This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority from Japanese Patent Application No. 2010-133141, filed Jun. 10, 2010; the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
Embodiments described herein relate generally to a television apparatus and an electronic device provided with a printed wiring board.
In an electronic device, such as a television, a rigid printed wiring board, and a flexible printed wiring board are often used. In the flexible printed wiring board, a pattern of a conductor is arranged on a surface of a base member. The pattern of the conductor is covered with a cover film excluding an input side end portion and an output side end portion.
By bonding a reinforcing plate to such a flexible printed wiring board, the flexible printed wiring board can be improved in strength, and the flexible printed wiring board can be made easy to handle. On the other hand, information, such as characters and symbols, may be added to the flexible printed wiring board. However, if a reinforcing plate is bonded to a flexible printed wiring board as stated above, the information, such as the characters and symbols, cannot be visually identified.
A general architecture that implements the various features of the embodiments will now be described with reference to the drawings. The drawings and the associated descriptions are provided to illustrate the embodiments and not to limit the scope of the invention.
Various embodiments will be described hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings.
In general, according to one embodiment, a television apparatus includes a flexible printed wiring board on which a screw hole is provided, and a reinforcing plate which is adhered to the flexible printed wiring board and provided with an opening. The television apparatus includes an indication, and the indication is provided on a surface of the printed wiring board adhered to the reinforcing plate at an exposed position in the opening, and indicates a position of the screw hole.
A first embodiment of an electronic device will now be described with reference to
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The reinforcing plate 22 is adhered to the flexible printed wiring board 21, and thus a certain degree of strength is imparted to the flexible printed wiring board 21 on which the module 23 is mounted. The reinforcing plate 22 has a first section 22A and a second section 22B which are separated from each other, and each of them is adhered to the flexible printed wiring board 21. The first section 22A and the second section 22B are made of glass epoxy resin, and have insulation properties. In each of the first section 22A and the second section 22B, first screw holes 25 in which screws 24 are inserted, and through-holes 26 which are provided near the first screw holes 25 are provided. The through-holes 26 are examples of openings and formed to be circular. The through-holes 26 are arranged at positions corresponding to indications 32 on the flexible printed wiring board 21 which will be described later.
The flexible printed wiring board 21 is formed by stacking a plurality of wiring layers (copper foil) and insulating layers made of polyimide alternately on a base member made of polyimide, for example. However, the structure of the flexible printed wiring board 21 is not limited to above. The flexible printed wiring board 21 may be formed by arranging a wiring layer on both sides of the base member. Alternatively, the flexible printed wiring board 21 may be formed by arranging a wiring layer on only one side of the base member. On the flexible printed wiring board 21, second screw holes 27 in which the screws 24 are inserted are provided. Further, the flexible printed wiring board 21 includes a wiring pattern 31 and indications 32 which indicate the positions of the second screw holes 27 and the types of the screws 24.
The indications 32 are formed by at least one of a character, figure, and symbol, or a combination thereof. In the present embodiment, the indications 32 are displayed on the flexible printed wiring board 21 with characters, such as “S3”. The indications 32 are provided on a surface of the flexible printed wiring board 21 adhered to the reinforcing plate 22 at places near the second screw holes 27. The indications 32 are a conductor pattern made of a copper foil or the like and formed on the base member or the insulating layer. The indications 32 are exposed outside by the through-holes 26, and thus externally visible to a worker via the through-holes 26. Further, the characters “S3” mean that the heads of the screws 24 are flat and the screws 24 having a diameter of 3 mm in the shank should be inserted into the second screw holes 27 near the indications 32 to be fastened.
As the worker inserts the screws 24 into the first screw holes 25 and the second screw holes 27 to be fastened in accordance with the indications 32, the flexible unit 16 can be easily fixed to the display panel 17.
According to the first embodiment, the television apparatus 11 comprises the flexible printed wiring board 21 on which screws holes are provided, the reinforcing plate 22 which is adhered to the flexible printed wiring board 21 and provided with openings, and the indications 32 which are provided on a surface of the flexible printed wiring board 21 adhered to the reinforcing plate 22 at the exposed positions in the openings, and indicate the positions of the screw holes.
By virtue of this structure that the indications 32 are provided on the flexible printed wiring board 21, the worker does not fail to recognize the portions where the screws 24 should be fastened, and the workability is improved. Further, since the indications 32 are provided at the exposed positions in the openings of the reinforcing plate 22, the indications 32 are not hidden by the reinforcing plate 22, and the function of the indications 32 can be exhibited.
A second embodiment of an electronic device will now be described with reference to
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The first unit 42 includes a first case 45, a first touch panel 46 which is arranged on the first case 45, and a first display 47 which is provided under the first touch panel 46 inside the first case 45. The first display 47 is a liquid crystal display, for example, and is arranged at a position adjacent to the first touch panel 46. Further, the first unit 42 has a pair of operation buttons 48, which are arranged on the sides of the first unit 42, with the first touch panel 46 located therebetween.
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The flexible printed wiring board 21 is formed by stacking a plurality of wiring layers and insulating layers made of polyimide alternately on a base member made of polyimide, for example. The flexible printed wiring board 21 may be formed by arranging a wiring layer on both sides of the base member. Alternatively, the flexible printed wiring board 21 may be formed by arranging a wiring layer on only one side of the base member. On the flexible printed wiring board 21, second screw holes 27 in which the screws 24 are inserted are provided. Further, the flexible printed wiring board 21 includes a wiring pattern 31 and indications 32 which indicate the positions of the second screw holes 27 and the types of the screws 24.
The indications 32 are formed by at least one of a character, figure, and symbol, or a combination thereof. In the present embodiment, the indications 32 are displayed on the flexible printed wiring board 21 with characters, such as “S3”. The indications 32 are provided on a surface of the flexible printed wiring board 21 adhered to the reinforcing plate 22 at places near the second screw holes 27. The indications 32 are a conductor pattern made of copper or the like and formed on the base member or the insulating layer. The indications 32 are exposed outside by the through-holes 26, and thus externally visible via the through-holes 26 of the reinforcing plate 22.
According to the second embodiment, the portable computer 41 comprises a printed wiring board on which screw holes are provided, the reinforcing plate 22 which is adhered to the printed wiring board and provided with openings, and the indications 32 which are provided on a surface of the printed wiring board adhered to the reinforcing plate 22 at the exposed positions in the openings, and indicate the positions of the screw holes. By virtue of this structure that the indications 32 are provided on the flexible printed wiring board 21, a worker does not fail to recognize the portions where the screws 24 should be fastened, and the workability during assembly is improved. Further, since the indications 32 are provided at the exposed positions in the openings of the reinforcing plate 22, the indications 32 are not hidden by the reinforcing plate 22, and the function of the indications 32 can be exhibited. In addition, recently, there are cases where a translucent reinforcing plate cannot be used in an electronic device in order to meet the standards of halogen-free or the like. In such a case, the present embodiment is particularly useful.
In this case, the indications 32 are a conductor pattern formed on a printed wiring board. With this structure, indications can be formed by the conductor pattern collectively in forming a wiring pattern 31. That is, a separate step of serigraph, etc., is not required for arranging the indications 32. Accordingly, a manufacturing process is not complicated, and productivity can be improved.
The indications 32 indicate the types of screws 24 which are inserted in screw holes. Accordingly, the worker will not misunderstand the type of screws 24 to be inserted in the screw holes to be fastened, and the workability can be further improved.
A third embodiment of an electronic device will now be described with reference to
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The reinforcing plate 22 has a first section 22A and a second section 22B which are adhered to the flexible printed wiring board 21. The first section 22A and the second section 22B are made of glass epoxy resin. In the first section 22A and the second section 22B, first screw holes 25 in which the screws 24 are inserted, first through-holes 61 which are provided near the first screw holes 25, second through-holes 62 configured to position the flexible printed wiring board 21 and the reinforcing plate 22, third through-holes 63 in which pins configured to position the flexible printed wiring board 21 and the reinforcing plate 22 with respect to the inner frame 56 are inserted, fourth through-holes 64 configured to position and fix a connector 28, and fifth through-holes 65 configured to fix other module having a size different from the module 23, are provided.
The first through-holes 61 are examples of openings, and formed to be oval or rectangular. The first through-holes 61 are formed to be larger than the through-holes 26 of the second embodiment. As shown in
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In the flexible printed wiring board 21, second screw holes 27 in which the screws 24 are inserted are provided. Further, the flexible printed wiring board 21 includes a wiring pattern 31, and indications 32 which indicate the positions where the screws 24 should be fastened and the types of the screws 24. In the present embodiment, the indications 32 are displayed on the flexible printed wiring board 21 with characters, such as “S3”. The indications 32 are a conductor pattern made of copper or the like and formed on a base member or an insulating layer. The indications 32 are provided near the second screw holes 27. The indications 32 are exposed outside by the first through-holes 61 and the fourth through-holes 64, and are visible from the outside via the first through-holes 61 and the fourth through-holes 64.
According to the third embodiment, the portable computer 41 further comprises the module 23 mounted on a printed wiring board, and the openings are through-holes. In each of the openings, the stud 66 for fixing the module 23 is provided. In this structure, a hole for inserting the stud 66 can serve as a through-hole for allowing the indications 32 to be exposed outside. Accordingly, as compared to the case of providing a hole for inserting the stud 66 and a through-hole for allowing one of the indications 32 to be exposed outside separately, a structure can be simplified.
Some of the openings are structured by the cutout sections 71. Even in such a structure, the indications 32 can be prevented from being hidden by the reinforcing plate 22, and the function of the indications 32 can be exhibited.
A fourth embodiment of an electronic device will now be described with reference to
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The reinforcing plate 22 includes a first section 22A and a second section 22B which are adhered to the flexible printed wiring board 21. Each of the first section 22A and the second section 22B is structured by a translucent resin plate. Here, the “translucent resin plate” includes a transparent resin plate and a semitransparent resin plate. In the present embodiment, the first section 22A and the second section 22B are formed of polycarbonate, for example. However, the material is not limited to above, and may be any type of material, such as acrylic and vinyl chloride, as long as it has translucency.
In the first section 22A and the second section 22B of the reinforcing plate 22, first screw holes 25 in which the screws 24 are inserted, second through-holes 62 configured to position the flexible printed wiring board 21 and the reinforcing plate 22, third through-holes 63 configured to position the flexible printed wiring board 21 and the reinforcing plate 22 with respect to the inner frame 56, and fifth through-holes 65 configured to fix other module having a size different from the module 23, are provided.
In the flexible printed wiring board 21, second screw holes 27 in which the screws 24 are inserted are provided. Further, the flexible printed wiring board 21 includes a wiring pattern 31, and indications 32 which indicate the positions where the screws 24 should be fastened and the types of the screws 24. In the present embodiment, the indications 32 are displayed on the flexible printed wiring board 21 with characters, such as “S3”. The indications 32 are a conductor pattern made of copper or the like and formed on a base member or an insulating layer. The indications 32 are provided near the second screw holes 27. The indications 32 are visible from the outside via the translucent reinforcing plate 22.
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According to the fourth embodiment, the portable computer 41 comprises a printed wiring board in which screw holes are provided, the reinforcing plate 22 which is adhered to the printed wiring board and has translucency, and the indications 32 which are provided on a surface of the printed wiring board adhered to the reinforcing plate and indicate the positions of the screw holes.
With this structure, since the reinforcing plate 22 has translucency, a through-hole 26 does not need to be provided on the reinforcing plate 22. Thus, in addition to preventing the strength of the reinforcing plate 22 from being lowered, the structure of the reinforcing plate 22 can be simplified. In addition, the indications 32 are a conductor pattern formed on the printed wiring board. For this reason, the wiring pattern 31 and the indications 32 can be formed collectively by the conductor pattern. Thus, a manufacturing process is not complicated, and productivity can be improved.
Next, a modification of the fourth embodiment will be described with reference to
In each of the above embodiments, indications are provided at positions close to the uppermost layer of the flexible printed wiring board 21, for example. However, as shown in
The electronic devices are not limited to the television apparatus 11 and the portable computers 41 of the above embodiments, and may be embodied as other types of electronic devices, such as a cellular phone, needless to say. Further, in each of the above embodiments, while the case of using a flexible printed wiring board has been described as an example, each of the structures of the above embodiments can be applied to the so-called rigid board having rigidity.
In each of the above embodiments, the conductor pattern forming the indications is provided separately from the wiring pattern 31 forming the wiring. However, the indications 32 may be formed by the wiring pattern 31. Further, while the indications 32 indicate the positions of the second screw holes 27 and the types of the screws 24, the function is not limited to this. For example, the indications 32 may represent the names of makers or other corporate logotypes. Alternatively, the indications 32 may be just arrows indicating the positions of the second screw holes 27. Further, in each of the above embodiments, while the indications 32 are formed by a conductor pattern, indications may be formed by performing serigraph or applying stamps, etc., on the flexible printed wiring board 21 or the reinforcing plate 22.
The electronic device described in the present specification is not limited to be above embodiments, and may be embodied by modifying constituent features without departing from the spirit when the electronic device is put into practice. Further, various inventions can be achieved by suitably combining the constituent features disclosed in the above embodiments. For example, some constituent features may be deleted from the entire constituent features shown in the embodiments. Further, constituent features of different embodiments may be combined suitably.
While certain embodiments have been described, these embodiments have been presented by way of example only, and are not intended to limit the scope of the inventions. Indeed, the novel embodiments described herein may be embodied in a variety of other forms; furthermore, various omissions, substitutions and changes in the form of the embodiments described herein may be made without departing from the spirit of the inventions. The accompanying claims and their equivalents are intended to cover such forms or modifications as would fall within the scope and spirit of the inventions.
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2010-133141 | Jun 2010 | JP | national |