IP Library Granted Patent US 11,653,131
Granted Patent B2
US 11,653,131 · App. 17/329,715 · Granted May 16, 2023

Display device and speaker for display device

Inventors: Takumi Hayashi (Osaka, JP); Terutsugu Nakano (Osaka, JP); Kazuya Tanaka (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
H04R1/028G02F1/133314
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Patent No.
US 11,653,131
App. No.
17/329,715
Granted
May 16, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device comprises a display unit having a display surface, a light source that irradiates light onto the display unit, a rear housing attached to an opposite side of the display unit from the display surface, a rear cover that covers a part of the rear housing, and a speaker attached to the rear housing. The speaker includes a speaker main body, a first cover member to which the speaker main body is attached and having an outer surface facing the rear housing, a second cover member disposed so as to face the first cover member across the speaker main body, a retaining member disposed between the speaker main body and the first cover member and fixed to the rear housing by a fastening member, and a magnet attached to the outer surface of the first cover member and fixing the speaker main body to the rear housing.

Claims (61)

1. A display device comprising:

a display unit having a display surface on which an image is displayed;

a light source that irradiates light onto the display unit;

a rear housing attached to an opposite side of the display unit from the display surface;

a rear cover that covers a part of the rear housing; and

a speaker attached to the rear housing,

the speaker including

a speaker main body,

a first cover member to which the speaker main body is attached and having an outer surface facing the rear housing,

a second cover member disposed so as to face the first cover member across the speaker main body,

a retaining member disposed between the speaker main body and the first cover member and fixed to the rear housing by a fastening member, and

a magnet attached to the outer surface of the first cover member and fixing the speaker main body to the rear housing.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the magnet is disposed at an upper end side of the speaker and fixed to the rear housing, and

the retaining member is exposed from the first cover member at a lower end side of the speaker and is fixed to the rear housing by the fastening member.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the retaining member has a first portion that is attached to the first cover member and a second portion that is attached to the rear housing, and

the second portion is covered by the rear cover while being attached to the rear housing.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein

the first portion of the retaining member extends in an up-down direction of the rear housing, and the second portion of the retaining member extends in a left-right direction of the rear housing, and

the retaining member is formed in a T-shape by the first portion and the second portion.

5. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein

the first portion of the retaining member has a U-shape in a cross-sectional view along a direction perpendicular to a longer direction of the first portion, and

the second portion of the retaining member has a U-shape in a cross-sectional view along a direction perpendicular to a longer direction of the second portion.

6. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein

the first portion of the retaining member is fixedly attached to the first cover member by a fastening member.

7. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein

the first portion of the retaining member has at least one hole, and

the first cover member has at least one mounting portion that is at least partially positioned relative to the at least one hole of the first portion of the retaining member.

8. The display device according to claim 3 , further comprising

a beam portion provided on a rear of the rear housing and to which the second portion is fixed.

9. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein

the second portion is fixed so as to sandwich the beam portion.

10. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein

the beam portion extends on the rear of the rear housing in a left-right direction of the rear housing.

11. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first cover member is configured such that second cover members of different sizes are attachable thereto.

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

a substrate attached to the rear housing,

the retaining member having a wiring mounting portion for fixing a wiring connecting the substrate to the speaker main body.

13. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the retaining member has a mounting portion for attaching the display device to a wall surface.

14. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first cover member has an adjustment mechanism for adjusting a position for attaching the retaining member.

15. A speaker for a display device, comprising:

a speaker main body;

a first cover member to which the speaker main body is attached and having an outer surface facing a rear of the display device;

a second cover member disposed so as to face the first cover member across the speaker main body;

a retaining member disposed between the speaker main body and the first cover member and fixed to the display device by a fastening member; and

a magnet attached to the outer surface of the first cover member and fixing the speaker main body to the display device.

16. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the rear housing is made of metal, and

the speaker is fixedly attached to the rear housing by magnetic force of the magnet.

17. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the retaining member has a first portion that is fixedly attached to the first cover member and a second portion that is fixedly attached to the rear housing, the first portion and the second portion being integrated or fixedly coupled with respect to each other.

18. The display device according to claim 17 , wherein

the first portion and the second portion of the retaining member are made of metal.

19. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein

the number of the at least one hole of the first portion of the retaining member is smaller than the number of the at least one mounting portion of the first cover member.

20. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first cover member is movably coupled to the retaining member.

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 May 25, 2021
From: HAYASHI, TAKUMI; NAKANO, TERUTSUGU; TANAKA, KAZUYA
To: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056344/0161 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-098524 · Jun 5, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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