Fixing apparatus for reducing noise of backlit unit
View Patent ↗A fixing apparatus, applied to a diffuser plate of a backlight unit (BLU), includes a fixing groove and a positioning piece. The fixing groove is formed at the frame and symmetrically related to one end of a centrosymmetric line of a diffuser plate. A first pair of edges are set at two sides of the centrosymmetric line. A third edge connects the first pair of edges cutting across the centrosymmetric line. The positioning piece is located within the fixing groove. The positioning piece is separated from the first pair of edges of the fixing groove at a first distance, and separated from the third edge of the fixing groove at a second distance, wherein the first distance is smaller than the second distance.
1. A fixing apparatus, applied to a diffuser plate of a backlight unit (BLU) and the diffuser plate placed on a frame of the BLU, the fixing apparatus comprising:
a fixing groove, formed at the frame and symmetrically related to one end of a centrosymmetric line of the diffuser plate, and a first pair of edges setting at two sides of the centrosymmetric line, and a third edge joining the first pair of edges cutting across the centrosymmetric line; and
a positioning piece, located within the fixing groove, and separated from the first pair of edges of the fixing groove at a first distance, and separated from the third edge of the fixing groove at a second distance,
wherein the first distance is smaller than the second distance.
2. The fixing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first distance is determined according to an overall expansion coefficient of the diffuser plate.
3. The fixing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second distance is determined according to a mechanical tolerance of the diffuser plate.
4. The fixing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the positioning piece is projected from the diffuser plate.
5. The fixing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the positioning piece is configured at a direction of the centrosymmetric line and integrated with the diffuser plate.
6. A backlight unit (BLU) comprising:
a housing comprising a frame configured to enclose a plurality of backlight components; and
a fixing apparatus configured to constrain movement of a diffuser plate within the housing, the fixing apparatus comprising,
a fixing groove, formed at the frame and symmetrically related to one end of a centrosymmetric line of the diffuser plate, and a first pair of edges setting at two sides of the centrosymmetric line, and a third edge joining the first pair of edges cutting across the centrosymmetric line; and
a positioning piece, located within the fixing groove, and separated from the first pair of edges of the fixing groove at a first distance, and separated from the third edge of the fixing groove at a second distance,
wherein the first distance is smaller than the second distance.
7. The backlight unit according to claim 6 , wherein the first distance is determined according to an overall expansion coefficient of the diffuser plate.
8. The backlight unit according to claim 6 , wherein the second distance is determined according to a mechanical tolerance of the diffuser plate.
9. The backlight unit according to claim 6 , wherein the positioning piece is projected from the diffuser plate.
10. The backlight unit according to claim 6 , wherein the positioning piece is configured at a direction of the centrosymmetric line and integrated with the diffuser plate.
11. The backlight unit according to claim 6 further comprising a plurality of diffuser films in contact with the frame, the fixing apparatus also constraining movement of the diffuser films.
12. A displaying device comprising:
a backlight unit (BLU) comprising
a housing enclosing a plurality of backlight components of the BLU, the housing having a frame, and;
at least a positioning pin formed on the frame; and a diffuser plate placed on the frame comprising:
a fixing hole, symmetrically formed at a centrosymmetric line of the diffuser plate, wherein the fixing hole is assembled with the positioning pin to constrain movement of the diffuser plate on the frame, wherein the positioning pin is located within the fixing hole with a first distance formed between the positioning pin and a first edge of the fixing hole which is parallel to the centrosymmetric line, a second distance formed between the positioning pin and a second edge of the fixing hole which is perpendicular to the centrosymmetric line, and wherein the first distance is smaller than the second distance.
13. The displaying device according to claim 12 , wherein the first positioning component comprises a fixing groove, and the second positioning component comprises is a positioning piece projected from the diffuser plate.
14. The displaying device according to claim 13 , wherein the positioning piece is located within the fixing groove, a first distance is formed between the positioning piece and a first edge of the fixing groove parallel to the centrosymmetric line, a second distance is formed between the positioning piece and a second edge of the fixing groove perpendicular to the centrosymmetric line, and the first distance is smaller than the second distance.
15. The displaying device according to claim 14 , wherein the first distance is determined according to an overall expansion coefficient of the diffuser plate and the second distance is determined according to a mechanical tolerance of the diffuser plate.
16. The displaying device according to claim 14 , wherein the positioning piece is projected from the diffuser plate.
17. The displaying device according to claim 14 , wherein the positioning piece is configured at a direction of the centrosymmetric line and integrated with the diffuser plate.
18. The displaying device according to claim 14 further comprising a plurality of diffuser films in contact with the frame and a movement of the diffuser films is constrained.