IP Library Granted Patent US 9,759,936
Granted Patent B2
US 9,759,936 · App. 14/429,837 · Granted Sep 12, 2017

Sealing frame, backlight module, display device

Inventor: Jia Chen (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.; CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
G02F1/133308A47B81/06H05K5/0017G02F1/133608G02F2001/133317G02F2201/503
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Patent No.
US 9,759,936
App. No.
14/429,837
Granted
Sep 12, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sealing frame, a backlight module and a display device. The sealing frame includes a frame made of hard materials and barrier wall portions made of soft materials. The frame is for supporting, positioning and protecting various components of the backlight module, embedding the display panel, and avoiding damages of all functional layers due to collision, pressure and the like. The barrier wall portions correspond to the corners of the display panel for protecting key corners of the liquid crystal display panel, and preventing damage of the liquid crystal display panel due to contact with the hard plastic part under external force.

Claims (30)

1. A sealing frame, comprising:

a frame for holding a display panel; and

a barrier wall portion at a joint of two adjacent sides of the frame,

wherein the barrier wall portion is elastically deformable, and the frame and the barrier wall portion are of an integral structure, and the frame and the barrier wall portion are non-detachable, and

the barrier wall portion is made of a the thermoplastic elastometer material, the frame is made of hard material; and the frame and the barrier walls are formed integrally by a double color molds injection molding process.

2. The sealing frame according to claim 1 , wherein the sealing frame comprises a rectangular frame and barrier wall portions arranged in four corners of the rectangular frame.

3. The sealing frame according to claim 2 , wherein the barrier wall portion comprises two side parts perpendicular to each other and connected to the two adjacent sides of the frame respectively, and the two side portions of the barrier wall portion have an arc shape joint.

4. The sealing frame according to claim 1 , wherein the thermoplastic elastomer is butadiene styrene block copolymer or isoprene styrene block copolymer, thermoplastic trans natural rubber or thermoplastic polyurethane rubber.

5. The sealing frame according to claim 1 , wherein the hard material is polycarbonate, polyethylene or polypropylene.

6. The sealing frame according to claim 1 , wherein the barrier wall portion comprises a first side portion with a first length along one side of the frame, and a second side portion with a second length along another side of the frame; the first length and second length correspond to respective lengths of the corresponding sides of the display panel.

7. The sealing frame according to claim 1 , wherein the sealing frame has a concave portion for embedding the display panel, the barrier wall portion has a thickness along a direction perpendicular to a plane where the sealing frame is positioned, which is equal to a depth of the concave portion.

8. The sealing frame according to claim 1 , wherein the barrier wall portion and the frame have the same width on a plane where the display panel is positioned.

9. The sealing frame according to claim 1 , wherein the barrier wall portion is in close contact with the frame.

10. The sealing frame according to claim 1 , wherein a bottom surface and two side surfaces of the barrier wall portion are in close contact with the frame.

11. The sealing frame according to claim 1 , wherein the barrier wall portion is provided with a uniform wall thickness.

12. The sealing frame according to claim 1 , wherein a wall thickness of the barrier wall portion is equal to a wall thickness of the frame.

13. A backlight module comprising a sealing frame comprising:

a frame for holding a display panel; and

a barrier wall portion at a joint of two adjacent sides of the frame,

wherein the barrier wall portion is elastically deformable, and the frame and the barrier wall portion are of an integral structure, and the frame and the barrier wall portion are non-detachable, and

the barrier wall portion is made of a thermoplastic elastomer material, the frame is made of hard material; and the frame and the barrier walls are formed integrally by a double color molds injection molding process.

14. The backlight module according to claim 13 , wherein the sealing frame comprises a rectangular frame and barrier wall portions arranged in four corners of the rectangular frame, the barrier wall portion comprises two side parts perpendicular to each other and connected to the two adjacent sides of the frame respectively, and the two side portions of the barrier wall portion have an arc shape joint.

15. The backlight module according to claim 13 , wherein the sealing frame has a concave portion for embedding the display panel, the barrier wall portion has a thickness along a direction perpendicular to a plane where the sealing frame is positioned, which is equal to a depth of the concave portion.

16. The backlight module according to claim 13 , wherein the barrier wall portion and the frame have the same width on a plane where the display panel is positioned.

17. A display device comprising a display panel and a backlight module comprising:

a frame for holding a display panel; and

a barrier wall portion at a joint of two adjacent sides of the frame,

wherein the barrier wall portion is elastically deformable, and the frame and the barrier wall portion are of an integral structure, and the frame and the barrier wall portion are non-detachable, and the barrier wall portion is made of a thermoplastic elastomer material, the frame is made of hard material; and the frame and the barrier walls are formed integrally by a double color molds injection molding process;

wherein the display panel is assembled in the sealing frame of the backlight module.

18. The display device according to claims 17 , wherein the barrier wall portion of the sealing frame and the display panel are spaced apart by 0.1-0.15 mm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2015
From: CHEN, JIA
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.; CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035229/0916 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2014 1 0036000 · Jan 24, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160018690A1 · Jan 21, 2016