Video/audio module for a flat-panel display

• US 6,639,793 B2
• Filed: 10/19/2001
• Issued: 10/28/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Chuntex Electronic Co., Ltd
• Original Assignee: Chuntex Electronic Co., Ltd
• Inventors: Lien, Fung-Kuo, Chen, Tsan-Jung, Lin, Chin-Yuan, Hung, Yuan-Hsing
• Primary Examiner(s): Datskovsky, Michael
• Application Number:
  US10/007,183
• Publication Number:
  US 20030076655A1
• Time in Patent Office: 739 Days
• Field of Search: 361/683, 361/686, 361/681-682, 361/724-726, 345/87, 345/905, 345/903, 345/169, 248/917, 248/929, 248/924, 248/346.06, 248/349.1, 248/910, 248/918-923, 248/183.2, 248/398, 312/351.2, 312/7.2, 312/242, 312/245, 439/541.5, 439/540.1, 439/607, 439/701, 439/79, 439/752, 381/87, 381/88, 381/306, 381/309, 381/333, 381/386
• US Class Current: 361/679.23
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1605 Multimedia displays, e.g. with integrated or attached speakers, cameras, microphones
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1612 Flat panel monitor
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 345/905 Display device with housing structure

Abstract

A video/audio module for a flat-panel display has a rectangular housing, a circuit board and speakers provided inside the housing, and a cover enclosing the housing. Two fasteners are arranged at opposite sides of the housing, and at least one tenon is formed on the cover. Both the fasteners and the tenon are used for providing a secure connection between the module and the flat-panel display. Further, the circuit board inside the housing is able to receive external video and audio signals and then play those signals respectively by the flat-panel display and the speakers.

Claims

1. A video/audio module for a flat-panel display, the video/audio module comprising:

a housing having a top plate and two side walls extending from two opposite ends of the top plate, wherein two fasteners are respectively formed on the two side walls for secure connection with the flat-panel display;

a circuit board provided inside the housing and having a connecting port adapted to electrically connect to the flat-panel display, wherein the circuit board has signal terminals for receiving external video/audio signals and electrically connected with speakers arranged inside the housing; and

a cover enclosing the housing.

2. The video/audio module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cover has a top plate and has at least one tenon formed on the top plate adapted to connect to the flat-panel display.

3. The video/audio module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the two fasteners are formed in an L-shaped form.

4. The video/audio module as claimed in claim 2, wherein the two fasteners are formed in an L-shaped form.

5. The video/audio module as claimed in claim 1, wherein a rectangular opening is defined in the top plate of the housing, whereby the connecting port of the circuit board is able to protrude from the rectangular opening to connect with the flat-panel display.

6. The video/audio module as claimed in claim 4, wherein a rectangular opening is defined in the top plate of the housing, whereby the connecting port of the circuit board is able to protrude from the rectangular opening to connect with the flat-panel display.

7. The video/audio module as claimed in claim 5, wherein a first bulge with a U-shaped cross-section upwardly extends from the top plate of the housing and is formed along a flange of the rectangular opening, a second bulge with a U-shaped cross-section upwardly extends from the top plate of the cover, when the cover encloses the housing, the first bulge and the second bulge form a wall with a rectangular cross section to surround the connecting port of the circuit board.

8. The video/audio module as claimed in claim 6, wherein a first bulge with a U-shaped cross-section upwardly extends from the top plate of the housing and is formed along a flange of the rectangular opening, a second bulge with a U-shaped cross-section upwardly extends from the top plate of the cover, when the cover encloses the housing, the first bulge and the second bulge form a wall with a rectangular cross section to surround the connecting port of the circuit board.

9. The video/audio module as claimed in claim 2, wherein the at least one tenon is formed by two protrusions each with an L-shaped cross-section, and the two protrusions are arranged to form a substantially U-shaped wall.

10. The video/audio module as claimed in claim 4, wherein the at least one tenon is formed by two protrusions each with an L-shaped cross-section, and the two protrusions are arranged to form a substantially U-shaped wall.

11. The video/audio module as claimed in claim 6, wherein the at least one tenon is formed by two protrusions each with an L-shaped cross-section, and the two protrusions are arranged to form a substantially U-shaped wall.

12. The video/audio module as claimed in claim 8, wherein the at least one tenon is formed by two protrusions each with an L-shaped cross-section, and the two protrusions are arranged to form a substantially U-shaped wall.

13. The video/audio module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connecting port of the circuit board has multiple metal contacts provided thereon so as to form a finger connector.

14. The video/audio module as claimed in claim 12, wherein the connecting port of the circuit board has multiple metal contacts provided thereon so as to form a finger connector.