IP Library Granted Patent US 7,385,482
Granted Patent B2
US 7,385,482 · App. 11/214,618 · Granted Jun 10, 2008

Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 7,385,482
App. No.
11/214,618
Granted
Jun 10, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electro-optical device includes a display section that has a display region, a plurality of sound-production bodies that are disposed to overlap the display section and produce sound, and a first frame that is disposed between the display section and the sound-production bodies and holds the display section. The first frame forms air spaces for the plurality of sound-production bodies. In the first frame, sound-guiding paths and sound-releasing holes are formed to correspond to the plurality of sound-production bodies, respectively.

Claims (21)

1. An electro-optical device comprising:

a display section that has a display region;

a plurality of sound-production bodies that are disposed to overlap the display section and produce sound, the plurality of sound-production bodies being arranged in a planar direction relative to one another so as not to overlap each other; and

a first frame that is disposed between the display section and the sound-production bodies and that holds the display section, the first frame forming air spaces for the plurality of sound-production bodies, the first frame being formed with both a sound-guiding path and a sound-releasing hole for each of the plurality of sound-production bodies.

2. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the sound-production bodies are supported by the first frame.

3. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , further comprising

a second frame that separately supports the sound-production bodies and the first frame on an opposite side of the display section with respect to the sound production bodies.

4. The electro-optical device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the second frame forms an air space on an opposite side to the display section in the air spaces for the plurality of sound-production bodies.

5. The electro-optical device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the second frame has a container shape that houses the display section, the first frame, and the sound-production bodies.

6. The electro-optical device according to claim 3 , further comprising

a third frame that clamps the first frame in a pressed manner together with the second frame.

7. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the sound-releasing holes open at the same surface as the display region of the display section.

8. An electronic apparatus comprising:

the electro-optical device according to claim 1 ; and

a fixed member to which the electro-optical device is attached.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 8 ,

wherein the fixed member is a packaging case.

10. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , further comprising a second frame that supports the first frame on an opposite side of the display section with respect to the sound-production bodies.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 14, 2016
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY (HK) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 037515/0050 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 14, 2016
From: BOE TECHNOLOGY (HK) LIMITED
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 037515/0082 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2005
From: WADA, HIROSHI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 016983/0695 →