IP Library Granted Patent US 11,187,843
Granted Patent B2
US 11,187,843 · App. 16/916,862 · Granted Nov 30, 2021

Electronic device having backlight module

Inventors: Wei-Tsung Hsu (Miao-Li County, TW); Hui-Wen Su (Miao-Li County, TW); Chun-Fang Chen (Miao-Li County, TW)
Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
G02B6/0053G02B6/0031G02B6/0056G02B6/0088
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Patent No.
US 11,187,843
App. No.
16/916,862
Granted
Nov 30, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a backlight module. The backlight module includes a light-guiding plate and a light-guiding element, and the light-guiding element is disposed under the light-guiding plate. In addition, the light-guiding element has a protruding structure, and the protruding structure faces the light-guiding plate.

Claims (20)

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a backlight module, comprising:

a light-guiding plate;

a light-guiding element disposed under the light-guiding plate; and

a light-adjusting element disposed on the light-guiding plate,

wherein the light-guiding element has a first protruding structure facing the light-guiding plate, the light-adjusting element has a second protruding structure facing the light-guiding plate, and the first protruding structure and the second protruding structure extend along different directions.

2. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first protruding structure comprises a tapered structure.

3. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first protruding structure comprises a sharp-angled structure, an obtuse angle structure, a trapezoidal structure or a combination thereof.

4. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a panel, the panel having a display area and a non-display area, wherein the backlight module further comprises an absorption layer, and the absorption layer is disposed under the light-guiding plate and corresponds to the display area.

5. The electronic device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the light-guiding element at least partially overlap with the display area in a normal direction of the panel.

6. The electronic device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the reflectivity of the absorption layer is in a range from 0% to 25%.

7. The electronic device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the light-guiding element is disposed between the light-guiding plate and the absorption layer.

8. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the backlight module further comprises an adhesive element, and the adhesive element is disposed between the light-guiding element and the light-guiding plate.

9. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the backlight module further comprises an air layer existing between the light-guiding element and the light-guiding plate.

10. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the light-adjusting element further comprises an optical structure, the optical structure is away from the light-guiding plate, and a haze of the optical structure is in a range from 50% to 99%.

11. The electronic device as claimed in claim 10 , wherein a roughness of the optical structure is in a range from 0.3 micrometers to 0.75 micrometers.

12. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the light-adjusting element further comprises a base and an optical structure, and the optical structure and the second protruding structure of the light-adjusting element are disposed on opposite sides of the base.

13. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the backlight module further comprises a reflective layer, wherein the light-guiding element is disposed between the reflective layer and the light-guiding plate.

14. The electronic device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the backlight module comprises a light source disposed adjacent to the light-guiding plate, and a portion of the light-adjusting element close to the light source do not have the second protruding structure thereon.

15. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , comprising a panel disposed on the light-guiding plate, and the backlight module further comprises a polarization-adjusting element disposed between the light-guiding plate and the panel.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2024
From: INNOLUX CORPORATION
To: RED OAK INNOVATIONS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 069206/0903 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2020
From: HSU, WEI-TSUNG; SU, HUI-WEN; CHEN, CHUN-FANG
To: INNOLUX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053088/0821 →