IP Library Granted Patent US 10,520,666
Granted Patent B2
US 10,520,666 · App. 16/241,129 · Granted Dec 31, 2019

Display device and television apparatus

Inventors: Akira Yokawa (Osaka, JP); Yuki Kita (Osaka, JP); Akihiro Fujikawa (Osaka, JP); Yasuyuki Fukumoto (Osaka, JP); Yasuhiro Mori (Osaka, JP); Yuto Suzuki (Osaka, JP); Hirofumi Horiuchi (Osaka, JP); Hirohiko Tsuji (Osaka, JP); Takahito Yamanaka (Osaka, JP); Hideo Yonezawa (Osaka, JP); Akifumi Kono (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,520,666
App. No.
16/241,129
Granted
Dec 31, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a display panel, a light source, a reflection sheet, and a supporting unit. The supporting unit has a first protruding portion that contacts with a first area of a rear facing surface of the reflection sheet, a second protruding portion that contacts with a second area of the rear facing surface, a third protruding portion that contacts with a third area of the rear facing surface and a fourth protruding portion that contacts with a fourth area of the rear facing surface. The first, second, third and fourth areas are spaced apart from a center portion of the reflection sheet. The first and second areas are spaced apart from each other in a first direction. The third and fourth areas are spaced apart from each other in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction.

Claims (53)

1. A display device comprising:

a display panel;

a light source;

a reflection sheet that reflects light from the light source towards the display panel; and

a supporting unit having a first protruding portion that contacts with a first area of a rear facing surface of the reflection sheet, a second protruding portion that contacts with a second area of the rear facing surface of the reflection sheet, a third protruding portion that contacts with a third area of the rear facing surface of the reflection sheet and a fourth protruding portion that contacts with a fourth area of the rear facing surface of the reflection sheet,

the first, second, third and fourth areas being spaced apart from a center portion of the reflection sheet,

the first and second areas being spaced apart from each other in a first direction that is parallel to a display surface of the display panel,

the third and fourth areas being spaced apart from each other in a second direction that is parallel to the display surface of the display panel and is perpendicular to the first direction,

the first, second, third and fourth protruding portions having outer peripheries, respectively, and

the first, second, third and fourth areas having outer peripheries that correspond to the outer peripheries of the first, second, third and fourth protruding portions, respectively.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first and second areas are spaced apart from each other along a first center line of the display device extending in the first direction, and

the third and fourth areas are spaced apart from each other along a second center line of the display device extending in the second direction.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first and second protruding portions are aligned with respect to each other as viewed in the first direction, and

the third and fourth protruding portions are aligned with respect to each other as viewed in the first direction.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

one of the first and second protruding portions has first and second projecting parts that contacts with first and second subsections of one of the first and second areas,

the first and second subsections being spaced apart from each other in the second direction.

5. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein

one of the first and second subsections of the one of the first and second areas is aligned with the other one of the first and second areas as viewed along a center line of the display device extending in the first direction.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

one of the third and fourth protruding portions has first and second projecting parts that contacts with first and second subsections of one of the third and fourth areas,

the first and second subsections being spaced apart from each other in the second direction.

7. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein

the first and second subsections of the one of the third and fourth areas are aligned with respect to each other as viewed along a center line of the display device extending in the second direction.

8. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein

the one of the third and fourth protruding portions has at least, one recessed part that separates the first and second projecting parts in the second direction.

9. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein

the at least one recessed part has two recessed parts that are spaced apart from each other in the first direction.

10. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein

the two recessed parts are aligned with respect to each other as viewed in the first direction.

11. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the third and fourth protruding portions has first and second projecting parts that contacts with first and second subsections of corresponding one of the third and fourth areas,

the first and second subsections being spaced apart from each other in the second direction.

12. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein

the first and second subsections of the third and fourth areas are aligned with respect to each other as viewed along a center line of the display device extending in the second direction.

13. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein

each of the third and fourth protruding portions has at least one recessed part that separates the first and second projecting parts of corresponding one of the third and fourth protruding portions in the second direction.

14. The display device according to claim 13 , wherein

the at least one recessed part has two recessed parts that are spaced apart from each other in the first direction.

15. The display device according to claim 14 , wherein

the two recessed parts of each of the third and fourth protruding portions are aligned with respect to each other as viewed in the first direction, respectively.

16. The display device according to claim 13 , wherein

the at least one recessed part of the third protruding portion and the at least one recessed part of the fourth protruding portion are aligned with respect to each other along a center line of the display device extending in the second direction.

17. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the display panel has a rectangular shape that is longer in the second direction than in the first direction.

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

a display panel driving board arranged along the second direction.

19. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the light source includes a plurality of light sources that is arranged along the first direction.

20. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

at least one of the first, second, third and fourth areas is located at a non-overlapping location that does not overlap with a circuit hoard of the display device as viewed in a perpendicular direction of the display surface of the display panel.

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 Jan 7, 2019
From: YOKAWA, AKIRA; KITA, YUKI; FUJIKAWA, AKIHIRO; FUKUMOTO, YASUYUKI; MORI, YASUHIRO; SUZUKI, YUTO; HORIUCHI, HIROFUMI; TSUJI, HIROHIKO; YAMANAKA, TAKAHITO; YONEZAWA, HIDEO; KONO, AKIFUMI
To: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 047918/0543 →