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US 8,570,727 B2Granted
Back panel for video display device
AssigneeWestinghouse Digital, LLC
InventorsDarwin Chang, Hong S. Ting, John Araki
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Abstract
A back panel for a display device, such as a flat-panel television or computer monitor, which is very thin around the edges and houses all electronics in a “spine” near the vertical center of the back of the display. The back panel provides novel heat-dissipation, arrangement of electronics to save space, forces the center of gravity forward allowing the display to be set closer to a wall, and provides less interference and signal degradation than the prior art.
Claims22
A back panel of a visual display device comprising:
- a center housing;
- side housing panels on opposite respective sides of the center housing;
- wherein the center housing is thicker than the side housing panels and houses a controller, a power supply, and a connection for connecting the controller and the power supply to a visual display screen that is part of the visual display device;
- wherein the controller and the power supply are arranged vertically within the center housing, in a vertical direction from a bottom of the back panel to a top of the back panel;
- wherein the center housing has a width in a horizontal direction from a left side of the back panel to a right side of the back panel, that is at least one-third the width of the back panel;
- and
- wherein the width the center housing is greater than the combined widths of the side housing panels in the horizontal direction.
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A back panel of a visual display device comprising:
- a center housing;
- side housing panels on opposite respective sides of the center housing;
- electronic elements for controlling the operation of the visual display device;
- and
- input connectors and output connectors for the visual display device;
- wherein the center housing is a raised center housing that is thicker than the side housing panels;
- wherein the center housing has a substantially flat back surface that is an external back surface for the visual display device;
- wherein substantially all of the electronic elements and the connectors are in the center housing;
- wherein the controller and the power supply are arranged vertically within the center housing, in a vertical direction from a bottom of the back panel to a top of the back panel;
- and
- wherein the center housing has a width in a horizontal direction from a left side of the back panel to a right side of the back panel, that is at least one-third the width of the back panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.