IP Library Granted Patent US 9,897,850
Granted Patent B2
US 9,897,850 · App. 14/095,081 · Granted Feb 20, 2018

Display apparatus

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Patent No.
US 9,897,850
App. No.
14/095,081
Granted
Feb 20, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display apparatus for displaying an image, including: a liquid-crystal panel which displays the image; a back light which emits light toward a rear face of the liquid-crystal panel; a rear frame which supports the back light via a screw; and a rear cover which covers part of a face of the rear frame which is different from a face of the rear frame on which the back light is provided, wherein the back light extends beyond an inner-frame region of the rear frame covered by the rear cover, and the screw is provided only in the inner-frame region.

Claims (30)

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a display panel;

a light source substrate including a light source which emits light toward the display panel;

a support member to which the light source substrate is attached; and

a cover member which partially covers a face of the support member opposite to a face, to which the light source substrate is attached, of the support member,

wherein the light source substrate is fixed in a covered region of the support member, covered by the cover member, and

a distance between the support member and the light source substrate in the covered region is shorter than a distance between the support member and the light source substrate outside the covered region, the distances being in a direction perpendicular to a display surface of the display panel.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein an inner face of the support member outside the covered region is positioned on a side of an inner face of the support member inside the covered region opposite a side on which the light source substrate is positioned.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the light source substrate and the support member have a heat insulating sheet therebetween outside the covered region.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a heat sink to which the light source substrate is attached and which is capable of conducting heat to the support member,

wherein a transverse dimension of the heat sink outside the covered region is larger than a transverse dimension of the heat sink inside the covered region.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the support member includes a slit in part of a periphery of a connecting part for fixing the light source substrate, the part being located on an outer side inside the covered region.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 5 ,

wherein the slit extends in an arc, the arc being curved around the connecting part.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 5 ,

wherein the support member includes a bent edge portion which is provided near the slit and bent toward the display panel or bent opposite from the display panel.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the light source substrate comprises a plurality of the light source substrates,

respective light source substrates of the plurality of light source substrates are arranged substantially parallel to each other, and

a plurality of connecting parts for fixing the respective light source substrates onto the support member are arranged in a staggered pattern.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the light source substrate extends beyond the covered region.

10. The display apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the support member includes a protruding portion, the protruding portion extending along an outer-circumferential portion of the cover member and protruding in an opposite direction from the display panel.

11. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising

a substrate attached to only a part of the face of the support member, the part being covered by the cover member.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2023
From: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 065264/0953 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 26, 2023
From: FUNAI ELECTRIC HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
To: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064093/0487 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE NATURE OF CONVEYANCE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 063815 FRAME: 0716. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Jun 2, 2023
From: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: FUNAI ELECTRIC HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063843/0907 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2023
From: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: FUNAI ELECTRIC HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063815/0716 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 3, 2013
From: YOKAWA, AKIRA; FUJIKAWA, AKIHIRO; FUKUMOTO, YASUYUKI
To: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 031705/0761 →