Patents by Inventor Akira Yokawa
Akira Yokawa has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20140307171Abstract: A display device includes a display cell, a metal housing, a light source, a reflecting member, and a power supply circuit board. The housing supports the display cell from a rear side of the display device. The light source is attached to the housing. The light source is configured to emit light toward the display cell. The reflecting member is disposed between the display cell and the housing. The reflecting member is configured to reflect the light emitted from the light source toward the display cell. The power supply circuit board is disposed between the reflecting member and the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akihiro FUJIKAWA, Yuki KITA, Akira YOKAWA
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Patent number: 8823884Abstract: The present invention discloses a flat panel display includes a main body having a cabinet that forms a display window on a front side and a display panel contained in the cabinet, a stand located beneath said main body, and a supporting member that is fixed with said stand and supports said main body by fixing a back of said display panel at a position above said stand. The supporting member has a stand fixation part that is fixed with said stand. The supporting member has a back fixation portion to fix the back of said display panel at a position above said stand fixation part. The supporting member is formed to protrude upward from said stand and shift a center of gravity of said display panel rearward.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2009Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Akira Yokawa
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Publication number: 20140211453Abstract: A display device includes a display component, a light source, a light source substrate, a heat dissipation member and a holding member. The light source is disposed on a rear side of the display device with respect to the display component. The light source is mounted to the light source substrate. The light source substrate is attached to the heat dissipation member. The heat dissipation member is made of sheet metal and configured to dissipate heat from the light source. The heat dissipation member is attached to the holding member. The holding member is made of sheet metal and holds the display component from the rear side. The holding member integrally includes a positioning component and a fixing component. The positioning component positions the heat dissipation member. The fixing component fixes the heat dissipation member positioned by the positioning component.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuyuki FUKUMOTO, Akihiro FUJIKAWA, Akira YOKAWA
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Publication number: 20140185200Abstract: A display apparatus including: a liquid-crystal panel; a rear frame which includes an opening portion and is provided on a rear side of the liquid-crystal panel; a back light which is provided between the liquid-crystal panel and the rear frame and emits light toward a rear face of the liquid-crystal panel; a cell guide which is provided corresponding to a predetermined rim portion of the opening portion and supports at least part of an outer-circumferential portion of the liquid-crystal panel from the rear side; a joining portion which is provided on a portion of the rear frame which corresponds to the predetermined rim portion, and extends toward the liquid-crystal panel to join the cell guide to the rear frame; and a screw which fastens the cell guide and the joining portion together, wherein the screw is tightened from a lateral side of the display apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro MORI, Masayoshi KOBAYASHI, Akira YOKAWA, Akihiro FUJIKAWA
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Publication number: 20140184928Abstract: This display device (100) includes a display panel (2) including a substrate mounting member (5) covering a backlight source (4b) and a cover member (6) arranged to partially cover the rear surface of the substrate mounting member and to expose a region in the periphery of at least an outer peripheral portion (51) of the rear surface of the substrate mounting member. The substrate mounting member has a side surface portion (51a, 51b, 51c, 51d), while a corner portion (51e, 51f, 51g, 51h) of the outer peripheral portion formed by the side surface portion of the substrate mounting member has such a shape that adjacent ones of the side surface portion are bonded to each other without a clearance.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2012Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akira Yokawa, Yasuyuki Fukumoto, Yasuhiro Mori, Takahito Yamanaka, Yuki Kita, Akihiro Fujikawa, Yuto Suzuki, Hirofumi Horiuchi, Hirohiko Tsuji, Hideo Yonezawa
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Publication number: 20140176858Abstract: A display apparatus for displaying an image, including: a liquid-crystal panel which displays the image; a back light which emits light toward a rear face of the liquid-crystal panel; a rear frame which supports the back light via a screw; and a rear cover which covers part of a face of the rear frame which is different from a face of the rear frame on which the back light is provided, wherein the back light extends beyond an inner-frame region of the rear frame covered by the rear cover, and the screw is provided only in the inner-frame region.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2013Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Akira YOKAWA, Akihiro FUJIKAWA, Yasuyuki FUKUMOTO
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Publication number: 20140152907Abstract: This display device includes a display panel including a rear side holding member made of resin, holding a display cell from the rear side and a substrate mounting member made of sheet metal, mounted with a circuit substrate, while the substrate mounting member made of sheet metal includes a drawn portion formed by a first protruding portion, and the rear side holding member made of resin includes a second protruding portion corresponding to the first protruding portion on a portion corresponding to the drawn portion of the substrate mounting member made of sheet metal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2013Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akira YOKAWA, Akihiro FUJIKAWA, Yasuyuki FUKUMOTO, Yuto SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20140152905Abstract: This display device includes a housing including an inner surface extending in an anteroposterior direction, a display portion arranged to be exposed from the front side of the housing, and a single board including a switch element arranged on a first surface and a remote control signal receiving element arranged on a second surface. The board is arranged to be opposed to the inner surface extending in the anteroposterior direction of the housing in substantially parallel to the inner surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2013Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akihiro FUJIKAWA, Akira YOKAWA, Yasuyuki FUKUMOTO
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Publication number: 20140152906Abstract: This display device includes a heat radiation member made of metal, configured to radiate heat generated from a light source portion, a rear housing arranged on the rear side of the heat radiation member, a substrate mounting member made of sheet metal, mounted with a circuit substrate, and a cover member covering the substrate mounting member from the rear side of the substrate mounting member in a state where the rear surface of the rear housing is exposed to the outside, while the heat radiation member is arranged to come into contact with the substrate mounting member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2013Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akira YOKAWA, Akihiro FUJIKAWA, Yasuyuki FUKUMOTO
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Patent number: 8708293Abstract: In a device substrate attachment structure, when a substrate including a terminal holder attached to an end portion thereof is attached to a frame made of sheet metal, the substrate is attached to the frame via the terminal holder without using a screw fastening structure. The terminal holder is attached to the frame via an engagement/disengagement mechanism. The engagement/disengagement mechanism includes through-hole portions on a side of the frame, a seat portion, claw portions, and leg portions on the side of the terminal holder, and a positioning mechanism on the side of a cabinet. The positioning mechanism includes rim portions of an opening window of the cabinet.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2012Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Akira Yokawa
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Publication number: 20130093959Abstract: This display includes a light source portion, a first heat radiation member for radiating heat generated by the light source portion, a rear housing covering the first heat radiation member in a state in contact with the first heat radiation member, and a cover member covering a rear surface of the rear housing so that the rear surface of the rear housing is partially exposed outward. The first heat radiation member is arranged on a region corresponding to a region of the rear housing exposed outward from the cover member as viewed from the side of the rear surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2012Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akira YOKAWA, Yuki Kita, Akihiro Fujikawa, Yasuyuki Fukumoto, Yasuhiro Mori, Yuto Suzuki, Hirofumi Horiuchi, Hirohiko Tsuji, Takahito Yamanaka, Hideo Yonezawa
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Publication number: 20130050591Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2012Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuki KITA, Akihiro FUJIKAWA, Akira YOKAWA
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Publication number: 20120256066Abstract: In a device substrate attachment structure, when a substrate including a terminal holder attached to an end portion thereof is attached to a frame made of sheet metal, the substrate is attached to the frame via the terminal holder without using a screw fastening structure. The terminal holder is attached to the frame via an engagement/disengagement mechanism. The engagement/disengagement mechanism includes through-hole portions on a side of the frame, a seat portion, claw portions, and leg portions on the side of the terminal holder, and a positioning mechanism on the side of a cabinet. The positioning mechanism includes rim portions of an opening window of the cabinet.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2012Publication date: October 11, 2012Applicant: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Akira YOKAWA
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Patent number: 8208078Abstract: On the periphery of the opening, there are formed the rib extending toward the position corresponding to the region of the video non-display region Y of the liquid-crystal panel, not covered by the metal sheet, and the rib in such a shape as to be offset on the outer side of the rib, extending toward the metal sheet, and the rib, and the rib each are at an equal distance from the display face of the liquid-crystal panel, each being in the shape gradually approaching toward the rear face from the respective corners of the opening toward the region in the vicinity of the centers of the respective sides thereof. Consequently, it is possible to form a gap of such a predetermined spacing as not to make a viewer discomfort while keeping the display panel out of contact with a view area periphery of the cabinet.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2007Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Akira Yokawa
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Patent number: 8094243Abstract: The present invention is intended to enable a body of an LCD television to stand upright even when a rear cabinet is removed, to enable the body alone to be used as a wall -hanging television without removing the rear cabinet, and to eliminate or reduce the screws for fixing a support bracket to a body-side bracket. The body-side bracket comprises a lower holding portion that causes both horizontal edges of the support bracket to be inserted upward and retains the support bracket slidably, an upper holding portion that causes an upper edge of the support bracket to be inserted upward and retains the support bracket slidably, and a stopper portion to constrain upward movements of the support bracket inserted in a bracket insertion slot from underneath and slides the support bracket upward to insert in the upper holding portion for fixing.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2006Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Akira Yokawa
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Patent number: 7923634Abstract: The manufacturing method of the panel installation portion 12a allows the portions of the upper block and the lower block for forming the panel installation portion to be exchanged as the nesting blocks upon press working so as to change the protruding amount of the panel installation portion from the outer peripheral surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2008Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Akira Yokawa
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Patent number: 7868951Abstract: Since size and mounting method of display panels of a large-sized panel type television differ by manufacturers, different parts are needed for display panels of different manufacturers. The display panel fixing plate is separated into a panel top fixing plate, a panel bottom fixing plate, and a bridge plate. The panel top fixing plate is fixed to the upper side of a flat display panel and the panel bottom fixing plate to the lower side of the flat display panel, and both plates are held with two bridge members. In addition, by making a screw hole vertically oblong that is used for screwing the bridge member to the panel top fixing plate, it is possible use the same panel top fixing plate, the panel bottom fixing plate, and the bridge plate for different inch display panels.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2006Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naoto Maruta, Akira Yokawa
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Publication number: 20100149440Abstract: The present invention discloses a flat panel display includes a main body having a cabinet that forms a display window on a front side and a display panel contained in the cabinet, a stand located beneath said main body, and a supporting member that is fixed with said stand and supports said main body by fixing a back of said display panel at a position above said stand. The supporting member has a stand fixation part that is fixed with said stand. The supporting member has a back fixation portion to fix the back of said display panel at a position above said stand fixation part. The supporting member is formed to protrude upward from said stand and shift a center of gravity of said display panel rearward.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2009Publication date: June 17, 2010Applicant: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Akira YOKAWA
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Publication number: 20090072678Abstract: A display has a front cabinet provided with a holding structure including plurality of bosses protruding from a boundary of a display panel holding area on the back surface of the front cabinet and provided with axial threaded holes, respectively, positioning ribs protruding from the back surface of the front cabinet so as to be in contact with a perimeter of a display panel placed in the front cabinet to position the display panel in the front cabinet, and screwing members each having a threaded part capable of being screwed into the threaded hole of the boss, and a pressing part extending about the axis of the threaded part. The bosses of the holding structure are divided into sets each of the adjacently arranged bosses respectively having different lengths respectively for display panels respectively having different thicknesses. A desired one of display panels respectively having different thicknesses can be fixedly held in the front cabinet without using additional holding members.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2008Publication date: March 19, 2009Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Akira Yokawa
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Patent number: 7499113Abstract: A television with a video reproducer includes a cabinet provided with a pair of first rail portions, a printed circuit board attached to the pair of first rail portions of the cabinet, an included mechanical part arranged on an upper side of the printed circuit board, and a holding member provided with a stay portion for supporting the included mechanical part for supporting the printed circuit board. The cabinet is provided with a pair of second rail portions for supporting the holding member, the holding member being integrally provided with a rail engaging portion engaged with the second rail portion of the cabinet. The first rail portion is integrally provided to the cabinet to be arranged at a position of a height greater than the second rail portion integrally provided to the cabinet, having a bottom face of the cabinet as a reference.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2005Date of Patent: March 3, 2009Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Akira Yokawa