IP Library Granted Patent US 8,130,339
Granted Patent B2
US 8,130,339 · App. 11/641,489 · Granted Mar 6, 2012

Backlight module

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Patent No.
US 8,130,339
App. No.
11/641,489
Granted
Mar 6, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A backlight module includes a back housing, a top housing, a lamp, a light-guide plate, and a reflecting sheet. The back housing includes a bottom plate. The back housing and top housing form an accommodating space; the lamp is situated in the accommodating space. The light-guide plate is disposed on the bottom plate and has a lateral light-inputting surface and a bottom surface. Light emitted from the lamp enters the light-guide plate through the lateral light-inputting surface. The reflecting sheet is disposed between the light-guide plate and the bottom plate. The reflecting sheet includes a curved portion to enable the light-guide plate and the reflecting sheet to be combined conformingly.

Claims (17)

1. A display device, comprising:

a display panel; and

a backlight module comprising:

a back housing having a bottom plate;

a top housing, a portion of the top housing to support the display panel and another portion of the top housing connected to the back housing to form an accommodating space;

a lamp situated in the accommodating space;

a light-guide plate disposed on the bottom plate, the light-guide plate having a lateral light-inputting surface and a bottom surface, wherein light emitted from the lamp enters the light-guide plate through the lateral light-inputting surface;

a reflecting sheet disposed between the light-guide plate and the bottom plate and in contact with the bottom surface of the light-guide plate, the reflecting sheet having a curved portion to enable the light-guide plate and the reflecting sheet to be combined conformingly, wherein the light emitted from the lamp and entering the light-guide plate reaches the reflecting sheet and is then directly reflected by the reflecting sheet, and the curved portion is configured to counteract buckling of the light-guide plate that causes an edge of the light-guide plate to curve away from the reflecting sheet, and wherein the curved portion protrudes towards the light-guide plate; and

at least one protruding mechanism to form the curved portion of the reflecting sheet.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the light-guide plate includes an edge, the edge constructed from the lateral light-inputting surface and the bottom surface, the curved portion of the reflecting sheet arranged near the edge of the light-guide plate.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the at least one protruding mechanism is disposed on the bottom plate.

4. The display device of claim 3 , further comprising a plurality of protruding mechanisms to form respective curved portions in the reflecting sheet, the plurality of protruding mechanisms disposed on the bottom plate, wherein adjacent protruding mechanisms are spaced apart.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein each of the protruding mechanisms has one of a dot-like shape or a bar-like shape.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein the protruding mechanisms and the back housing are integrally formed into one piece.

7. The display device of claim 2 , further comprising at least one protruding mechanism disposed on the reflecting sheet, said protruding mechanism to form the curved portion.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the at least one protruding mechanism is adhered on the reflecting sheet.

9. The display device of claim 1 , wherein at least a part of the curved portion is under the light-guide plate.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 7, 2014
From: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATION
To: INNOLUX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032621/0718 →
MERGER Recorded May 10, 2010
From: CHI MEI OPTOELECTRONICS CORP.
To: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024358/0272 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2006
From: WU, CHEN-YI; JAW, CHIEN-CHAO; TSENG, HSUEH-CHIEN
To: CHI MEI OPTOELECTRONICS CORP.
Reel/Frame 018728/0249 →