IP Library Granted Patent US 10,379,391
Granted Patent B2
US 10,379,391 · App. 15/490,022 · Granted Aug 13, 2019

Display device

Inventors: Yasuyuki Fukumoto (Osaka, JP); Akihiro Fujikawa (Osaka, JP); Akira Yokawa (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,379,391
App. No.
15/490,022
Granted
Aug 13, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a display, a light source, a substrate, and a housing. The light source is mounted to the substrate. The housing includes a back panel with a surface to which the substrate is attached. The back panel has a recess and a positioning portion. The recess is at least partially disposed in the surface and is recessed with respect to the surface. The positioning portion holds the substrate relative to the housing and is disposed spaced apart from the recess in the surface.

Claims (51)

1. A display device comprising:

a display;

a light source;

a substrate to which the light source is mounted; and

a housing including a back panel with a surface to which the substrate is attached, the back panel having

a recess that is at least partially disposed in the surface and is recessed with respect to the surface, and

a positioning portion that holds the substrate relative to the housing and is disposed spaced apart from the recess in the surface.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the substrate at least partially overlaps with the recess as viewed in a direction perpendicular to a display surface of the display.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the recess extends in a transverse direction of the display device and has a dimension in the traverse direction that is larger than a dimension of the substrate in the transverse direction.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein

the recess extends across the substrate in the transverse direction.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the recess includes a plurality of recesses.

6. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein

the recesses have different lengths measured in lengthwise directions of the recesses, respectively.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the display has a rectangular shape, and

the substrate has a substantially rectangular shape, a longitudinal direction of the substrate directing in a longitudinal direction of the display.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the positioning portion is arranged offset relative to the light source in a longitudinal direction of the display device.

9. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the positioning portion is integrally formed with the back panel.

10. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein

the positioning portion is integrally formed with the back panel as a one piece, unitary member.

11. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein

the positioning portion substantially perpendicularly protrudes from the surface.

12. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the positioning portion has a larger dimension than the substrate in a direction perpendicular to a display surface of the display.

13. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the positioning portion has a plurality of positioning portions that is arranged with respect to each other in a longitudinal direction of the display device, the positioning portions holding the substrate relative to the housing.

14. The display device according to claim 13 , wherein

the recess is disposed between an adjacent pair of the positioning portions in the longitudinal direction.

15. The display device according to claim 13 , wherein

the positioning portions are symmetrically arranged each other with respect to a center axis of the display device that extends in a transvers direction of the display device.

16. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the substrate has a plurality of substrates that is arranged with respect to each other in a transverse direction of the display device.

17. The display device according to claim 16 , wherein

the positioning portion has a plurality of positioning portions, the positioning portions holding the substrates relative to the housing, respectively.

18. The display device according to claim 17 , wherein

a pair of the positioning portions is substantially aligned in a transverse direction of the display device.

19. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the recess is recessed away from the display with respect to the surface.

20. A display device comprising:

a display;

a light source;

a substrate to which the light source is mounted; and

a housing including a back panel with a surface to which the substrate is attached, the back panel having

a recess that is recessed with respect to the surface and is at least partially disposed in the surface at a location that at least partially overlaps with the substrate as viewed in a direction perpendicular to a display surface of the display, and

a positioning portion that holds the substrate relative to the housing.

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 Apr 18, 2017
From: FUKUMOTO, YASUYUKI; FUJIKAWA, AKIHIRO; YOKAWA, AKIRA
To: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 042041/0860 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-014956 · Jan 30, 2013 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15131194 · Apr 18, 2016
Continuation 14154336 · Jan 14, 2014
Related Publication 20170219870A1 · Aug 3, 2017