IP Library Granted Patent US 9,348,084
Granted Patent B2
US 9,348,084 · App. 12/949,885 · Granted May 24, 2016

Backlight unit

Inventors: Haehyung Lee (Seoul, KR); Youn Mo Jeong (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
G02B6/009G02B6/0091G02B6/0085
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Patent No.
US 9,348,084
App. No.
12/949,885
Granted
May 24, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A backlight unit including a bottom sash, a light guide plate received by the bottom sash, a substrate on which a light emitting device is mounted, the light emitting device irradiating light to the light guide plate, a fixing member fixing the substrate, and a sliding moving part fixing the fixing member in such a manner that the fixing member moves with respect to the bottom sash, wherein the sliding moving part includes a sliding bar and a sliding guide which are formed in the bottom sash and the fixing member respectively.

Claims (39)

1. A backlight unit comprises:

a bottom sash;

a light guide plate received by the bottom sash;

a substrate on which a light emitting device is mounted, the light emitting device irradiating light to the light guide plate;

a fixing member fixing the substrate and the light guide plate; and

a sliding moving part fixing the fixing member in such a manner that the fixing member moves with respect to the bottom sash,

wherein the sliding moving part comprises a sliding bar and a sliding guide which are formed in the bottom sash and the fixing member respectively,

wherein the sliding guide comprises a pair of sliding guides,

wherein the pair of sliding guides forms a receiving space,

wherein the sliding bar is coupled to the receiving space and moves along the pair of sliding guides, and

wherein the fixing member is not separated from the bottom sash.

2. The backlight unit of claim 1 , wherein the bottom sash is formed of at least one of a resin material and a metallic material including Al and the like.

3. The backlight unit of claim 1 , wherein the light guide plate is formed of one of polymethyl metaacrylate (PMMA), polyethylene terephthlate (PET), poly carbonate (PC), cycloolefin copolymer (COC) and polyethylene naphthalate (PEN).

4. The backlight unit of claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the light guide plate is 2 mm to 4 mm.

5. The backlight unit of claim 1 , wherein the light emitting device comprises at least one selected from a group consisting of light emitting diodes emitting a red light, a green light, a blue light and a white light.

6. The backlight unit of claim 1 , wherein the fixing member comprises a heat pipe.

7. The backlight unit of claim 1 , wherein the fixing member comprises a fixing portion and a supporting portion, and wherein the fixing portion is placed on the bottom surface of the bottom sash and fixes the light guide plate, and wherein the supporting portion extends upward from the fixing portion and supports the substrate in a side area of the light guide plate.

8. The backlight unit of claim 7 , further comprising an adhesive member interposed in a superposed area of the fixing portion and the light guide plate.

9. The backlight unit of claim 8 , wherein the adhesive member comprises any one of a double-sided tape, an adhesive material and a mechanical fixing device.

10. The backlight unit of claim 7 , wherein a reflective area is formed on the fixing portion interposed between the supporting portion and the light guide plate.

11. The backlight unit of claim 1 , wherein the fixing member comprises:

a supporting portion supporting the substrate;

a top fixing portion being bent from the top of the supporting portion and fixing a portion of the area of the top surface of the light guide plate; and

a bottom fixing portion being bent from the bottom of the supporting portion and fixing a portion of the area of the bottom surface of the light guide plate.

12. The backlight unit of claim 11 , wherein the top fixing portion, the supporting portion and the bottom fixing portion of the fixing member have their full section of a rectangle having one side of an opening for receiving the light guide plate.

13. The backlight unit of claim 11 , wherein a reflective area is formed on the top fixing portion and the bottom fixing portion interposed in a space formed between the supporting portion and the light guide plate.

14. The backlight unit of claim 7 , wherein a distance between the light emitting device and the light guide plate is set as 1 mm to 1.5 mm.

15. The backlight unit of claim 1 , wherein the sliding moving part comprises grease injected between the bottom sash and the fixing member.

16. A backlight unit comprising:

a bottom sash;

a light guide plate received by the bottom sash;

a substrate on which a light emitting device is mounted, the light emitting device irradiating light to the light guide plate;

a fixing member fixing the substrate and the light guide plate; and

a sliding moving part fixing the fixing member in such a manner that the fixing member moves with respect to the bottom sash,

wherein the bottom sash includes a groove having a predetermined length in a direction parallel with a direction in which the light guide plate expands, and

wherein the sliding moving part comprises:

a screw fixed to the fixing member and inserted into the groove of the bottom sash; and

a stopper fastened to the end of the screw projecting from the bottom sash.

17. The backlight unit of claim 11 , wherein a distance between the light emitting device and the light guide plate is set as 1 mm to 1.5 mm.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 4, 2024
From: SUZHOU LEKIN SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
To: FAIRLIGHT INNOVATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 068839/0745 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 25, 2021
From: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
To: SUZHOU LEKIN SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056366/0335 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 9, 2011
From: LEE, HAEHYUNG; JEONG, YOUN MO
To: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 025774/0206 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2009-0129355 · Dec 22, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110149602A1 · Jun 23, 2011