IP Library Granted Patent US 11,359,805
Granted Patent B2
US 11,359,805 · App. 17/266,843 · Granted Jun 14, 2022

Lighting device and display device

Inventor: Takaharu Shimizu (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
F21V33/0052F21V23/002
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Patent No.
US 11,359,805
App. No.
17/266,843
Granted
Jun 14, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A plurality of light source boards each having a wiring pattern including a plurality of wires, a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed on each light source board, switching on and off of which being controlled by a control board, board-side connectors each attached to a corresponding one of the plurality of light source boards, a flexible flat cable that has a multi-core structure including a flat-shaped insulator and a plurality of conductors aligned in a direction orthogonal to a thickness direction of the insulator, and is connected at one end to the control board, and a plurality of cable-side connectors attached to the flexible flat cable and coupled to the board-side connectors are included.

Claims (44)

1. A lighting device comprising:

a plurality of light source boards each having a wiring pattern including a plurality of wires;

a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed on each light source board, switching on and off of which being controlled by a control board;

board-side connectors each attached to a corresponding one of the plurality of light source boards;

a flexible flat cable that has a multi-core structure including a flat-shaped insulator and a plurality of conductors aligned in a direction orthogonal to a thickness direction of the insulator, and is connected at one end to the control board; and

a plurality of cable-side connectors attached to the flexible flat cable and coupled to the board-side connectors, wherein

some conductors of the plurality of conductors are electrically connected to the wires at each of the plurality of light source boards via a corresponding one of the cable-side connectors and a corresponding one of the board-side connectors,

wherein

each cable-side connector is provided with a plurality of connection terminals,

connection holes for exposing some conductors of the plurality of conductors are formed in the insulator, and

some connection terminals of the plurality of connection terminals are inserted into the connection holes to be connected to the conductors.

2. A lighting device comprising:

a plurality of light source boards each having a wiring pattern including a plurality of wires;

a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed on each light source board, switching on and off of which being controlled by a control board;

board-side connectors each attached to a corresponding one of the plurality of light source boards;

a flexible flat cable that has a multi-core structure including a flat-shaped insulator and a plurality of conductors aligned in a direction orthogonal to a thickness direction of the insulator, and is connected at one end to the control board; and

a plurality of cable-side connectors attached to the flexible flat cable and coupled to the board-side connectors, wherein

some conductors of the plurality of conductors are electrically connected to the wires at each of the plurality of light source boards via a corresponding one of the cable-side connectors and a corresponding one of the board-side connectors,

wherein

each cable-side connector is provided with a plurality of connection terminals each connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of conductors, and

each board-side connector is provided with at least one electrode connected to some connection terminals of the plurality of connection terminals.

3. A lighting device comprising:

a plurality of light source boards each having a wiring pattern including a plurality of wires;

a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed on each light source board, switching on and off of which being controlled by a control board;

board-side connectors each attached to a corresponding one of the plurality of light source boards;

a flexible flat cable that has a multi-core structure including a flat-shaped insulator and a plurality of conductors aligned in a direction orthogonal to a thickness direction of the insulator, and is connected at one end to the control board; and

a plurality of cable-side connectors attached to the flexible flat cable and coupled to the board-side connectors, wherein

some conductors of the plurality of conductors are electrically connected to the wires at each of the plurality of light source boards via a corresponding one of the cable-side connectors and a corresponding one of the board-side connectors,

wherein

the wiring patterns of the plurality of light source boards are different, and

at least one of the wires of each of the light source boards having the different wiring patterns is connected to a different corresponding one of the conductors.

4. A lighting device comprising:

a plurality of light source boards each having a wiring pattern including a plurality of wires;

a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed on each light source board, switching on and off of which being controlled by a control board;

board-side connectors each attached to a corresponding one of the plurality of light source boards;

a flexible flat cable that has a multi-core structure including a flat-shaped insulator and a plurality of conductors aligned in a direction orthogonal to a thickness direction of the insulator, and is connected at one end to the control board; and

a plurality of cable-side connectors attached to the flexible flat cable and coupled to the board-side connectors, wherein

some conductors of the plurality of conductors are electrically connected to the wires at each of the plurality of light source boards via a corresponding one of the cable-side connectors and a corresponding one of the board-side connectors,

wherein

the flexible flat cable includes a plurality of different-width portions that is formed in a staircase shape whose width changes in a longitudinal direction and becomes wider toward the control board in the longitudinal direction,

each of the cable-side connectors is attached to a corresponding one of the plurality of different-width portions, and

the numbers of the conductors in the different-width portions of larger widths are larger.

5. The lighting device according to claim 4 , wherein

each of the cable-side connectors of the same configuration is attached to the corresponding one of the plurality of different-width portions.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2022
From: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
To: SATURN LICENSING LLC
Reel/Frame 058558/0747 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 8, 2021
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058380/0650 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 9, 2021
From: SHIMIZU, TAKAHARU
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055197/0525 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-155767 · Aug 22, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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