IP Library Granted Patent US 10,028,382
Granted Patent B2
US 10,028,382 · App. 15/175,921 · Granted Jul 17, 2018

Planar lighting device and mounting substrate including conduction pattern with extension parts

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Patent No.
US 10,028,382
App. No.
15/175,921
Granted
Jul 17, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A planar lighting device includes a light guide plate, a plurality of light sources arranged in a line shape along a longitudinal direction of a side end face of the light guide plate, and a mounting substrate, on which the light sources are mounted. The mounting substrate has a base material, a conduction pattern formed on the base material, and a cover member arranged on the conduction pattern. The conduction pattern includes pairs of lands corresponding to a plurality of electrode terminals of each light source and to which the pair of electrode terminals is respectively connected, and first and second extension parts that are respectively connected to the pair of lands, extend from a first end portion of the lands, which faces the land of the adjacent light source, extend toward opposite sides of the light guide plate and to extend under the cover member.

Claims (32)

1. A planar lighting device comprising:

a light guide plate;

a plurality of light sources that is arranged in a line shape along a longitudinal direction of a side end face of the light guide plate; and

a mounting substrate, on which the light sources are respectively mounted,

wherein the mounting substrate has a base material, and a conduction pattern formed on the base material, and a cover member is arranged on the conduction pattern,

wherein the conduction pattern comprises a plurality of pair of lands, which is provided in the longitudinal direction to be corresponding to a plurality of electrode terminals of each light source and to which the pair of electrode terminals is respectively connected, and extension parts that are respectively connected to the pair of lands,

wherein the extension parts comprise:

a first extension part that is formed to extend from a first end portion of the lands, which faces the land of the adjacent light source, toward the light guide plate and to extend under the cover member;

a second extension part that is formed to extend from the first end portion, to which the first extension part is provided, toward an opposite side to the light guide plate and to extend under the cover member.

2. The planar lighting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the cover member comprises a first cover member which is arranged at a first side adjacent to the light guide plate so as to cover at least a part of the first extension part and a second cover member which is arranged at a second side opposite to the first side so as to cover at least a part of the second extension part.

3. The planar lighting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the conduction pattern comprises a wiring pattern to which at least a part of the extension part is electrically connected, and

wherein the wiring pattern is formed so that the one light source can be driving-controlled independently from the other adjacent light source.

4. The planar lighting device according to claim 1 , further comprising

an inside extension part that is formed to extend from a second end portion, which is opposite to the first end portion of the corresponding land in the longitudinal direction, toward the light guide plate and to extend under the cover member.

5. The planar lighting device according to claim 1 , further comprising

a corner formed by a boundary at a side of the other land of the pair of the lands and a boundary at an opposite side to the light guide plate is not connected to an extension part that extends from the boundary at the opposite side to the light guide plate toward the opposite side to the light guide plate.

6. A mounting substrate, on which light sources are respectively mounted along a longitudinal direction of the mounting substrate, comprising:

a base material;

a conduction pattern that is formed on the base material; and

a cover member that is arranged on the conduction pattern;

wherein the conduction pattern comprises a plurality of pairs of lands, which is provided with centering around the light source in the longitudinal direction to be corresponding to a pair of electrode terminals of each light source and to which the pair of electrode terminal is respectively connected, and extension parts that are connected to the pair of lands, and

wherein the extension parts comprise:

a first extension part that is formed to extend from a first end portion of the lands, which faces the land of the adjacent light source, in a first direction and to extend under the cover member; and

a second extension part that is formed to extend from the first end portion, to which the first extension part is provided, in a second direction opposite to the first direction and to extend under the cover member.

7. The mounting substrate according to claim 6 ,

wherein the cover member comprises a first cover member which is arranged at a first side to cover at least a part of the first extension part and a second cover member which is arranged at a second side opposite to the first side to cover at least a part of the second extension part.

8. The mounting substrate according to claim 6 , further comprising

an inside extension part that is formed to extend from a second end portion, which is opposite to the first end portion of the corresponding land in the longitudinal direction, toward the light guide plate and to extend under the cover member.

9. The mounting substrate according to claim 6 , further comprising

a corner formed by a boundary at a side of the other land of the pair of the lands and a boundary at an opposite side to the light guide plate is not connected to an extension part that extends from the boundary at the opposite side to the light guide plate toward the opposite side to the light guide plate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 5, 2020
From: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
To: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
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