IP Library Granted Patent US 10,218,933
Granted Patent B2
US 10,218,933 · App. 13/547,511 · Granted Feb 26, 2019

Connecting structure, electrical device and television apparatus

Inventors: Hideo Yonezawa (Osaka, JP); Yuki Kita (Osaka, JP); Akihiro Fujikawa (Osaka, JP); Kenji Ogura (Osaka, JP); Tsukasa Fujimoto (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
H04N5/64F16M13/02F16B5/025
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Patent No.
US 10,218,933
App. No.
13/547,511
Granted
Feb 26, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrical device includes a rear chassis, a fastening member, and an attachment member. The rear chassis has a through-hole. The fastening member is disposed inside the rear chassis. The fastening member has a threaded hole. The attachment member retains the fastening member relative to the rear chassis. The attachment member has a first engaging part that engages with an internal portion of the rear chassis. The screw extends through the through-hole of the rear chassis and screwed into the threaded hole of the fastening member for attaching a wall-mount fixture to an external portion of the rear chassis.

Claims (66)

1. A display device comprising:

a chassis made of electrically insulating material;

a fastening member; and

a cap member made of electrically insulating material, and including an inner side surface that defines a cavity,

the chassis including a housing side wall that extends in a first direction perpendicular to an inside surface of the chassis and has an inner side surface and an outer side surface that face away relative to each other in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, the inner side surface of the housing side wall defining an interior housing space in which the fastening member is disposed, and

the cap member being attached to the chassis to cover the housing side wall and the fastening member, the inner side surface of the cap member at least partially facing with the outer side surface of the housing side wall in the second direction.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising

a screw extending through a through-hole of the chassis and screwed into a threaded hole of the fastening member,

the fastening member being disposed inside the chassis, and

the cap member retaining the fastening member relative to the chassis, the cap member having a first engaging part that engages with an internal portion of the chassis.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the chassis is made of resin.

4. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein

the internal portion of the chassis has a second engaging part that engages with the first engaging part of the cap member.

5. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein

the internal portion of the chassis has a positioning part that aligns the threaded hole of the fastening member relative to the through-hole of the chassis.

6. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein

the housing side wall of the chassis is frame-shaped and includes the positioning part, the housing side wall surrounding an external periphery of the fastening member.

7. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein

the fastening member further includes a screw receiving part that receives a distal end of the screw.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein

the fastening member further includes an overlapping part that is formed by folding a sheet-shaped metal member and superposes both ends thereof on each other, and a facing part that faces the overlapping part,

the overlapping part having the threaded hole of the fastening member, and the facing part forming the screw receiving part of the fastening member.

9. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein

the cap member further includes an urging part that urges the fastening member toward the inside surface of the chassis.

10. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein

the urging part includes a deformable protrusion that is formed integrally with the cap member between the cap member and the fastening member.

11. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein

the fastening member further has a pair of inclined parts that is inclined with a gap therebetween enlarging toward the inside surface of the chassis, and

the urging part further includes an additional deformable protrusion, the deformable protrusion and the additional deformable protrusion contacting with the inclined parts, respectively.

12. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein

the first engaging part of the cap member includes a first engaging piece that protrudes in a direction along the inside surface of the chassis,

the second engaging part of the chassis includes a second engaging piece that stands from the inside surface of the chassis and extends in the direction along the inside surface of the chassis, and

the first engaging part is engaged with the second engaging part in a direction orthogonal to the inside surface of the chassis by moving the cap member in the direction along the inside surface of the chassis.

13. The display device according to claim 12 , wherein

at least one of the chassis and the cap member has a restricting part that restricts movement of the cap member in the direction along the inside surface of the chassis while the first engaging piece of the first engaging part and the second engaging piece of the second engaging part are engaged.

14. A display device comprising:

a display unit;

a chassis made of electrically insulating material;

a fastening member made of metal;

an attachment member covering the fastening member, the attachment member being made of an electrically insulating resin material, the attachment member including a cavity; and

a screw extending through a through-hole of the chassis and screwed into a threaded hole of the fastening member,

the chassis including a housing wall part that extends inside the chassis from an inside surface of the chassis and at least partially surrounds the fastening member,

an inner wall surface of the cavity of the attachment member at least partially surrounding an external periphery of the housing wall part,

the fastening member being disposed inside the chassis,

the attachment member retaining the fastening member relative to the chassis, the attachment member having a first engaging part that engages with an internal portion of the chassis.

15. The display device according to claim 14 , wherein

the attachment member has a cap shaped portion, the cap shaped portion including a side wall part that surrounds the fastening member from sides thereof, and a lid part that covers the side wall part.

16. A display device comprising:

a chassis made of electrically insulating material;

a fastening member;

a cap member made of electrically insulating material, and including an inner side surface that defines a cavity; and

a screw extending through a through-hole of the chassis and screwed into a threaded hole of the fastening member,

the chassis including a housing side wall that extends in a first direction perpendicular to an inside surface of the chassis and has an inner side surface and an outer side surface that face away relative to each other in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, the inner side surface of the housing side wall defining an interior housing space in which the fastening member is disposed,

the cap member being attached to the chassis to cover the housing side wall and the fastening member, the inner side surface of the cap member at least partially facing with the outer side surface of the housing side wall in the second direction,

the fastening member being disposed inside the chassis,

the cap member retaining the fastening member relative to the chassis, the cap member having a first engaging part that engages with an internal portion of the chassis,

the internal portion of the chassis has a second engaging part that engages with the first engaging part of the cap member,

the second engaging part of the chassis including a hook part that outwardly protrudes with respect to the through-hole, and

the first engaging part of the cap member including an engaging concavity, the engaging concavity engaging with the hook part from outside of the hook part.

17. The display device according to claim 16 , wherein

the first engaging part of the cap member has higher flexibility than the second engaging part of the chassis, and

the hook part of the second engaging part and the engaging concavity of the first engaging part are engaged by flexing the first engaging part.

18. The display device according to claim 17 , wherein

the cap member includes a lid part that faces the inside surface of the chassis, and a side wall part that extends toward the inside surface of the chassis from a peripheral edge of the lid part, and

the first engaging part of the cap member outwardly extends from the peripheral edge of the lid part, the engaging concavity engaging with the hook part on an outside of the side wall part.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2025
From: FUNAI GROUP CO., LTD
To: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 073121/0824 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2025
From: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. (F/K/A FE-TECH CO., LTD.)
To: FEC IP LLC
Reel/Frame 073121/0883 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2012
From: YONEZAWA, HIDEO; KITA, YUKI; FUJIKAWA, AKIHIRO; OGURA, KENJI; FUJIMOTO, TSUKASA
To: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028536/0814 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP 2011-159739 · Jul 21, 2011 · national
JP 2011-159740 · Jul 21, 2011 · national
JP 2011-224315 · Oct 11, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130021532A1 · Jan 24, 2013