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US 7,581,866 · App. 11/622,807 · Granted Sep 1, 2009

Replaceable lamp module for liquid crystal display

Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
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Patent No.
US 7,581,866
App. No.
11/622,807
Granted
Sep 1, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lamp module for use in a liquid crystal display includes a lamp tube, a reflector, a dismantling mechanism disposed on the reflector. The reflector comprises a first side, a second side, and a third side forming a sink, for accommodating the lamp tube and reflecting light from the lamp tube. The dismantling mechanism disposed on the reflector and outside a bezel of the liquid crystal display when the lamp module is assembled to the liquid crystal display. The lamp module is capable of being disassembled from the bezel of the liquid crystal display by applying a force on the dismantling mechanism.

Claims (13)

1. A backlight module for use in a liquid crystal display, comprising:

a bezel comprising an opening; and

a lamp module comprising:

a lamp tube;

a reflector including a first side, a second side and a third side, wherein the first side, the second side and the third side form a sink for accommodating the lamp tube and reflecting light from the lamp tube, the first side is in parallel to the third side, and both the first and the third sides are substantially perpendicular along a horizontal direction to the second side; and

a dismantling mechanism disposed on the first side of the reflector;

whereby the lamp module is assembled to the bezel passing through the opening, and the dismantling mechanism is exposed to the opening when the lamp module is assembled to the bezel and the lamp module is disassembled from the bezel through applying a force on the dismantling mechanism along a direction parallel to a long axis of the lamp tube.

2. The backlight module of claim 1 , wherein the dismantling mechanism has a concave.

3. The backlight module of claim 1 , wherein the dismantling mechanism has an opening.

4. The backlight module of claim 1 , wherein the dismantling mechanism has a bulge.

5. The backlight module of claim 1 , wherein the first side extending upward from the second side has a length greater than the length of the third side extending upward from the second side.

6. The backlight module of claim 1 , wherein the lamp module further comprises a wire electrically connected to the lamp tube.

7. The backlight module of claim 6 , wherein the lamp module further comprises a first flexible pad enclosing an end of the lamp tube away from the dismantling mechanism, and a second flexible pad enclosing the other end of the lamp tube and the wire.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 12, 2007
From: YANG, CHI-CHUN; CHIEN, YE-HEN; SHAO, TUNG-LIANG
To: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
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Priority Claims (1)
TW 95125963 A · Jul 14, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20080013340A1 · Jan 17, 2008