 28, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display includes: a display main unit including a display panel; and a back-face covering member including a back-face section and a side-face section, the back-face section being made of a metal plate and disposed on a rear-face side of the display panel to face the display panel, and the side-face section being made of a resin and provided between an end section of the back-face section and an end section of the display main unit.

Claims (12)

1. A display comprising:

a display main unit having a display panel and a front-face plate comprising a front surface, a plurality of side walls and a back-side portion which is right next to and substantially perpendicular to the side walls, said front face plate provided on a display surface side of the display panel; and

a rear cover including a back-face section and a side-face section which are integrally formed together to form a single piece rear cover, the back-face section being a flat-shaped plate made of metal and the side-face section being made of a resin such that in the rear cover only the flat-shaped back-face section is made of the metal,

an end section of the side-face section of the single piece rear cover being attached to the back-side portion of the front face plate of the display main unit so that (i) an inner surface of the back-face section faces a rear-face side of the display panel, (ii) the display panel is arranged within an internal space formed between an inner portion of the rear cover and the back-side portion of the front-face plate, and (iii) an outside surface of the-single piece rear cover and the front surface and the side walls of front face plate form an entire external surface of the display.

2. An electronic unit with a display, the display comprising:

a display main unit having a display panel and a front-face plate, said front face plate provided on a display surface side of the display panel; and

a rear cover including a back-face section and a side-face section which are integrally formed together to form a single piece rear cover, the back-face section being a flat-shaped plate made of metal and the side-face section being made of a resin such that in the rear cover only the flat-shaped back-face section is made of the metal,

an end section of the side-face section of the single piece rear cover being directly attached to a back-side portion of the front face plate of the display main unit so that (i) an inner surface of the back-face section faces a rear-face side of the display panel, (ii) the display panel is arranged within an internal space formed between an inner portion of the rear cover and the back-side portion of the front-face plate, and (iii) an outside surface of the single piece rear cover and an outside surface of front face plate form an entire external rear surface of the display; and

the back-face section of the single piece rear cover has a thickness value in a range from 0.4 mm to 0.5 milli-meters and the side-face section of the single piece rear cover has a thickness value in a range from 2.5 mm to 3. milli-meters.

3. The display according to claim 1 , wherein the side-face section includes a step section on which an end section of the back-face section is mounted.

4. The display according to claim 1 , wherein the side-face section includes a depression section into which an end section of the back-face section is inserted.

5. The display according to claim 4 , wherein the side-face section includes a cut in a region where the side-face section and the end section of the back-face section overlap.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2017
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SATURN LICENSING LLC
Reel/Frame 043177/0794 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 7, 2012
From: KAWAGUCHI, KAZUNORI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028364/0241 →