IP Library Granted Patent US 9,160,961
Granted Patent B2
US 9,160,961 · App. 13/676,994 · Granted Oct 13, 2015

Television receiver and electronic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 9,160,961
App. No.
13/676,994
Granted
Oct 13, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes: a display comprising a screen; a first member configured to cover at least a side opposite to the screen of the display; a second member configured to be positioned closer to the screen than the first member and to cover at least a peripheral edge of the display; and supports comprising protruding portions, respectively, the protruding portions protruding from positions closer to a center portion than both ends in a longitudinal direction of the screen on an end in a lateral direction of the screen of the second member.

Claims (24)

1. A television receiver comprising:

a display comprising a screen;

a cover configured to cover at least a side opposite to the screen of the display;

a mask configured to cover a periphery of the screen from a side opposite to the cover;

a middle frame configured to have higher rigidity than that of the mask and have a larger outer edge than that of the mask, and to be positioned between the mask and the cover to cover at least a peripheral edge of the display, and comprising a housed component;

two first supports each comprising a first protruding portion, the first protruding portion configured to be provided integrally with the middle frame, and the first protruding portion is closer to a center portion than a longitudinal end of the screen to the center portion; and

a second support configured to protrude from the cover and separate from the two first supports.

2. The television receiver of claim 1 , wherein the display is configured to be attached to the middle frame.

3. The television receiver of claim 1 , wherein the middle frame comprises walls on the longitudinal ends of the screen, the walls configured to cover the display and to taper from a first lateral end to a second lateral end.

4. The television receiver of claim 3 , wherein the first protruding portions are configured to protrude toward a side opposite to the screen.

5. The television receiver of claim 1 , wherein the cover comprises second walls on the longitudinal sides, the second walls configured to cover the display and to extend toward a center portion viewed from a front of the screen while extending away from the screen.

6. The television receiver of claim 1 , wherein each of the two first supports is configured to taper from a base to a tip of the each of the two first supports.

7. The television receiver of claim 1 , wherein

the two first supports each comprises a second protruding portion on the cover, the second protruding portion configured to be closer to the center portion than the longitudinal end to the center portion, and

the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion are configured to be connected.

8. The television receiver of claim 7 , wherein

the middle frame comprises walls on longitudinal ends of the screen,

the first protruding portion comprises a first portion, the first portion configured to be on a side opposite to the screen, and

the cover comprises a second portion configured to come into contact with a side of the first portion opposite to a tip of the first portion.

9. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a display comprising a screen;

a first member configured to cover at least a side opposite to the screen of the display;

a second member configured to be closer to the screen than the first member and to cover at least a peripheral edge of the display; and

supports each comprising a protruding portion, the protruding portion closer to a center portion than a longitudinal end of the screen to the center portion.

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 Nov 14, 2012
From: KAWASAKI, HIROKAZU; ENOMOTO, MINORU
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 029299/0509 →