Display apparatus
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorKoichi Yamamoto
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Abstract
The invention provides a display apparatus which employs a display panel to display an image and has a large screen with a light weight and a sufficient structural strength and besides allows easy replacement of a light source of a lighting apparatus. The display apparatus includes a display panel, a circuit board, a light source unit and an optical panel all mounted on a rectangular frame formed from a combination of extruded members such as polygonal steel tubes. The frame serves also as an armor for the lighting apparatus, and this decreases the weight of the display apparatus. A light source of the light source unit can be replaced by taking out only the light source unit from the display apparatus.
Claims14
A display apparatus including a rectangular display panel having a front side for displaying an image thereon, a rear side and four side edges, the display apparatus comprising:
- a rectangular frame formed from a combination of bar members corresponding to four side edges of the display panel;
- a circuit board mounted on the frame together with the display panel;
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- a liquid crystal panel mounted on an exterior of the frame in front of the display panel, wherein
- at least one of said combination of bar members comprises a guide groove and at least one of said bar members comprises an opening, wherein
- said display panel is inserted into said frame through said opening in one of said bar members, and is held in place by said guide groove in said at least one bar member.
A display apparatus comprising:
- a rectangular frame comprising a front face side and four edge sides;
- a display panel attached to the front face side of said frame;
- a light source unit including a light source disposed in front of and coupled to a reflecting plate, the light source further comprising an optical panel disposed in front of the light source, the light source unit being accommodated in and held by the frame;
- and
- a liquid crystal panel attached to said front face side of said frame on an exterior of said frame, wherein
- at least one of said four edge sides comprise two guide grooves and at least one of said four edge sides comprises a plurality of openings, wherein
- said display panel is inserted into said frame through one opening of said plurality of openings in said at least one of said four edge sides, and is held in place by one guide groove of said two guide grooves, and wherein
- said light source unit is inserted into said frame through another opening of said plurality of openings in said at least one of said four edge sides, and is held in place by another guide groove of said two guide grooves.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.