IP Library Granted Patent US 10,884,181
Granted Patent B2
US 10,884,181 · App. 16/728,228 · Granted Jan 5, 2021

Backlight and display apparatus

Inventor: Hiroshi Teramoto (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
G02B6/0088G02B6/0021
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Patent No.
US 10,884,181
App. No.
16/728,228
Granted
Jan 5, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The rear frame includes a frame-like body and a protrusion. The protrusion projects from an inner surface of the frame-like body. A light source unit is disposed on the inner surface, and includes a point light source. The light incident surface on a side surface of the light guide plate faces a light-emitting surface with a gap. An abutting side surface of the light guide plate projects toward the inner surface. The protrusion is fitted to a recess on the abutting side surface. The joining medium joins the abutting side surface with the light source unit. Alternatively, a projecting portion of the light guide plate projects in a direction different from a direction in which the abutting side surface projects. The intermediate frame sandwiches the light guide plate together with the rear frame and includes a sandwiching portion. The sandwiching portion sandwiches the projecting portion.

Claims (46)

1. A backlight, comprising:

a rear frame including a frame-like body having an inner surface, and a protrusion projecting from the inner surface;

a light source unit that is housed in the rear frame, is disposed on the inner surface, and includes a point light source having a light-emitting surface;

a light guide plate that is housed in the rear frame, has a side surface having a light incident surface facing the light-emitting surface with a gap between the light incident surface and the light-emitting surface, and an abutting side surface that projects toward the inner surface more than the light incident surface, and has a recess to which the protrusion is fitted on the abutting side surface; and

an adhesive joining medium that holds together the abutting side surface with the light source unit.

2. The backlight according to claim 1 , wherein

the rear frame includes a side wall having the inner surface, and

the protrusion has a height 0.5 times or more and 1.0 times or less a thickness of the side wall.

3. The backlight according to claim 1 , wherein

the light source unit has a hole, and

the protrusion penetrates the hole.

4. The backlight according to claim 1 , wherein

the light-emitting surface is parallel to the light incident surface.

5. The backlight according to claim 1 , wherein

the rear frame includes a plurality of protrusions projecting from the inner surface,

the side surface has a plurality of abutting side surfaces,

the light guide plate respectively has a plurality of recesses on the plurality of abutting side surfaces, and

the plurality of protrusions are respectively fitted to the plurality of recesses.

6. A display apparatus, comprising:

the backlight according to claim 1 ; and

a display panel illuminated by the backlight.

7. A backlight, comprising:

a rear frame including a frame-like body having an inner surface, and a protrusion projecting from the inner surface;

a light source unit that is housed in the rear frame, is disposed on the inner surface, and includes a point light source having a light-emitting surface;

a light guide plate that is housed in the rear frame, has a main surface that is opposite to the rear frame and configured to emit light, has a side surface having a light incident surface facing the light-emitting surface with a gap between the light incident surface and the light-emitting surface, and an abutting side surface that projects toward the inner surface more than the light incident surface, has a recess to which the protrusion is fitted on the abutting side surface, and a projecting portion projecting in a direction different from a direction in which the abutting side surface projects; and

an intermediate frame that sandwiches the light guide plate together with the rear frame in a direction perpendicular to the main surface of the light guide plate, and includes a sandwiching portion that sandwiches the projecting portion from a direction perpendicular to the inner surface and parallel to the main surface of the light guide plate.

8. The backlight according to claim 7 , wherein

the rear frame includes a side wall having the inner surface, and

the protrusion has a height 0.5 times or more and 1.0 times or less a thickness of the side wall.

9. The backlight according to claim 7 , wherein

the light source unit has a hole, and

the protrusion penetrates the hole.

10. The backlight according to claim 7 , wherein

the light-emitting surface is parallel to the light incident surface.

11. The backlight according to claim 7 , wherein

the rear frame includes a plurality of protrusions projecting from the inner surface,

the side surface has a plurality of abutting side surfaces,

the light guide plate respectively has a plurality of recesses on the plurality of abutting side surfaces, and

the plurality of protrusions are respectively fitted to the plurality of recesses.

12. A display apparatus, comprising:

the backlight according to claim 7 ; and

a display panel illuminated by the backlight.

13. The backlight according to claim 1 , wherein

the protrusion is disposed at the inner surface.

14. The backlight according to claim 7 , wherein

the protrusion is disposed at the inner surface.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 17, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
To: TRIVALE TECHNOLOGIES
Reel/Frame 058171/0257 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 27, 2019
From: TERAMOTO, HIROSHI
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 051375/0843 →