IP Library Granted Patent US 11,765,491
Granted Patent B2
US 11,765,491 · App. 17/582,436 · Granted Sep 19, 2023

Display device and speaker unit

Inventor: Kazuya Tanaka (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
H04R1/026H04R2499/15
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Patent No.
US 11,765,491
App. No.
17/582,436
Granted
Sep 19, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device comprises a display, a rear side member, and a plurality of speaker units. The speaker units each have a speaker main body having first and second surfaces that are attachable to the rear side member and are parallel to each other and a side surface that connects the first surface and the second surface, and at least one sound emitting portion displaced from a center of the side surface on the side surface. When the speaker main body is inverted from a first state in which the first surface is fixed to the rear side member to a second state in which the second surface is fixed to the rear side member, the at least one sound emitting portion in the first state and the at least one sound emitting portion in the second state are arranged to be symmetrical with respect to an axis of inversion.

Claims (62)

1. A display device comprising:

a display;

a rear side member provided on a rear side of the display; and

a plurality of speaker units attached to the rear side member and including a first speaker unit disposed on one side in a left-right direction on the rear side of the display and a second speaker unit disposed on the other side,

the speaker units each having

a speaker main body having first and second surfaces that are attachable to the rear side member and are parallel to each other and a side surface that connects the first surface and the second surface,

a first fixing portion for attaching and fixing the first surface to the rear side member,

a second fixing portion for attaching and fixing the second surface to the rear side member, and

at least one sound emitting portion displaced from a center of the side surface on the side surface, the at least one sound emitting portion including two or more sound emitting portions that are disposed asymmetrically with respect to the center of the side surface on the side surface,

when the speaker main body is inverted from a first state in which the first surface is fixed to the rear side member to a second state in which the second surface is fixed to the rear side member, the at least one sound emitting portion in the first state and the at least one sound emitting portion in the second state being arranged to be symmetrical with respect to an axis of inversion.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

a position of the first fixing portion in the first state is arranged to be the same as a position of the second fixing portion in the second state when the speaker main body is inverted from the first state in which the first surface is fixed to the rear side member to the second state in which the second surface is fixed to the rear side member.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion comprise a plurality of fixing portions, and

relative positions of the fixing portions of the first fixing portion in the first state are arranged to be the same as relative positions of the fixing portions of the second fixing portion in the second state when the speaker main body is inverted from the first state in which the first surface is fixed to the rear side member to the second state in which the second surface is fixed to the rear side member.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein

positions of the fixing portions of the first fixing portion and positions of the fixing portions of the second fixing portion are aligned when viewed from the first surface side of the speaker main body.

5. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein

the first surface and the second surface have a rectangular shape,

two of the fixing portions of the first fixing portion are provided along each of mutually parallel sides of the first surface, and

two of the fixing portions of the second fixing portion are provided along each of mutually parallel sides of the second surface.

6. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein

the fixing portions of the first fixing portion are arranged to be symmetrical with respect to a plane extending perpendicular to the first surface and the second surface of the speaker main body, and

the fixing portions of the second fixing portion are arranged to be symmetrical with respect to a plane extending perpendicular to the first surface and the second surface of the speaker main body.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first fixing portion is provided protruding from the speaker main body along the first surface, and the second fixing portion is provided protruding from the speaker main body along the second surface.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the rear side member includes a third fixing portion for fixing the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion and provided on the one side and the other side in the left-right direction protruding away from the display,

the first fixing portion is provided in a portion of the first surface that is depressed toward the second surface or is provided protruding from the side surface along the first surface,

the second fixing portion is provided in a portion of the second surface that is depressed toward the first surface or is provided protruding from the side surface along the second surface,

the first speaker unit is fixed via a first gap between the first surface and the rear side member while the first fixing portion is fixed to the third fixing portion via a connection member, and

the second speaker unit is fixed via a second gap between the second surface and the rear side member while the second fixing portion is fixed to the third fixing portion via the connection member.

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

a third speaker unit disposed between the first speaker unit that is fixed to the rear side member with the first fixing portion and the second speaker unit that is fixed to the rear side member with the second fixing portion, and fixed by the second fixing portion of the first speaker unit and the first fixing portion of the second speaker unit.

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

a third speaker unit disposed on the second surface of the first speaker unit that is fixed to the rear side member with the first fixing portion and on the first surface of the second speaker unit that is fixed to the rear side member with the second fixing portion, fixed by the second fixing portion of the first speaker unit, and fixed by the first fixing portion of the second speaker unit.

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

a rear cover provided on the opposite side of the speaker units relative to the rear side member and connected to the second fixing portion of the first speaker unit that is fixed to the rear side member with the first fixing portion and to the first fixing portion of the second speaker unit that is fixed to the rear side member with the second fixing portion.

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

a component holding member for holding a component and fixed to at least one of the second fixing portion of the first speaker unit that is fixed to the rear side member with the first fixing portion and the first fixing portion of the second speaker unit that is fixed to the rear side member with the second fixing portion.

13. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the rear side member includes a rear frame, and

the first fixing portion is directly attached and fixed to the rear frame in the first speaker unit, and the second fixing portion is directly attached and fixed to the rear frame in the second speaker unit.

14. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the rear side member includes a rear frame and a speaker unit attaching member provided to the rear frame and for attaching the speaker units,

the first fixing portion is attached and fixed to the rear frame via the speaker unit attaching member in the first speaker unit, and

the second fixing portion is attached and fixed to the rear frame via the speaker unit attaching member in the second speaker unit.

15. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first speaker unit and the second speaker unit are identical to each other.

16. The display device according to claim 15 , wherein

the first fixing portion of the first speaker unit is fixed to the rear side member such that the first surface of the first speaker unit faces toward the rear side member, and

the second fixing portion of the second speaker unit is fixed to the rear side member such that the second surface of the second speaker unit faces toward the rear side member.

17. The display device according to claim 16 , wherein

the first speaker unit and the second speaker unit are arranged to be symmetrical with respect to a center line of the display device.

18. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the speaker main body is symmetrical with respect to a center plane that is parallel to the first surface and the second surface.

19. A speaker unit comprising:

a speaker main body having first and second surfaces that are attachable to a device and are parallelly opposite to each other and a side surface that connects the first surface and the second surface;

a first fixing portion for attaching and fixing the first surface to the device;

a second fixing portion for attaching and fixing the second surface to the device; and

at least one sound emitting portion displaced from a center of the side surface on the side surface, the at least one sound emitting portion including two or more sound emitting portions that are disposed asymmetrically with respect to the center of the side surface on the side surface,

when the speaker main body is inverted from a first state in which the first surface is fixed to the device to a second state in which the second surface is fixed to the device, the at least one sound emitting portion in the first state and the at least one sound emitting portion in the second state being arranged to be symmetrical with respect to an axis of inversion.

Assignments (6)
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 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 24, 2022
From: TANAKA, KAZUYA
To: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058743/0502 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-16080 · Feb 3, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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