Cabinet Or Chassis Patents (Class 348/836)
  • Patent number: 8436950
    Abstract: A control key unit for a television receiver includes a rectangular wiring board, a key switch and a frame. The frame is configured to be attached to a cabinet of the television receiver and supports the wiring board. The frame is integrally formed as a one-piece, unitary member. The frame includes a front panel, a clamping section, a lengthwise positioning section and a lateral positioning section. The front panel has a push operated key top overlying the key switch. The clamping section clamps the wiring board in a thickness direction of the wiring board. The clamping section positions the wiring board in the thickness direction. The lengthwise positioning section positions the wiring board in a lengthwise direction of the wiring board. The lateral positioning section positions the wiring board in a width direction of the wiring board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akio Iwai
  • Publication number: 20130107139
    Abstract: This display includes a display body, a stand member, and a fastening member fixing the display body and the stand member to each other, while either the stand member or the display body has a projecting portion tapered in the vertical direction with respect to a contact surface where the stand member and the display body come into contact with each other, either the display body or the stand member has a recess portion formed in a shape corresponding to a shape of the projecting portion and engaging with the projecting portion, and a side surface portion of the projecting portion is gradually guided along an inner side surface of the recess portion so that the projecting portion and the recess portion engage with each other when the display body and the stand member are fixed to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventor: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20130107136
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, electronic equipment configured to support an external apparatus including a display screen and a housing comprising an opening disposed on a side opposite the display screen, the electronic equipment includes: a first supporter electrically connected to the external apparatus, a connector being exposed from the first connector, the connector detachably being connected to the external apparatus; and a second supporter configured to support an area of the housing from the side opposite the display screen, the area excluding a portion on which the opening is disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomoaki Tamura, Yasuyuki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20130107137
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes: a housing configured to house a display including a display screen, the housing including an opening; a movable part exposed through the opening and positioned lower than a part of a circumferential portion of the opening, the movable part configured to slide in the opening along an outer surface of the housing; and a stepped portion in a part of a circumferential area of the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Junichi NONOMURA, Tetsuo OKAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20130107138
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes: a first housing portion configured to cover a part of an electronic component; a second housing portion configured to cover another part of the electronic component that is different from the part covered by the first housing portion; a first coupling portion at one end of the first housing portion; a second coupling portion at one end of the second housing portion, outside the first coupling portion, and coupled to the first coupling portion; a third coupling portion at the other end of the first housing portion; a fourth coupling portion at the other end, with respect to the second coupling portion, of the second housing portion, inside the third coupling portion, and coupled to the third coupling portion; and a function component attached to the second housing portion, the function component covering the third coupling portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takuo Matsumoto, Tetsuo Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20130107141
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes: a housing configured to house an electronic component; a first housing member comprising a first wall; a second housing member comprising a second wall overlapping the first wall with a gap therebetween; a first connecting structure configured to fix the first wall and the second wall; a second connecting structure positioned closer to an end of the first wall or the second wall than the first connecting structure and configured to connect the first wall and the second wall with play between the first wall and the second wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
  • Publication number: 20130107140
    Abstract: This display includes a display panel support member having a rear surface partially constituting a rear housing and a cover member mounted on the display panel support member to partially cover the rear surface thereof. A movement regulating portion regulating movement of the cover member is provided on the rear surface of the display support member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventor: Funai Electic Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20130100360
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a television apparatus includes: a substrate, a heat transport mechanism, and a pressing member. The television apparatus comprises a housing; a substrate situated in the housing and including a first component mounted thereon; a second component thermally coupled to the first component; and a pressing member. The pressing member comprises a wall portion configured to attach into an edge of the substrate, and to press the second component to contact the first component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Nakamura, Mitsuhiro Murakami, Masataka Tokoro, Kohei Wada, Toshikatsu Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20130100359
    Abstract: A display device packaging structure includes a first cushioning member. The first cushioning member is configured to be detachably attached to a device main body of a display device. The first cushioning member includes a bottom component that is configured to face with a display face of the device main body, a side wall component that is arranged relative to the bottom component such that the side wall component is configured to cover a side face portion of the device main body, and an access component that is disposed on the side wall component. The access component is configured to expose an attachment component of the device main body such that a stand of the display device is attachable to the attachment component of the device main body through the access component while the first cushioning member is attached to the device main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 8418987
    Abstract: A work to replace a display panel body is facilitated. A display apparatus includes a display panel unit (20) having a display panel body (22) that displays an image, and a panel supporting member (40) that is attached to the display panel unit (20) and that supports the display panel unit (20), wherein the display panel unit (20) has handles (36 to 39), and the handles (36 to 39) are at least partially exposed outside of the panel supporting member (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshinori Kakuta
  • Publication number: 20130083255
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a television receiver system includes: a housing configured to house a display unit comprising a display screen, the housing comprising an opening from which sound is output; and a stand detachably connected to the housing, the stand being configured to support the housing, the stand comprising a notch that is located corresponding to the opening and that constitutes at least a part of a propagation path of the sound output from the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Shinji Hiratomo, Naohiro Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20130083254
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing and a display. The housing includes a first end, a second end, and a wall between the first end and the second end. The second end is thicker than the first end. The wall includes an opening. The display is in the housing. The display includes an input receiving portion and is exposed through the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro MURAKAMI, Naohiro YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20130083256
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a television apparatus includes a housing, a vibration module attached to the housing, a supporting portion which is secured to the housing and supports the vibration module for vibration, and an oscillation unit which causes the vibration module to vibrate. In addition, the television apparatus includes a plurality of first projections protruding from one of the vibration module and the housing toward the other, a sheet spanning between respective distal end portions of the first projections, and a plurality of second projections provided on the other of the vibration module and the housing and abutting the sheet at positions between the first projections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
  • Publication number: 20130076993
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention is directed to a moving display system that includes a track member support, a track member held by the track member support, and having a first end and a second end, and a display member support. The display member support includes a body, wherein the body is configured to hold a display member, a motor, a wheel that is drivable by the motor to move the display member support along the track member, a sensing system, and a controller that is operatively connected to the motor. The controller receives signals from the sensing system and is programmed to, in at least some instances: a) determine using the signals when the display member support reaches one of the first and second ends of the track member, and b) change the direction of rotation of the motor based on the determination made in step a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventor: Stephen Wyllie
  • Publication number: 20130070170
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a lighting device configured to suppress uneven brightness. A backlight unit 12 according to the present invention includes LEDs 17 as light sources, a chassis 14 housing the LEDs 17 and including an opening 14b through which light from the LEDs 17 exits, an optical member 15 arranged to cover the opening 14b and face the LEDs 17, and a reflection sheet 19 arranged in the chassis 14 to face the optical member 15. A surface in the chassis 14 facing the optical member 15 includes a light source arrangement area LA in which the LEDs 17 are arranged and a light source non-arrangement area LN in which no LED 17 is arranged. The light source arrangement area LA corresponds to a low light reflectance area LRA having relatively low light reflectance, and the light source non-arrangement area LN corresponds to a high light reflectance area HRA having relatively high light reflectance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventor: Yuuki Namekata
  • Publication number: 20130070169
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a television receiver includes: a housing accommodating at least a part of a display device, and comprising a mask comprising an opening through which a display screen is exposed and a cover covering the display device from a side opposite to the display screen; a support supporting the housing and comprising an area facing faces an external placement surface when placed on the external placement surface; a hinge fixed to the housing and the support, and comprising a rotating shaft, the housing and the support being rotatably connected to the hinge about the rotating shaft; a first electrical component in the housing; a second electrical component in the support; and a wire electrically connecting the first and electrical components, and fixed to the rotating shaft of the hinge with a tape at a position near the support in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yasuo MATSUMOTO, Naoki TANI
  • Patent number: 8400767
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display panel which displays an image; a cover unit which covers the display panel; and support system including a support member. The support member which includes a hinge unit which is rotably formed in the forward and backward directions in the rear side of the cover unit, a first support which is downwardly bent and extends from the hinge unit, and a second support which is upwardly bent and extends from the hinge unit. The configuration of the support system on the electronic apparatus permits a stable support at a variety of angles on an installation plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun-pil Yeom, Sung-woo Park, Jin-hyuk Ahn
  • Patent number: 8400571
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a casing, a display module, a first receiving portion and a second receiving portion. The casing includes a first inner face and a second inner face. The display module includes a base portion arranged on the first inner face, and a panel laid over the base portion and opposed to the second inner face. The first receiving portion protrudes from the first inner face along a side face of the display module. The first receiving portion is opposed to a side face of the base portion and includes a distal end located away from a side face of the panel in a direction toward the first inner face. The second receiving portion is located more away from the display module than the first receiving portion is. The second receiving portion is opposed to the side face of the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hideo Shirasaka, Tetsuhiko Fukazawa
  • Publication number: 20130057781
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a television receiver includes a housing, and a supporting member accommodated in the housing, including a first supporting surface, a second supporting surface located on an opposite side of the first supporting surface, a first end portion, a second end portion located on an opposite side of the first end portion, a third end portion connecting the first and second end portions, and a fourth end portion located on an opposite side of the third end portion, and including a plurality of openings penetrating from the first supporting surface to the second supporting surface. In addition, the supporting member includes a beam provided between the openings, and the beam includes a first beam portion which is parallel to the first or third end portion, and a second beam portion which is not parallel to the first and third end portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yuichi Hirai, Takayuki Arisaka
  • Publication number: 20130057783
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a television receiver comprises a cover covering the backside of a display module, and a frame-shaped mask provided on the periphery of the front surface of the display module. An antenna is provided along the periphery of the display module, and a cable electrically connected to the antenna is provided between the periphery of the display module and the inner surface of at least the cover or the mask. The cover or the mask includes a first claw and a second claw. If the cover (mask) includes the first claw and the second claw, the first claw is inserted into a recess defined in the mask (cover), while the second claw is engaged with the mask (cover).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KASHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Horii, Atsuhiro Yanagida, Motoki Tomita
  • Publication number: 20130057780
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a television receiver includes a housing having a first surface, a second surface located on an opposite side of the first surface, and a third surface connecting the first and second surfaces. The receiver further includes a circuit board accommodated in the housing, having a first board surface facing toward the first surface side, and a second board surface facing toward the second surface side. The receiver further includes a light source disposed on the first board surface of the circuit board, and at least one lens to adjust an optical path of light emitted from the light source. The receiver further includes a first indicator provided on the first surface of the housing to transmit the light from the light source, and a second indicator provided on the third surface of the housing to transmit the light from the light source through the lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yuichi HIRAI, Atsushi TATEMICHI
  • Publication number: 20130057782
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a television receiver including: a first casing having a first opening part; a second casing having a second opening part; a board positioned between the first casing and the second casing, the board having a third opening part, the board further having a tubular surrounding part surrounding a periphery of the third opening part and projected toward an internal face of the second casing; a projected part inserted from the internal face of the second casing toward the inside of the surrounding part; a fixed member passing through the first to third opening pars from the first casing side, and fixed at the projected part; and a covering member provided on the first casing, and covering the first opening part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Issei Takahashi, Naoki Tani
  • Publication number: 20130057784
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic device whereby it is possible to suppress a decline in heat-dissipating properties. This liquid crystal display device (electronic device) (1) is provided with a semiconductor element (6a, 6b), a substrate (7) to which the semiconductor element is attached, and a chassis (5) disposed in opposition to the substrate and furnished with a rib (11, 12) that protrudes towards the semiconductor element side. The rib includes a contact part (11a, 12a) for contacting the semiconductor element. A pressing member (9) for inducing the semiconductor element into contact with the contact part is furnished at least at a position corresponding to the center part (7c) of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventor: Tatsuro Kuroda
  • Patent number: 8390747
    Abstract: There is provided an electronic device. The electronic device includes: a main board formed with a cut out and comprising first and second surfaces facing each other; and an electronic component comprising a sub board and a casing and connected to the main board. A part of the electronic component is accommodated in the cut out of the main board across the first and second surfaces of the main board. The sub board and the main board are spaced from each other without overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Young-ho Choi
  • Publication number: 20130050591
    Abstract: A display device that decreases the number of parts for a member that attaches a stand member and a speaker, includes a display device main body that includes a display panel, a stand member that supports the display device main body, a speaker provided on the display device main body, and a speaker/stand attachment member which is provided on the display device main body and in which a speaker attachment portion that attaches the speaker and a stand attachment portion that attaches the stand member are integral with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki KITA, Akihiro FUJIKAWA, Akira YOKAWA
  • Patent number: 8384833
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a television includes a housing includes a light-transmitting portion, a control part provided on an inner surface of the housing, a first light-emitting diode provided on the inner surface of the housing and configured to emit light towards the light-transmitting portion as controlled by the control part and a wiring provided on the inner surface of the housing and configured to connect the control part and the first light-emitting diode to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Kazuyoshi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 8382052
    Abstract: A flat-screen television is movably mounted on a wall for movement between a first position, disposed above a fireplace, and a second position, disposed in front of a least part of the fireplace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Inventors: Michael Mathieson, Mark A. Krull
  • Patent number: 8379164
    Abstract: The invention provides a casing structure for an electronic apparatus that achieves a thin size and light weight. The casing structure is capable of accommodating a display module, and comprises a sidewall and a bottom surface in which a conductive resin region and a nonconductive resin region are butt joined in a curved line. The casing structure of the electronic apparatus does not become thick due to the butt joining even when the joint portions are in a projection area of the display module. Furthermore, on the display side of the casing structure, there is no need to have special frame members for securing strength in addition to the display casing. The display casing accommodates and protects the display module from an external pressing force and also has a design function that the outer surface of the casing resembles that of an outer surface of a conventional notebook PC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd
    Inventors: Gang Ji, Tetsuya Ohtani, Takayuki Morino, Akinori Uchino
  • Patent number: 8379157
    Abstract: A flat panel display device includes a cabinet, a flat panel display component, a control board, a switch unit, a switch unit holder, and a pair of screws. The switch unit has a support board and an AC switch. The switch unit holder has a holder main body with a pair of side plates that defines inside of the holder main body therebetween with the holder main body holding the support board of the switch unit inside of the holder main body, and a pair of screw mount portions that is integrally formed with the holder main body with the screw mount portions extending outside of the holder main body from the side plates of the holder main body, respectively. The screws are disposed through screw insertion holes of the screw mount portions and threaded into screw holes of the chassis of the flat panel display component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shinji Morita
  • Patent number: 8371663
    Abstract: A cabinet for an electronic device includes a first cabinet member and a second cabinet member. The first cabinet member has a first wall section with an engagement hole. The second cabinet member is fixedly coupled to the first cabinet member. The second cabinet member has a second wall section, an engagement protrusion and a recess. The engagement protrusion is formed on the second wall section and is engaged with the engagement hole of the first wall section. The recess is formed on the second wall section along a base portion of the engagement protrusion. The recess has a rounded portion extending between the base portion of the engagement protrusion and a bottom portion of the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Fujikawa, Shinichiro Sakamoto, Yuki Ogaki, Hideo Yonezawa
  • Patent number: 8368822
    Abstract: To provide an image display apparatus that is allowed to incorporate a panel module with excellent mechanical strength even if a screen is upsized and the apparatus is slimmed down. Strengthening units are mounted along a horizontal direction on canopies provided on an upper portion and a lower portion of a panel module constituting a display unit of a large-size, thin image display apparatus. Also, supporting members are mounted on the upper and lower strengthening units in such a manner that the supporting members bridge between the upper and lower strengthening units, so that a stand, or a chain or a string to be used when hanging the image display apparatus is mountable to the supporting members. This prevents direct application of external force to the panel module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Suzuki, Katsumi Yamaguchi, Nobuyuki Kaku
  • Patent number: 8366213
    Abstract: A projection is formed on the upper edge of the side wall of a front cabinet, a depression is formed on the upper edge of the side wall of a front cover, and a protrusion is formed on the upper edge of the side wall of a rear cabinet. The front cabinet is supported between the front cover and the rear cabinet, such that the projection of the front cabinet is pressed against the depression of the front cover by the protrusion of the rear cabinet and the upper edge of the side wall thereof, and the projection of the front cabinet is locked by the depression of the front cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeo Iwai, Katsuhiko Makino
  • Patent number: 8368821
    Abstract: This display screen turning apparatus (base for a display screen) includes a platelike base member so formed as to receive the load of a display body applied to a display screen support mechanism on a partial region and to warp in a direction opposite to the direction of deflection resulting from the load of the display body with a prescribed amount of warpage when not receiving the load of the display body, and the prescribed amount of warpage is so set that the surface of the base member is substantially flattened when the base member receives the load of the display body applied to the display screen support mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Yokota, Toshiharu Hibi
  • Publication number: 20130027618
    Abstract: A support for supporting display panels includes a base, a column on the base, a number of brackets, and a number of connecting units. The base includes a number of video signal connector units and an electrical power connector unit for inputting electrical power, an MCU connected to the video signal connector units and controlling the input of the video signal connector units and the output of the display panels; and an electrical distribution unit connected to the electrical power connector unit and distributing electrical power from the electrical power connector unit to the MCU and the display panels. Each bracket secures a corresponding display panel to the column. Each connecting unit connects the MCU and the electrical power distribution unit to a corresponding display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: QIANG CHEN
  • Publication number: 20130021539
    Abstract: An electronic video display mount includes a substantially vertical mounting pole rigidly attached to a pole foot; and a mounting collar releasably fixed to a mounting location that is selectively defined between a minimum distance and a maximum distance from the pole foot on the pole. The mount also includes a substantially horizontally mounted linear slide assembly fixedly attached to the mounting collar at an attachment interface, and a Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) mount pivotally attached to the linear slide assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventors: Pete Austin, Tony O. Anuez
  • Publication number: 20130016288
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a display unit, a base, a fixing portion, and an angle adjuster. The display unit includes a display surface which displays an image and a housing which encloses the display surface. The base is placed on a mounting surface such that the base faces a bottom portion of the housing. The fixing portion is disposed on the base and configured to secure the display unit. The angle adjuster is disposed on the base and/or the bottom portion of the housing and interposed between the base and the bottom portion so that the display unit is inclined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventor: Takashi Asano
  • Publication number: 20130016289
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a circuit board, a component, and a reinforcing portion. The circuit board is in the housing and includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The component is on the first surface of the circuit board and includes a corner. The reinforcing portion is on the second surface of the circuit board and corresponds to the corner of the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Shinya HAYASHIYAMA, Noboru NISHIDA, Makoto TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20130016290
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a circuit board, a fan, a first air guide, and a second air guide. The housing includes an exhaust hole. The circuit board is in the housing and includes a heat-generating component. The fan is in the housing. The first air guide is configured to guide air from the fan toward the exhaust hole through the heat-generating component. The second air guide is in the first air guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Issei Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20130010214
    Abstract: A backlight unit includes a discharge tube, a plate, a vibration absorber for absorbing vibrations, and a backlight chassis. The backlight chassis includes a bottom plate and side plates that rise from a surface of the bottom plate at the respective edges of the bottom plate. The backlight chassis houses the vibration absorber, the plate, and the discharge tube arranged in this sequence from the surface of the bottom plate. The plate is in contact with the vibration absorber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shiyoshi Cho
  • Patent number: 8339523
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a television apparatus includes a housing, a vibration module attached to the housing, a supporting portion which is secured to the housing and supports the vibration module for vibration, and an oscillation unit which causes the vibration module to vibrate. In addition, the television apparatus includes a plurality of first projections protruding from one of the vibration module and the housing toward the other, a sheet spanning between respective distal end portions of the first projections, and a plurality of second projections provided on the other of the vibration module and the housing and abutting the sheet at positions between the first projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomoko Kitamura, Satoshi Yokote, Masataka Tokoro, Kohei Wada, Ryosuke Kasaya, Tetsuo Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20120320286
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a television receiver includes: a housing; a display device; a first board; a second board; a first card module; and a second card module. The second board includes a first surface and a second surface. The first surface includes a first connector, a first fixing portion, and a first planer portion with no surface mount component. The second surface includes a second connector, a second fixing portion, and a second planer portion with no surface mount component. The first card module is provided on the first planer portion and along the first surface. The second card module is provided on the second planer portion and along the second surface at a position at least partially overlapping the first card module in a thickness direction of the second board, and has higher operation temperature than the first card module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Chiari Shimizu, Makoto Tanaka, Mitsuhiro Murakami, Daisuke Maehara
  • Patent number: 8334936
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a television includes a display, a supporting member, a cover member and an attaching member. The display has a display screen which displays an image. The supporting member supports the display. The cover member is attached the supporting member. The attaching member consists of parts different from those of the supporting member. The attaching member is attached to the cover member at a position that is different from a position at which the supporting member is attached. And an anti-topple restraint is attached to the attaching member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Mitsuyoshi Takao
  • Patent number: 8334902
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating use of non-electronic whiteboards and other large displays. Images of whiteboard are input to a computer device to provide automatic detection of a collaborative portion of content on the board created during a collaborative session and distribution to relevant collaborators alone while personal content of board is not distributed. Modification history of writings are preserved and displayed as change histograms to assist a user locate content that may have been erased. User finds the content by inspecting regions of board that correspond to user's memory of approximate location and time of modifying the content and are shown on the histogram as having been modified. Persistent reminder notes that clutter board space are detected and stored based on their location on the board and duration of persisting on the board so that they may be erased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gene Golovchinsky, Scott Carter, Jacob Biehl, Laurent Denoue
  • Publication number: 20120314142
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a television apparatus includes a main body, a housing, an exothermic component, and a heat transfer mechanism. The main body has a display screen, and is used in a first orientation where one side of the display screen is positioned on the upper side and in a second orientation where another side is positioned on the upper side. The housing at least partially constitutes the outline of the main body. The exothermic component is housed in the housing. The heat transfer mechanism includes a heat receiving portion that receives heat from the exothermic component, a heat releasing portion that releases heat, and a heat transferring portion that houses a medium to transfer heat from the heat receiving portion to the heat releasing portion. In both the first orientation and the second orientation, the heat receiving portion is located lower than the heat releasing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Satoshi YOKOTE, Mitsuhiro MURAKAMI, Kazuhiro NAKAMURA, Masataka TOKORO, Kohei WADA, Tetsuo OKAZAKI, Ryosuke KASAYA
  • Publication number: 20120307164
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a module including a fixing portion, and a supporting portion configured to support the module. The supporting portion includes a portion configured to receive stress from the housing at an outer region relative to the fixing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Toshikazu Shiroishi, Tomohiro Hamada
  • Publication number: 20120287356
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a television includes a display panel, a flat plate-shaped cover further includes a margin portion around four sides of the cover, such as to extrude outward from the display panel, a pin extending from the margin portion in a direction crossing the cover and includes a groove portion, and a first metal fitting further includes an opening portion includes a first part and a second part, and a fitting main body which defines surroundings of the opening portion, the display panel being interposed between the cover and the first metal fitting. The first metal fitting is movable between a first position where the pin is put into the first part and a second position where the pin is put into the second part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Kenji Nonaka
  • Patent number: 8303058
    Abstract: A refrigerator is provided that allows a user to watch a TV broadcast program or listen to a radio broadcast. The refrigerator includes a main controller that selects a TV function or a radio function according to a user's request, a radio tuner that receives voice data included in a frequency band of a radio set when the radio function is selected by the main controller, a TV driving circuit that receives a TV broadcast program when the TV function is selected by the main controller and outputs image data and voice data included in the TV broadcast program, a TV screen that displays the image data, and a speaker that outputs the voice data included in the TV broadcast program or the voice data included in the frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Ik-Kyu Lee
  • Publication number: 20120274866
    Abstract: In one embodiment, there is provided a television apparatus. The apparatus includes: an enclosure; a circuit board housed in the enclosure; and an electronic component mounted on the circuit board. The electronic component includes: a heating element that generates heat when current is supplied to the heating element; a housing that houses the heating element therein; an electrode provided on the housing; a bonding member provided on the housing such that a position of the bonding member does not overlap with a position of the electrode, wherein the housing is bonded onto the circuit board via the bonding member; and a protective member provided between the housing and the boding member to cover at least a partial region of the first surface of the housing, the protective member being configured to prevent he bonding member from entering into the housing when the heating element generates heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventor: KOJI TADA
  • Patent number: 8294835
    Abstract: Provided is a stage apparatus and a control method for the stage apparatus capable of increasing a degree of freedom in terms of movement of a display part, and diversifying stage presentation in which the display part is utilized. A plurality of display parts (31) display video. At least one supporting member (32) supports the display part (31). A control part controls a position of the display part (31) such that the plurality of display parts (31) are moved to have a predetermined positional relation with respect to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Next One Create, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kuniyoshi Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 8289715
    Abstract: A plasma display device is provided with a chassis supporting a PDP on its front surface, circuit boards located within a specific region of the back surface of the chassis, a back cover including an edge portion covering the outside of the specific region of the back surface of the chassis and a projecting portion accommodating the plurality of the circuit boards, and a fan arranged inside a space defined by the projecting portion. The peripheral wall of the projecting portion is provided with a plurality of air inlets and a plurality of air outlets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Ichiro Takahara