IP Library Granted Patent US 8,208,669
Granted Patent B2
US 8,208,669 · App. 11/919,751 · Granted Jun 26, 2012

Combination speaker support, display support, and sound guide

Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,208,669
App. No.
11/919,751
Granted
Jun 26, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide an electronic device whose manufacturing cost and weight can be reduced and whose sound quality can be prevented from deteriorating. Speakers 28 are provided on a rear side of a liquid crystal display part 20 , inside a casing 12 so as to partly protrude downward from the liquid crystal display part 20 , and sound guide ducts 24 linearly extend from a front face side of the speakers 28 , and thus the sound guide ducts 24 are not bent. Therefore, even high-frequency sound generated from the speakers 28 can be outputted to an external part of the casing 12 without any sound quality deterioration. Further, the speakers 28 do not have to be disposed on a front face of the casing 12 which is on an outer side of the liquid crystal display part 20 , and therefore, an electronic device 10 can be made compact, which can reduce weight and manufacturing cost of the electronic device 10.

Claims (16)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a casing as an outer frame;

a display part provided in said casing to display information;

a speaker provided on a rear side of said display part, inside said casing; and

a sound guide part extending linearly from a front face side of said speaker to guide sound generated from said speaker to an external part of said casing,

wherein said sound guide part includes an upper sound guide duct part and a lower sound guide duct part, and

said casing includes an upper support part, a lower support part, and a claw portion so that the upper support part and the claw portion sandwich an upper portion of the display part, and the lower support part and the upper sound guide duct part sandwich a lower portion of the display part.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein said sound guide part has a display part fixing function for fixing said display part.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein said sound guide part has a speaker fixing function for fixing said speaker.

4. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein said sound guide part is made of a material not transmitting light.

5. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein said speaker is arranged over the upper sound guide duct part and the lower sound guide duct part to cover an opening portion between the upper sound guide duct part and the lower sound guide duct part.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein said sound guide part has a speaker fixing function for fixing said speaker.

7. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein said sound guide part is made of a material not transmitting light.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein said sound guide part is made of a material not transmitting light.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein said casing includes a casing front portion and a casing rear portion attached to the casing front portion, said upper support part, said claw portion, said lower support portion, said upper sound guide duct part, and said lower sound guide duct part being disposed on the casing front portion.

10. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein said speaker is arranged over the upper sound guide duct part and the lower sound guide duct part to cover an opening portion between the upper sound guide duct part and the lower sound guide duct part.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 1, 2007
From: HAMADA, MICHINORI; TUTAO, HIDEKAZU; SUGAI, TAKASHI
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2005-140968 · May 13, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20090080681A1 · Mar 26, 2009