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Display apparatus
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorTatsuya Sakata
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InventorTatsuya Sakata
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A display apparatus includes: a thin plate display device having an image display surface and a back surface; a front cover that covers an outer area and end surfaces of the display surface of the display device; and a back surface cover mounted so as to cover the back surface, the cover being divided into a plurality of parts, wherein a projecting or recessed part is provided at a plurality of places on the front cover facing the end surfaces, a recessed or projecting part is provided that is fit into the projecting or recessed part facing thereto, on the back surface cover, and a slide mechanism part is provided in which the back surface cover is formed to move in parallel along the back surface of the display device and the fitting is achieved by the parallel motion.
A display apparatus comprising:
A display apparatus comprising:
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The present invention contains subject matter related to Japanese Patent Application JP 2007-050251 filed in the Japanese Patent Office on Feb. 28, 2007, the entire contents of which being incorporated herein by reference.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a display apparatus using a slim display device such as an organic electroluminescent (EL) display, particularly to the configuration of a cabinet assembled as a display apparatus.
FIG. 1 shows an exploded perspective view depicting an example according to an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 2 shows an exploded perspective view depicting the display device shown in the example of FIG. 1 and the peripherals thereof;
FIG. 3 shows an exploded perspective view depicting the state in which a cover is mounted on the assembled members of the example shown in FIG. 2;
Hereinafter, an example according to an embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The example according to the embodiment is adapted to a display apparatus as a television set using a slim display device configured of an organic EL display (electroluminescent display). The organic EL display is a display device that is configured in which light emitting elements are arranged on a thin plate substrate in a matrix. For the display device in the example, such a display device is used that is configured in which light emitting elements are arranged on a glass substrate.
For example, as shown in FIG. 9, a display apparatus 100 according to the example of the embodiment is in the state in which a front surface 121 of a display device is exposed from a window part 111 of a front cover 110 and the exposed front surface 121 is an image display surface.