IP Library Granted Patent US 11,422,408
Granted Patent B2
US 11,422,408 · App. 17/333,595 · Granted Aug 23, 2022

Light emitting device and display device

Inventors: Yoshimasa Imahori (Osaka, JP); Tatsuya Ito (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
G02F1/133611G02F1/133603G02F1/133606G02F1/133608H01L25/0753H01L33/58H01L33/60G02F2201/56
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Patent No.
US 11,422,408
App. No.
17/333,595
Granted
Aug 23, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light emitting device comprises a light emitting substrate with a plurality of light emitting elements, and a luminance equalizer sheet provided opposite the light emitting substrate, having a plurality of through holes for transmitting light irradiated from the light emitting elements and having a linear expansion coefficient different from a linear expansion coefficient of the light emitting substrate, the light emitting substrate and the luminance equalizer sheet being positioned relative to each other at a predetermined position, at least one with a larger linear expansion coefficient among the light emitting substrate and the luminance equalizer sheet having a curved shape, and a degree of curvature of the one with the larger linear expansion coefficient being larger than a degree of curvature of one with a smaller linear expansion coefficient among the light emitting substrate and the luminance equalizer sheet.

Claims (51)

1. A light emitting device comprising:

a light emitting substrate with a plurality of light emitting elements; and

a luminance equalizer sheet provided opposite the light emitting substrate, having a plurality of through holes for transmitting light irradiated from the light emitting elements and having a linear expansion coefficient different from a linear expansion coefficient of the light emitting substrate,

the light emitting substrate and the luminance equalizer sheet being positioned relative to each other at a predetermined position,

at least one with a larger linear expansion coefficient among the light emitting substrate and the luminance equalizer sheet having a curved shape, and

a degree of curvature of the one with the larger linear expansion coefficient being larger than a degree of curvature of one with a smaller linear expansion coefficient among the light emitting substrate and the luminance equalizer sheet.

2. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein

at least one of the light emitting substrate and the luminance equalizer sheet is curved such that an angle between a tangent plane or a plane of the light emitting substrate and a tangent plane or a plane of the luminance equalizer sheet in a perpendicular direction of the tangent plane or the plane of the light emitting substrate increases as moving away from the predetermined position.

3. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein

the predetermined position is located on a plane on which a plane orthogonal to a tangent plane of the one with the larger linear expansion coefficient overlaps a plane orthogonal to a tangent plane or a plane of the one with the smaller linear expansion coefficient.

4. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein

the linear expansion coefficient of the luminance equalizer sheet is larger than the linear expansion coefficient of the light emitting substrate,

the luminance equalizer sheet has a curved shape that is convex toward the light emitting substrate or a curved shape that is concave away from the light emitting substrate, and

the light emitting substrate has a flat shape, a curved shape that has a smaller degree of curvature than the luminance equalizer sheet and is convex toward the luminance equalizer sheet, or a curved shape that has a smaller degree of curvature than the luminance equalizer sheet and is concave away from the luminance equalizer sheet.

5. The light emitting device according to claim 4 , further comprising

a diffusion member disposed on an opposite side of the luminance equalizer sheet from the light emitting substrate and having a curved shape corresponding to the curved shape of the luminance equalizer sheet.

6. The light emitting device according to claim 5 , further comprising

an optical sheet disposed on an opposite side of the diffusion member from the luminance equalizer sheet and having a curved shape corresponding to the curved shape of the luminance equalizer sheet.

7. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein

the linear expansion coefficient of the luminance equalizer sheet is smaller than the linear expansion coefficient of the light emitting substrate,

the luminance equalizer sheet has a flat shape, a curved shape that is convex toward the light emitting substrate, or a curved shape that is concave away from the light emitting substrate, and

the light emitting substrate has a curved shape that has a larger degree of curvature than the luminance equalizer sheet and is convex toward the luminance equalizer sheet, or a curved shape that has a larger degree of curvature than the luminance equalizer sheet and is concave away from the luminance equalizer sheet.

8. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising

a holding member holding the light emitting substrate and the luminance equalizer sheet.

9. The light emitting device according to claim 8 , wherein

the holding member includes a curved holding portion having a curved shape for holding curvature of the luminance equalizer sheet.

10. The light emitting device according to claim 9 , wherein

the curved holding portion includes an engaging protrusion that engages with the luminance equalizer sheet.

11. The light emitting device according to claim 8 , wherein

the holding member includes a bottom portion on which the light emitting substrate is disposed.

12. The light emitting device according to claim 11 , wherein

the bottom portion has a flat shape for holding the light emitting substrate.

13. The light emitting device according to claim 11 , wherein

the bottom portion has a curved shape for holding curvature of the light emitting substrate.

14. The light emitting device according to claim 8 , wherein

the holding member includes a first holding member and a second holding member that is provided on an inner peripheral surface side of the first holding member and is formed of a material with a higher reflectivity than the first holding member.

15. The light emitting device according to claim 14 , wherein

the second holding member has a columnar member that contacts a surface of the luminance equalizer sheet on the light emitting substrate side.

16. The light emitting device according to claim 14 , wherein

the second holding member has a partition wall that partitions each of the light emitting elements and contacts a surface of the luminance equalizer sheet on the light emitting substrate side.

17. The light emitting device according to claim 14 , wherein

the second holding member has a grid-shaped planar member that partitions each of the light emitting elements and is spaced apart from a surface of the luminance equalizer sheet on the light emitting substrate side.

18. A display device comprising:

the light emitting device according to claim 1 ; and

a display panel,

the luminance equalizer sheet having a curved shape, and

the display panel being disposed on the luminance equalizer sheet side of the light emitting device and having a curved shape that corresponds to the curved shape of the luminance equalizer sheet.

19. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein

the curved shape of the one with the larger linear expansion coefficient among the light emitting substrate and the luminance equalizer sheet is a single curved shape.

20. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein

the curved shape of the least one with the larger linear expansion coefficient among the light emitting substrate and the luminance equalizer sheet is a double curved shape.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2025
From: FUNAI GROUP CO., LTD
To: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 073121/0824 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2025
From: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. (F/K/A FE-TECH CO., LTD.)
To: FEC IP LLC
Reel/Frame 073121/0883 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 28, 2021
From: IMAHORI, YOSHIMASA; ITO, TATSUYA
To: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056384/0286 →