IP Library Granted Patent US 8,573,811
Granted Patent B2
US 8,573,811 · App. 13/073,057 · Granted Nov 5, 2013

Backlight module with heat dissipating element and heat sink

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Patent No.
US 8,573,811
App. No.
13/073,057
Granted
Nov 5, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A backlight module includes a light guide plate, a back plate, a heat-dissipating element, a light-emitting element, and at least one high-performance heat sink. The heat-dissipating element is disposed adjacent to a light incident surface of the light guide plate, and the heat-dissipating element has a bottom portion and a side portion forming an angle with the bottom portion. The light-emitting element is disposed on one side of the heat-dissipating element facing the light guide plate. The high-performance heat sink is disposed on the back plate, one end of the high-performance heat sink overlaps the heat-dissipating element, and another end of the high-performance heat sink extends away from the light-emitting element.

Claims (9)

1. A backlight module, comprising:

a light guide plate having a light incident surface;

a back plate disposed on a bottom side of the light guide plate;

a heat-conducting substrate disposed adjacent to the light incident surface, the heat-conducting substrate having a bottom portion and a side portion forming an angle with the bottom portion;

a light-emitting element disposed on one side of the heat-conducting substrate facing the light guide plate, wherein the light-emitting element is an LED light bar; and

at least one heat sink disposed in contact with the back plate, wherein the heat sink comprises one of a heat pipe, a heat column, and a heat spreader, the heat sink has at least one longitudinal body, the longitudinal body has a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first end of the longitudinal body of the heat sink touches the heat-conducting substrate, and the second end of the longitudinal body of the heat sink does not touch the heat-conducting substrate and is not overlapped with the heat-conducting substrate.

2. The backlight module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the LED light bar has a plurality of top-emission light-emitting diodes and is attached to the side portion of the heat-conducting substrate.

3. The backlight module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the LED light bar has a plurality of side-emission light-emitting diodes and is attached to the bottom portion of the heat-conducting substrate.

4. The backlight module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the heat-conducting substrate has a T-shaped cross-section or an L-shaped cross-section.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Jan 9, 2019
From: YOUNG LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY INC.
To: CORETRONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048039/0223 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE NAME OF THE ASSIGNEE FROM YOUNG LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION TO YOUNG LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY INC. PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 026033 FRAME 0306. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Oct 2, 2013
From: LIN, HUNG-CHIH; LIN, YI-WEN
To: YOUNG LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY INC.
Reel/Frame 031333/0771 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2011
From: LIN, HUNG-CHIH; LIN, YI-WEN
To: YOUNG LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026033/0306 →