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Granted Patent B2
US 7,413,332 · App. 11/582,312 · Granted Aug 19, 2008

Light module

Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
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Patent No.
US 7,413,332
App. No.
11/582,312
Granted
Aug 19, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention disclosed a light module, which comprises a plurality of LED package units and a plurality of connecting units. Opposite sides of each of the LED package units has one connector respectively, and opposite sides of each of the connecting units has one connector respectively. The LED package unit and the connecting unit connect each other through the connectors. To vary the arrangement and the amount of the connecting units and the LED package units is to suit different dimensions of side light modules of liquid crystal displays with different luminosities.

Claims (9)

1. A LCD comprising:

a display panel;

a printed circuit board (PCB);

a light guide; and

a light module being electrically connected to the display panel and the printed circuit board (PCB) and disposed therein, the light module further comprising:

a plurality of LED package units disposed on one side of the light guide, opposite sides of each of the LED package units having one connector respectively, wherein the two connectors of the two sides of the LED package units are a plug and a socket, and

a plurality of connecting units, opposite sides of each of the connecting units having one connector respectively, wherein the LED package unit and the connecting unit connect each other through the connectors.

2. The LCD according to claim 1 , wherein the connectors electrically connect each other through the ways from the group of: copper wires and connecting nodes.

3. The LCD according to claim 1 , wherein the two connectors of the two sides of the connecting units are a plug and a socket.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2006
From: HSIEH, CHIN-KUN; CHENG, CHI-CHEN
To: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
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Priority Claims (1)
TW 94138810 A · Nov 4, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070103932A1 · May 10, 2007