Display device equipped with hard disk drive

• US 7,652,875 B2
• Filed: 12/27/2007
• Issued: 01/26/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Tsuchida, Shunichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Gandhi; Jayprakash N
• Assistant Examiner(s): WRIGHT, INGRID D
• Application Number:
  US11/964,978
• Publication Number:
  US 20080158802A1
• Time in Patent Office: 761 Days
• Field of Search: 361/681, 361/679.21, 361/679.37, 361/695, 361/704
• US Class Current: 361/679.21
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1601 Constructional details related to the housing of computer displays, e.g. of CRT monitors, of flat displays constructional details related to flat displays integrated in a portable computer, e.g. laptop, handheld computer G06F1/1637; constructional details related to television receivers H04N5/64
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/64 Constructional details of receivers, e.g. cabinets or dust covers furniture aspects of television cabinets A47B81/06
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/20963 Heat transfer by conduction from internal heat source to heat radiating structure H05K7/20972 takes precedence

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a display device includes a housing, a chassis which holds a display panel inside the housing, and an HDD unit which is located behind the display panel. The HDD unit includes a case which has an opening portion opened toward rear of the display panel, a bracket which is provided inside the case, and an HDD which is housed inside the case by the bracket and has a heat-generating portion. The bracket has a heat-radiating portion which is thermally connected to the heat-generating portion. The heat-radiating portion is located on a side of the HDD, which is opposite to a side of the HDD facing the display panel, and exposed to inside of the housing through the opening portion.

Claims

1. A display device comprising:

a housing;

a display panel housed in the housing;

a chassis which holds the display panel inside the housing; and

a hard disk drive (HDD) unit which is housed inside the housing and located behind the display panel, wherein the HDD unit includes;

(i) a case which is supported by the chassis and has an opening portion opened toward rear of the display panel;

(ii) a hard disk drive (HDD) which is housed inside the case and has a heat-generating portion generating heat during operation, the heat-generating portion being provided on a side of the HDD, which is opposite to a side of the HDD facing the display panel; and

(iii) a bracket which holds the HDD inside the case, the bracket having thermal conductivity and having a heat-radiating portion thermally connected to the heat-generating portion of the HDD, the heat-radiating portion being exposed to inside of the housing through the opening portion of the case on the side of the HDD, which is opposite to the side of the HDD facing the display panel.

2. The display device according to claim 1, wherein

the heat-generating portion of the HDD is a circuit component mounted on a circuit board and a disk drive motor, and the HDD is supported by the bracket in a position in which the circuit component and the disk drive motor are opposed to the heat-radiating portion.

3. The display device according to claim 2, wherein

the circuit board is opposed to the heat-radiating portion, and a heat-conducting member is interposed between the heat-radiating portion and the circuit board.

4. The display device according to claim 1, wherein

the heat-radiating portion has a size corresponding to the HDD.

5. The display device according to claim 4, wherein

the opening portion of the case has a size corresponding to the heat-radiating portion.

6. The display device according to claim 5, wherein

the chassis has an HDD holder into which the case of the HDD unit is inserted, and the HDD holder has a window portion which is opened in a position of the housing corresponding to the opening portion of the case.

7. The display device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a fan which supplies cooling air to the HDD unit.

8. The display device according to claim 1, wherein

the heat-radiating portion has a plurality of heat-radiating fins which project from the opening portion of the case into the housing.

16. The display device according to claim 1, metal bracket which holds the HDD inside the case is ground-connected to the metal chassis.

9. A display device comprising:

a display panel;

a housing which has a rear wall located behind the display panel;

a chassis which holds the display panel inside the housing; and

a hard disk drive (HDD) unit which is housed between the display panel and the rear wall, the HDD unit including;

(i) a case which is supported by the chassis and has an opening portion opened toward the rear wall inside the housing;

(ii) a hard disk drive (HDD) which has a heat-generating portion generating heat during operation, the HDD being housed inside the case with the heat-generating portion directed to the rear wall located behind the display panel; and

(iii) a bracket which holds the HDD inside the case, the bracket having thermal conductivity and having a heat-radiating portion thermally connected to the heat-generating portion of the HDD, the heat-radiating portion being exposed to inside of the housing through the opening portion of the case on a side of the HDD, which is opposite to a side of the HDD facing the display panel.

10. The display device according to claim 9, further comprising:

a fan which is provided on the rear wall of the housing and supplies cooling air to the heat-radiating portion.

11. The display device according to claim 10, wherein

the opening portion of the case has a size corresponding to the heat-radiating portion.

17. The display device according to claim 9, wherein the metal bracket which holds the HDD inside the case is ground-connected to the metal chassis.

12. A television containing a hard disk drive comprising:

a display panel;

a housing which houses the display panel;

a metal chassis which holds the display panel inside the housing; and

a hard disk drive (HDD) unit which is housed inside the housing and located behind the display panel, the HDD unit including;

(i) a case which is supported by the chassis and has an opening portion opened toward rear of the display panel;

(ii) a hard disk drive (HDD) which is housed inside the case and has a heat-generating portion generating heat during operation, the heat-generating portion being provided on a side of the HDD, which is opposite to a side of the HDD facing the display panel; and

(iii) a metal bracket which holds the HDD inside the case, the bracket having a heat-radiating portion thermally connected to the heat-generating portion of the HDD, and an extending portion extending into a space between the HDD and the chassis, the heat-radiating portion being exposed to inside of the housing through the opening portion of the case on the side of the HDD, which is opposite to the side of the HDD facing the display panel, and the extending portion of the metal bracket is ground-connected to the metal chassis through a metal spring member.

13. The television according to claim 12, wherein

the heat-generating portion of the HDD is a circuit component mounted on a circuit board and a disk drive motor, and the HDD is supported by the metal bracket in a position in which the circuit component and the disk drive motor are opposed to the heat-radiating portion.

14. The television according to claim 13, wherein

the opening portion of the case has a size corresponding to the heat-radiating portion.

15. The television according to claim 12, wherein

the case has a through hole which exposes the extending portion of the metal bracket to a side opposite to a side facing the circuit board, and the metal spring member is attached to the metal chassis, and contacts the extending portion through the through hole when the HDD unit is housed in the housing.