IP Library Granted Patent US 7,808,576
Granted Patent B2
US 7,808,576 · App. 11/839,656 · Granted Oct 5, 2010

Liquid crystal display device

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Patent No.
US 7,808,576
App. No.
11/839,656
Granted
Oct 5, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a backlight of a liquid crystal display device having an inclination surface on a light guide plate and preventing a breakage of a liquid crystal panel, wherein light which leaks from the inclination surface is made to return to the light guide plate and the adhesiveness of the light guide plate and a flexible printed circuit board is increased. In a liquid crystal display device having a backlight which radiates light to a liquid crystal panel, LEDs are formed on a light guide plate formed on the backlight as light emitting elements. Between the plurality of light emitting elements, a projecting portion of the light guide plate is formed, and a reflection member is formed on an adhesive sheet which adheres a projection member and a flexible printed circuit board to each other. By arranging the reflective member and the cushion member close to an inclination surface, light from the inclination surface is made to return to a light guide plate side, and an external force from the outside can be alleviated by a cushion member.

Claims (24)

1. The light guide plate includes:

a main surface from which light is radiated,

a light incident surface which intersects the main surface, a bottom surface which is opposite the main surface,

a projecting portion is extended from the light incident surface in a state that the projecting portion projects from the light incident surface along the side surface of the light emitting element, and

an inclination surface which has a thickness thereof decreased as the inclination surface extends toward a main surface side from a light incident surface side,

an optical sheet is arranged on the inclination surface, and a printed circuit board on which the light emitting element is mounted is adhered to the light guide plate using an adhesive material formed on the projecting portion,

wherein a height of light emitting element exceeds a distance between the bottom surface and the main surface of the light guide plate.

2. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the light emitting element is an LED.

3. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein a reflective member is formed on the optical sheet which is arranged on the inclination surface.

4. the light guide plate includes:

an upper surface is arranged to face the liquid crystal panel in an opposed manner,

a side surface which intersects the upper surface, and

a bottom surface is opposite the upper surface; and

a projecting portion is extended from the side surface and is arranged close to the plurality of the light emitting elements, and

an inclination surface is formed in a state that the inclination surface extends toward the upper surface from the side surface of the light guide plate, an optical sheet is arranged on the inclination surface, and a reflective member is arranged on the optical sheet,

the printed circuit board is arranged on the projecting portion, wherein heights of the plurality of the light emitting elements exceed a distance between the bottom surface and the upper surface of the light guide plate.

5. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 4 , wherein the plurality of the light emitting elements are LEDs.

6. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 4 , wherein an adhesive material is provided between the projecting portion and the printed circuit board.

7. the light guide plate includes a light incident surface, which is arranged close to the plurality of the light emitting elements, an upper surface from which the incident light is radiated, and a bottom surface that which is opposite the upper surface,

an inclination surface which has a thickness thereof decreased as the inclination surface extends toward the upper surface from the light incident surface,

the plurality of the light emitting elements are arranged in the direction along a side surface of the printed circuit board,

a projecting portion is extended from the light incident surface and is formed between two neighboring light emitting elements,

an adhesive material is applied to an upper surface of the projecting portion, and a printed circuit board is adhered to the projecting portion, wherein heights of the plurality of the light emitting elements exceed a distance between the bottom surface and the upper surface of the light guide plate.

8. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 7 , wherein the plurality of the light emitting elements are LEDs.

Assignments (9)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC
To: MAGNOLIA PURPLE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071890/0202 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
Reel/Frame 065614/0223 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY, INC.
Reel/Frame 065614/0644 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: JAPAN DISPLAY, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY, INC.
Reel/Frame 065654/0250 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 065615/0327 →
COMPANY SPLIT PLAN TRANSFERRING FIFTY (50) PERCENT SHARE OF PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS Recorded Dec 12, 2011
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027362/0532 →
MERGER/CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 12, 2011
From: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027363/0282 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2011
From: HITACHI DISPLAY DEVICES, LTD.
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 026223/0293 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2007
From: TAKAHASHI, YOSHIAKI; NAKAMOTO, HIROSHI; HANADA, HIDEHIRO
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.; HITACHI DISPLAY DEVICES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 019809/0648 →