IP Library Granted Patent US 10,690,839
Granted Patent B2
US 10,690,839 · App. 15/739,630 · Granted Jun 23, 2020

Reflective polarizing module for enabling bending reduction and back light unit having same

Inventors: Eun Mi Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Jang Hee Cho (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: LMS Co., Ltd.
G02B6/0085G02B6/0051G02B6/0055G02B6/0056G02F1/1335G02B6/0046G02B6/0053G02B6/0065G02F1/133606
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Patent No.
US 10,690,839
App. No.
15/739,630
Granted
Jun 23, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a reflective polarizing module for enabling bending reduction, comprising: a reflective polarizing sheet having a cooling surface in which a plurality of stacks having different refractive indices from each other are laminated to selectively transmit light and which is cooled by being in contact with a separate cooling roll in a heated state, and an outer exposed surface which is placed in a stacked form on an upper portion of the cooling surface and is exposed to air to thereby slowly cool, wherein the reflective polarizing sheet has a shrinkage rate of the cooling surface by means of a temperature rise which is relatively higher than the shrinkage rate of the outer exposed surface; and an adhesive layer which is provided to at least any one of the cooling surface or the outer exposed layer to thereby bond a separate optical module and the reflective polarizing sheet, and reduce shrinkage and bending of the reflective polarizing sheet according to a temperature rise due to a shrinkage rate difference between the cooling surface and the outer exposed surface.

Claims (27)

1. A reflective polarizing module enabling a reduction in bending, the reflective polarizing module comprising:

a reflective polarization sheet in a form of a multilayer stack having different refractive indices to selectively transmit light, the reflective polarization sheet comprising a cooled surface cooled in contact with a separate cooling roll in a heated state and an exposed surface stacked on an upper surface of the cooled surface and slowly cooled while being exposed to air, wherein a contraction ratio of the cooled surface, due to an increase in temperature, is greater than a contraction ratio of the exposed surface; and

a bonding layer disposed on at least one of the cooled surface and the exposed surface to bond the reflective polarization module and a separate optical module to reduce contraction and bending of the reflective polarization sheet, caused by an increase in temperature of the reflective polarization sheet due to a difference between the contraction ratio of the cooled surface and the contraction ratio of the exposed surface.

2. The reflective polarizing module of claim 1 , wherein the bonding layer is disposed on the cooled surface and has a contraction ratio lower than a contraction ratio of the cooled surface, due to an increase in temperature.

3. The reflective polarizing module of claim 1 , wherein the bonding layer is disposed on the exposed surface and has a contraction ratio greater than a contraction ratio of the exposed surface, due to an increase in temperature.

4. The reflective polarizing module of claim 1 , wherein the reflective polarization sheet comprises the multilayer stack, and a contraction ratio of the reflective polarization sheet gradually increases in a stacking direction from the exposed surface to the cooled surface.

5. The reflective polarizing module of claim 1 , wherein the reflective polarization sheet comprises the multilayer stack hardened in an expanded state, which is re-contracted when a temperature increases.

6. The reflective polarizing module of claim 1 , wherein the reflective polarization sheet is cooled in a stacking state by the separate cooling roll and is bent in a direction from the cooled surface to the exposed surface, due to a shape of the separate cooled surface.

7. The reflective polarizing module of claim 1 , wherein the reflective polarization sheet has a pattern located on any one surface of the cooled surface and the exposed surface.

8. The reflective polarizing module of claim 1 , further comprising a first light condensing sheet comprising a first structural pattern including continuously-repeated first unit light-condensing objects, with each transverse cross-section thereof gradually decreasing toward an upper portion thereof,

wherein at least a portion of each of the first unit light-condensing objects is embedded in the bonding layer.

9. The reflective polarizing module of claim 8 , wherein the first unit light-condensing objects have non-uniform heights from a bottom to a top thereof.

10. The reflective polarizing module of claim 8 , wherein the first unit light-condensing objects of the first structural pattern are elongated and repeated, and heights of the first unit light-condensing objects vary in an extension direction.

11. A backlight unit comprising:

a light source disposed on an edge of a light guide plate including a reflective plate on a lower surface thereof to transfer light generated by the light source upwardly;

a reflective polarization sheet in a form of a multilayer stack having different refractive indices to selectively transmit light, the reflective polarization sheet comprising a cooled surface cooled in contact with a separate cooling roll in a heated state and an exposed surface stacked on an upper surface of the cooled surface and slowly cooled while being exposed to air, wherein a contraction ratio of the cooled surface, due to an increase in temperature, is greater than a contraction ratio of the exposed surface; and

a bonding layer disposed on at least one of the cooled surface and the exposed surface to bond the reflective polarization module and a separate optical module to reduce contraction and bending of the reflective polarization sheet, caused by an increase in temperature of the reflective polarization sheet due to a difference between the contraction ratio of the cooled surface and the contraction ratio of the exposed surface.

12. The reflective polarizing module of claim 11 , wherein the bonding layer is disposed on the cooled surface and has a contraction ratio lower than a contraction ratio of the cooled surface, due to an increase in temperature.

13. The reflective polarizing module of claim 11 , wherein the bonding layer is disposed on the exposed surface and has a contraction ratio greater than a contraction ratio of the exposed surface, due to an increase in temperature.

14. The reflective polarizing module of claim 11 , wherein the reflective polarization sheet comprises the multilayer stack, and a contraction ratio of the reflective polarization sheet gradually increases in a stacking direction from the exposed surface to the cooled surface.

15. The reflective polarizing module of claim 11 , wherein the reflective polarization sheet comprises the multilayer stack hardened in an expanded state, which is re-contracted when a temperature increases.

16. The reflective polarizing module of claim 11 , wherein the reflective polarization sheet is cooled in a stacking state by the separate cooling roll and is bent in a direction from the cooled surface to the exposed surface, due to a shape of the separate cooled surface.

17. The reflective polarizing module of claim 11 , wherein the reflective polarization sheet has a pattern located on any one surface of the cooled surface and the exposed surface.

18. The reflective polarizing module of claim 11 , further comprising a first light condensing sheet comprising a first structural pattern including continuously-repeated first unit light-condensing objects, with each transverse cross-section thereof gradually decreasing toward an upper portion thereof,

wherein at least a portion of each of the first unit light-condensing objects is embedded in the bonding layer.

19. The reflective polarizing module of claim 18 , wherein the first unit light-condensing objects have non-uniform heights from a bottom to a top thereof.

20. The reflective polarizing module of claim 18 , wherein the first unit light-condensing objects of the first structural pattern are elongated and repeated, and heights of the first unit light-condensing objects vary in an extension direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 22, 2017
From: LEE, EUN MI; CHO, JANG HEE
To: LMS CO.,LTD
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0089012 · Jun 23, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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