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Granted Patent B2
US 12,200,879 · App. 17/910,177 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Display device

Inventor: Masanori Sumida (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
H05K5/0213H05K5/03H05K7/20954
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Patent No.
US 12,200,879
App. No.
17/910,177
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device according to the present technology includes: a plurality of linear portions that, when three directions orthogonal to each other are a first direction, a second direction, and a third direction, extends in the first direction and is positioned apart from each other in the second direction; and a connecting portion that connects respective parts of two linear portions adjacent to each other in the second direction. The linear portion and the connecting portion are integrally formed by injection molding, the linear portion has a base extending in the first direction and a pair of protrusions protruding in the third direction from both end portions of the base in the second direction, and both end portions of the connecting portion are continuous to respective tip portions of the protrusions of the two adjacent linear portions.

Claims (52)

1. A display device comprising:

a plurality of linear portions that, when three directions orthogonal to each other are a first direction, a second direction, and a third direction, extends in the first direction and is positioned apart from each other in the second direction, the plurality of the linear portions forms a back cover;

a connecting portion that connects respective parts of two linear portions adjacent to each other in the second direction; and

a display panel positioned in front of the back cover in the third direction,

wherein the linear portion and the connecting portion are integrally formed by injection molding,

the linear portion has a base extending in the first direction and a pair of protrusions protruding in the third direction from both end portions of the base in the second direction,

a plurality of the connecting portions is provided apart from each other in the first direction such that both end portions of the connecting portion are continuous to respective tip portions of the protrusions of the two adjacent linear portions,

the back cover has two outer peripheral portions oriented in the first direction and separated from each other in the second direction, the two outer peripheral portions bracket the plurality of linear portions in the second direction, and

the back cover includes a central portion that comprises the linear portions and is surrounded by the outer peripheral portions.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein at least parts of outer surfaces of the linear portion on both sides in the second direction are formed as inclined surfaces which approach each other in the second direction with increasing distance from the connecting portion in the third direction.

3. The display device according to claim 1

wherein the linear portion and the connecting portion are provided in the back cover.

4. The display device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the base is positioned on an outer surface side of the connecting portion.

5. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the back cover comprises a series of exhaust holes.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a bezel that surrounds the display panel and positioned before the back cover in the third direction.

7. The display device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the bezel includes second exhaust holes.

8. The display device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the second exhaust holes are elongated and grouped into at least two groups in which each group includes multiple second exhaust holes which are parallel to one another.

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

a bezel that surrounds the display panel and positioned before the back cover in the third direction, wherein the bezel includes second exhaust holes.

10. The display device according to claim 9 , further comprising:

an electronic substrate that generates heat,

wherein the electronic substrate is position between the display panel and the rear cover, and

the heat is exhausted through the exhaust holes and the second exhaust holes.

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

an electronic substrate that generates heat,

wherein the electronic substrate is positioned between the display panel and the rear cover, and

the heat is exhausted through the exhaust holes.

12. A display device comprising:

a plurality of linear portions that, when three directions orthogonal to each other are a first direction, a second direction, and a third direction, extends in the first direction and is positioned apart from each other in the second direction; and

connecting portions that connect respective parts of two linear portions adjacent to each other in the second direction,

wherein

the linear portion and the connecting portion are integrally formed by injection molding,

the linear portion has a base extending in the first direction and a pair of protrusions protruding in the third direction from both end portions of the base in the second direction,

the connecting portions is provided apart from each other in the first direction such that both end portions of the connecting portion are continuous to respective tip portions of the protrusions of the two adjacent linear portions, and

a pitch width a of the connecting portions adjacent to each other in the first direction, a length b of the connecting portion in the second direction, a thickness t 1 of the base in the third direction, and a thickness t 2 of the connecting portion in the third direction satisfy a following expression:

( t 1/ t 2)3> a/b.

13. The display device according to claim 12 ,

wherein the pitch width a is larger than the length b.

14. The display device according to claim 12 ,

wherein the thickness t 1 is larger than the thickness t 2 .

15. The display device according to claim 12 ,

wherein the thickness t 1 is larger than a thickness t 3 of the protrusion in the second direction.

16. The display device according to claim 15 ,

wherein the thickness t 2 and the thickness t 3 are the same thickness.

17. The display device according to claim 12 ,

wherein a space surrounded by the adjacent linear portions and the connecting portions adjacent to each other in the first direction is formed as an intake and exhaust hole.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2023
From: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
To: SATURN LICENSING LLC
Reel/Frame 065554/0310 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 12, 2022
From: SUMIDA, MASANORI
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061061/0960 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-065174 · Mar 31, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230100766A1 · Mar 30, 2023
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