Funai Service Corporation
Company overview. Funai Service Corporation (FSC) is the U.S. after-sales service subsidiary of Japan's Funai Electric Co., Ltd. It is based at 2425 Spiegel Drive, Groveport, Ohio, and was established on October 1, 2007, when Funai carved the service division out of its U.S. sales arm, Funai Corporation, Inc., into a head-office-controlled service company capitalized at USD 500,000. Funai's own press release confirms 100% parent ownership. No standalone headcount or revenue for FSC is published. Parent Funai Electric (Osaka; TSE code 6839 until it was taken private by Shuwa System Holdings in 2021) reported roughly 2,132 consolidated employees and ¥57.8bn net sales for FY2022. It filed for bankruptcy in the Tokyo District Court on October 24, 2024.
Products / services. FSC is an operating company, not a shell. It handles warranty and after-sales service, repair, call-center support, parts, and reverse-logistics/returns analysis for consumer electronics in North America, which Funai described as roughly 70% of consolidated revenue. Its site says it has served over 74 million customers; BBB lists service for Funai, Emerson, Magnavox, Philips, Sanyo and Sylvania televisions, DVD/Blu-ray players and recorders, home-theater systems, and Neato robotic vacuums.
Patent-litigation posture. Operating company defending, with no assertion activity. The database shows one tracked case, as defendant: LSI Corporation et al. v. Funai Corporation, Inc. et al. (C.D. Cal., 2:12-cv-02047, filed March 12, 2012), brought by chipmaker LSI and its Agere Systems unit. FSC was named alongside Funai Electric, Funai Corporation and P&F USA. Zero plaintiff-side cases indicate no patent-monetization program.
Notable context. The California suit paralleled ITC investigation 337-TA-837, covering the same MPEG-decoding, WLAN and signal-coding patents (US 5,870,087; 6,452,958; 6,707,867; 6,982,663) and the same digital TV, Blu-ray/DVD and home-theater products. The ITC found no violation on the '958 and '867 patents; LSI and Funai settled as to the '087 and '663 patents in January 2014, and the Federal Circuit affirmed in 2015. Note that Japan's 船井サービス株式会社 is a separate entity that Skyworth absorbed in 2025.