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Granted Patent B2
US 10,969,625 · App. 16/687,987 · Granted Apr 6, 2021

Liquid crystal display device having high screen ratio

Inventor: Kuo-Chou Chang (New Taipei, TW)
Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
G02F1/133606G02F1/133514G02F1/133528G02F1/133605G02F1/133608
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Patent No.
US 10,969,625
App. No.
16/687,987
Granted
Apr 6, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An LCD device with camera module includes a backlight module and an LCD panel. The LCD panel includes a color filter substrate, a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate, a liquid crystal layer between the color filter substrate and the TFT substrate, and a lower polarizer on a side of the TFT substrate away from the liquid crystal layer, the lower polarizer is adjacent to the backlight module. The backlight module defines a hole for the camera module. The hole extends through the lower polarizer. The hole includes a bottom wall and a sidewall coupling to the bottom wall. The bottom wall is defined and formed by the TFT substrate. An elastic element in a coupling region of the bottom wall and the sidewall blocks leakage of light from the backlight module.

Claims (14)

1. A liquid crystal display (LCD) device comprising:

a backlight module for providing light;

an LCD panel stacked on the backlight module, the LCD panel comprising a color filter substrate, a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate opposite to the color filter substrate, a liquid crystal layer between the color filter substrate and the TFT substrate, and a lower polarizer on a side of the TFT substrate away from the liquid crystal layer, the lower polarizer being adjacent to the backlight module;

the backlight module defining a camera hole, the camera hole extending through the lower polarizer;

wherein the camera hole comprises a bottom wall and a sidewall coupling to the bottom wall; the bottom wall is defined and formed by the TFT substrate; an elastic element is formed in a coupling region of the bottom wall and the sidewall to block light from the backlight module to leak;

wherein the backlight module comprises a back plate; the back plate is substantially flat and bends at a position of the camera hole to extend toward the LCD panel, and the back plate defines and forms the sidewall;

the elastic element covers a surface of the back plate opposite to the sidewall.

2. The LCD device of claim 1 , wherein a portion of the color filter substrate aligning with the camera hole is transparent; a portion of the TFT substrate aligning with the camera hole is transparent.

3. The LCD device of claim 1 , wherein the LCD panel further comprises an upper polarizer on a side of the color filter substrate away from the liquid crystal layer, the upper polarizer defines a through hole extending through the upper polarizer and aligning with the camera hole.

4. The LCD device of claim 1 , wherein the elastic element extends along a circumference of the bottom wall to form a ring shape; the elastic element partially covers the TFT substrate and the back plate.

5. The LCD device of claim 1 , wherein the backlight module further comprises a reflection sheet stacked on the back plate, a light guide plate stacked on the reflection sheet, and an optical film group stacked on the light guide plate, wherein the optical film group is adjacent to the LCD panel; the back plate is on a side of the reflection sheet away from the LCD panel; the camera hole extends through the reflection sheet, the light guide plate, and the optical film group.

6. The LCD device of claim 1 , wherein the back plate is made of a metal or an alloy.

7. The LCD device of claim 1 , wherein the back plate is not in direct contact with the TFT substrate; the elastic element fills between the back plate and the TFT substrate.

8. The LCD device of claim 1 , wherein the elastic element is made of black silicon rubber.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2019
From: CHANG, KUO-CHOU
To: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62774345 · Dec 3, 2018
Related Publication 20200174319A1 · Jun 4, 2020