Patent ID: 7289167

Claim:
A television tuner device comprising: a metal frame including four side plates; a first shield plate which separates the space defined by the metal frame into a first compartment contiguous with a first side plate and a second compartment contiguous with a second side plate opposite to the first side plate; a first signal connector mounted on a third side plate and communicating with the first compartment; a second signal connector mounted on the fourth side plate and communicating with the first compartment; a distance from the second side plate to a central axis of the first signal connector is equal to a distance from the second side plate to a central axis of the second signal connector; a distribution unit disposed in the first compartment, the distribution unit splitting a signal from the first connector into at least a first and a second television signal; and a tuning unit disposed in the second compartment which converts the first television signal into an intermediate-frequency signal and outputs the intermediate-frequency signal, wherein the second signal connector outputs the second television signal.