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Granted Patent B2
US 12,197,073 · App. 18/404,396 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Optical sheet laminate, backlight unit, liquid crystal display device, information equipment, and production method for backlight unit

Inventor: Chengheng Tsai (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: KEIWA INCORPORATED
G02F1/133606G02B5/0268G02B5/0278G02F1/133614
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Patent No.
US 12,197,073
App. No.
18/404,396
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical sheet laminate 100 is to be incorporated into a backlight unit 40 having blue light sources 42 . The optical sheet laminate 100 include: a diffusion sheet 43 having a first surface 21 a having a plurality of recesses 22 having a substantially inverted quadrangular pyramid shape; and a pair of prism sheets 44 and 45 having prism extending directions perpendicular to each other. The diffusion sheet 43 includes one or a plurality of diffusion sheets in layers. The plurality of recesses 22 are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix, and the intersecting angle between an arrangement direction of the plurality of recesses 22 and the prism extending direction is 20° or more and 70° or less.

Claims (28)

1. A backlight unit to be built in a liquid crystal display device and leading light emitted from blue light sources toward a display screen via a color conversion sheet, the backlight unit comprising:

an optical sheet laminate comprising:

a diffusion sheet having surfaces, at least one of which has a plurality of recesses having a substantially inverted quadrangular pyramid shape; and

a pair of prism sheets having prism extending directions perpendicular to each other,

wherein:

the diffusion sheet includes one or a plurality of diffusion sheets in layers,

the plurality of recesses are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix, and an intersecting angle between an arrangement direction of the plurality of recesses and the prism extending direction is 20° or more and 70° or less, and

the diffusion sheet is arranged between the blue light sources and the pair of prism sheets.

2. The backlight unit of claim 1 , wherein the intersection angle is 25° or more and 35° or less.

3. The backlight unit of claim 1 , wherein the blue light sources are arranged on a reflection sheet provided on an opposite side of the display screen when viewed from the diffusion sheet.

4. The backlight unit of claim 1 , wherein the diffusion sheet includes a plurality of diffusion sheets in layers and is arranged between the pair of prism sheets and the blue light sources.

5. The backlight unit of claim 1 , wherein a distance between the blue light sources and the diffusion sheet is 5 mm or less.

6. The backlight unit of claim 1 , wherein the color conversion sheet is arranged between the blue light sources and the diffusion sheet.

7. The backlight unit of claim 1 , wherein the intersection angle is 55° or more and 65° or less.

8. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:

the backlight unit of claim 1 ; and

a liquid crystal display panel.

9. An information apparatus comprising: the liquid crystal display device of claim 8 .

10. A method for manufacturing a backlight unit to be built in a liquid crystal display device and leading light emitted from blue light sources toward a display screen via a color conversion sheet, the method comprising:

arranging one or a plurality of diffusion sheets between the blue light sources and the display screen, where the diffusion sheet has surfaces, at least one of which has a plurality of recesses having a substantially inverted quadrangular pyramid shape; and

arranging a pair of prism sheets between the diffusion sheet and the display screen, where the pair of prism sheets have prism extending directions perpendicular to each other, wherein

the plurality of recesses are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix, and the diffusion sheet and the pair of prism sheets are arranged so that an intersecting angle between an arrangement direction of the plurality of recesses and the prism extending direction is 20° or more and 70° or less.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the intersection angle is 25° or more and 35° or less.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the intersection angle is 55° or more and 65° or less.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the blue light sources are arranged on a reflection sheet provided on an opposite side of the display screen when viewed from the diffusion sheet.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the diffusion sheet includes a plurality of diffusion sheets in layers and is arranged between the pair of prism sheets and the blue light sources.

15. The method of claim 10 , wherein a distance between the blue light sources and the diffusion sheet is 5 mm or less.

16. The method of claim 10 , wherein the color conversion sheet is arranged between the blue light sources and the diffusion sheet.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 4, 2024
From: TSAI, CHENGHENG
To: KEIWA INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 066023/0120 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-111866 · Jul 6, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2022024795 · Jun 22, 2022
Related Publication 20240152005A1 · May 9, 2024
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