Audiovisual equipment and casing thereof and method of producing the same
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsNaohiro Shikata, Tomio Shiota, Kaoru Shimizu
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AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsNaohiro Shikata, Tomio Shiota, Kaoru Shimizu
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A casing for audiovisual equipment presents an outer appearance giving the impression of integrating a hole area formed of a plurality of sound transmitting fine holes with the casing, thereby making the hole area unnoticeable. This allows a viewer to easily concentrate on the screen by eliminating anything noticeable and distributing from the area surrounding the screen, and also gives the outside of the casing a luxurious appearance. In order to make the hole area unnoticeable, maintain good volume and quality of sound from the speaker, and arrange the diameter .o slashed.d mm of the tapered fine holes to be practically the smallest, the relationship between the diameter .o slashed.d mm and the thickness T mm of the casing must be expressed by the following formula: (1/6).times.T mm.ltoreq..o slashed.d mm.ltoreq.0.5 mm. When the fine holes are formed to be straight, the relationship between the diameter .o slashed.ds mm and the thickness T mm of the casing must be expressed by the following formula: (1/5).times.t mm .ltoreq..o slashed.ds mm.ltoreq.0.5 mm.
A casing for an audiovisual equipment, said casing comprising a sound transmitting hole area having a plurality of fine holes on at least one surface of said casing, said holes having a maximum diameter smaller than the thickness of the surface of said casing, wherein said fine holes are formed to be tapered such that said holes have a diameter continuously reducing from an interior of said casing to an exterior of said casing.
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