Set back box

• US 9,204,082 B2
• Filed: 01/03/2012
• Issued: 12/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Thomson Licensing (Vantiva SA)
• Original Assignee: Thomson Licensing (Vantiva SA)
• Inventors: Gysin, Mark William, Ruch, Glen Wakeman
• Primary Examiner(s): Wilson, Adrian S
• Assistant Examiner(s): RATHOD, ABHISHEK M
• Application Number:
  US13/976,207
• Publication Number:
  US 20130278833A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,428 Days
• Field of Search: 361/827, 361/679.02, 361/748, 361/752, 361/807, 348/725, 348/726, 348109-110, 348/836, D14/125
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/64 Constructional details of receivers, e.g. cabinets or dust covers furniture aspects of television cabinets A47B81/06

Abstract

A set back box is provided that comprises: an outer housing having one input side and one output side; stacked printed circuit boards within the outer housing; an input panel for receiving at least one input electrical cable at the one input side; and an output panel for providing signal to a display through at least one output cable at the output side. A strain relief cable is also provided that connects to the output side, wherein the strain relief cable is configured to attach to the display and configured to ensure any output cables are not under tension.

Claims

1. A set back box comprising:

an outer housing having one input side and one output side;

printed circuit boards within the outer housing;

an input panel for receiving at least one input electrical cable at the one input side; and

an output panel for providing at least one output signal to a display through at least one signal output cable at the output side, said output cable being configured to be connected to at least one existing signal input of the display,

wherein the outer housing comprises a first body component, a second body component and at least one connection cable bridging the first and second body components for signal transmission therebetween, the first body component having the input side and the second body component having the output side, the first body component and second body component are mechanically separated from one another and are separate components from the display; and

wherein the first body component is configured to mount the set back box to a wall.

2. The set back box of claim 1, further comprising a strain relief cable bridging the first and second body components and connected to the first and second body components, the strain relief cable being configured to ensure the at least one connection cable is not under tension.

3. The set back box of claim 1, wherein the printed circuit boards are stacked within the outer housing, and wherein there are at least three stacked printed circuit boards, the stacked printed circuit boards are parallel to one another, and the stacked printed circuit boards are oriented perpendicular to at least one of the sides.

4. The set back box of claim 3, wherein a first printed circuit board of the three printed stacked circuit boards is over a second printed circuit board of the three printed stacked circuit boards and a third printed circuit board of the three printed stacked circuit boards is under the second printed circuit board, the second printed circuit board being wider than the first and second printed circuit boards along a dimension parallel to the input side.

5. The set back box of claim 4, wherein the second body component has a circular cross section in a plane parallel to the input side.

6. The set back box of claim 3, wherein the stacked printed circuit boards are in the second body component.

7. The set back box of claim 1, wherein the first body component comprises a flange configured to mount the set back box on the wall such that the wall is part of the display and the input side is exterior to the display and a side of the first body component opposite the input side is directed inside the display.

8. The set back box of claim 1, wherein there are three printed stacked circuit boards in the second body component, a first printed circuit board of the three printed stacked circuit boards being over a second printed circuit board of the three printed stacked circuit boards and a third printed circuit board of the three printed stacked circuit boards being under the second printed circuit board, the second printed circuit board being wider than the first and second printed circuit boards along a dimension parallel to the output side.

9. The set back box of claim 1, wherein the first body component comprises a flange configured to mount the set back box to the wall such that the wall is part of the display and the input side is on an interior side of the wall and the output side is on the exterior side of the wall.

10. The set back box of claim 1, wherein the first component of the outer housing is an upper component, the second component is a lower component;

and

wherein the upper component is configured to mount the set back box to the wall such that the wall is part of the display and the input side is on an interior side of the wall and the output side is on the exterior side of the wall.

11. The set back box of claim 10, further comprising a strain relief cable bridging the upper and lower components, the strain relief cable being configured to ensure that any connection cables are not under tension.

12. The set back box of claim 11, further comprising stacked printed circuit boards in the lower component.