IP Library Granted Patent US 7,876,416
Granted Patent B2
US 7,876,416 · App. 12/358,586 · Granted Jan 25, 2011

Liquid crystal display device

View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,876,416
App. No.
12/358,586
Granted
Jan 25, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight disposed at a rear surface of the liquid crystal display panel. The backlight includes a light source, a frame housing the light source, a heat dissipating plate disposed inside the frame, and a reflective sheet disposed at a surface of the heat dissipating plate on the liquid crystal display panel side. The heat dissipating plate is formed with a heat dissipating fin protruding to a surface of the frame on the side opposite to the liquid crystal display panel through an opening formed through the frame in a portion corresponding to the upper portion thereof and formed with an opening which is closed with the frame and the reflective sheet in a portion corresponding to the lower portion thereof.

Claims (12)

1. A liquid crystal display device which is used in a standing state with respect to a horizontal plane comprising:

a liquid crystal display panel; and

a backlight disposed at back of the liquid crystal display panel, wherein

the backlight includes a plurality of light sources disposed in parallel in a plane facing to the liquid crystal display panel, a frame housing the light sources, a heat dissipating plate disposed inside the frame, and a reflective sheet disposed at a surface of the heat dissipating plate on the liquid crystal display panel side, and

the heat dissipating plate is formed with a heat dissipating fin protruding to a surface of the frame on the side opposite to the liquid crystal display panel through an opening formed through the frame in a portion corresponding to the upper portion thereof and

formed with an opening which is closed with the frame and the reflective sheet in a portion corresponding to the lower portion thereof.

2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the heat dissipating fin of the heat dissipating plate is formed by raising a part of the heat dissipating plate, and an opening is formed through the frame at a location facing to an opening of the heat dissipating plate formed by raising the heat dissipating plate.

3. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the frame is formed of aluminum or iron.

4. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the heat dissipating plate is formed of a material having a thermal conductivity higher than that of the frame.

5. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the heat dissipating fin is provided in plural dispersedly in the portion corresponding to the upper portion of the heat dissipating plate.

6. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the opening formed in the portion corresponding to the lower portion of the heat dissipating plate is provided in plural dispersedly.

7. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the heat dissipating fin has a shape extending in the vertical direction.

Assignments (5)
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 →