Display device

• US 9,161,474 B2
• Filed: 07/22/2013
• Issued: 10/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Hirasawa, Takeaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Phillips, Forrest M
• Application Number:
  US13/947,425
• Publication Number:
  US 20140043738A1
• Time in Patent Office: 813 Days
• Field of Search: 361/679.55
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/046 adapted to upward-downward translation movement
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/08 around a vertical axis , e.g. panoramic heads F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2021 around a horizontal axis F16M11/2035 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/02 for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/022 by friction
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/024 by positive interaction, e.g. male-female connections
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/044 for balancing rotational movement of the undercarriage
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/14 Mounting supporting structure in casing or on frame or rack

Abstract

Provided is a display device, including: a device main body including a display, the display including a display surface, the display surface being configured to display an image; and a stand configured to support the device main body. The stand includes a supported portion, the supported portion being slidably supported on a surface opposite to the display surface of the device main body, and a connection portion, the connection portion being rotatable with respect to the supported portion around a hinge shaft.

Claims

1. A display device comprising:

a main body having a display which includes a display surface to display an image;

a stand to support the main body; and

a connection assembly to rotatably and slidably connect the main body and the stand together,

the connection assembly having (i) at least one rail member coupled to the main body on a surface opposite to the display surface and (ii) at least one support assembly each including a first support member and a second support member which are rotatably coupled together,

each said first support member being slidably coupled to a respective one of each said rail member and each said second support member being fixedly coupled to the stand such that when the stand is placed on a horizontal or substantially horizontal surface the main body is rotatable relative to the stand and the main body is adjustable in a direction away from the stand.

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

a lock unit configured to lock one of the first support member and the second support member with respect to the other of the first support member and the second support member within a rotation range.

3. The display device according to claim 2, wherein

a plurality of concave portions are formed on one of the first support member and the second support member, the plurality of concave portions being distant from each other, and

the lock unit is mounted on the other of the first support member and the second support member, the lock unit engages with one of the concave portions, and the lock unit is locked.

4. The display device according to claim 3, further comprising:

a lock pin as the lock unit, the lock pin being inserted in the other of the first support member and the second support member.

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

a friction mechanism configured to generate friction between the first support member and the second support member.

6. The display device according to claim 1, wherein

a mounted hole for wall-hanging is formed on the stand.

7. The display device according to claim 1,

wherein

each said rail extends from one end portion to another end portion in a direction orthogonal to a thickness direction of the display.

8. The display device according to claim 7, wherein

each said rail member is bent.

9. The display device according to claim 8, wherein

each said rail member is provided such that a direction in which one end in the longitudinal direction extends is orthogonal to a direction in which the other end extends.