IP Library Granted Patent US 8,259,448
Granted Patent B2
US 8,259,448 · App. 12/869,370 · Granted Sep 4, 2012

Image display device

Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,259,448
App. No.
12/869,370
Granted
Sep 4, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image display device is provided with a chassis supporting a display panel on its front surface, circuit boards arranged within a specific region of the back surface of the chassis, a back cover having an edge portion that covers the outside of the specific region of the back surface of the chassis and a projecting portion that accommodates the circuit boards, and a fan arranged inside the space defined by projecting portion. The projecting portion includes a main wall and a peripheral wall, and the peripheral wall is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet. The edge portion is provided with a sound absorbing material on its outer wall surface in the vicinity of the air outlet.

Claims (12)

1. An image display device comprising:

a display panel for displaying an image;

a chassis supporting the display panel on its front surface;

circuit boards arranged within a specific region of a back surface of the chassis;

a back cover having an edge portion that covers the outside of the specific region of the back surface of the chassis and a projecting portion that projects inside the edge portion toward the side opposite to the chassis and that accommodates the circuit boards; and

a fan arranged inside a space defined by the projecting portion, wherein

the projecting portion includes a main wall facing the back surface of the chassis with the circuit board interposed and a peripheral wall extending from the peripheral edge of the main wall toward the chassis,

the peripheral wall is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet, and

the edge portion is provided with a sound absorbing material on its outer wall surface opposite to the chassis in the vicinity of the air outlet,

wherein the sound absorbing material is a fin having a plurality of projections.

2. The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the fin is press formed so that projection lines in which the projections are formed repeatedly are aligned in a direction orthogonal to the projection lines while positions of the projections are shifted.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 3, 2010
From: FURUKAWA, TAKAYUKI
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-199431 · Aug 31, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
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