IP Library Granted Patent US 12,259,124
Granted Patent B2
US 12,259,124 · App. 18/339,782 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Display device, backlight unit, light emitting module and lens

Inventors: Eun Ju Kim (Ansan-si, KR); Jae Eun Park (Ansan-si, KR)
Assignee: SEOUL SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
F21V5/04H01L25/0753H01L33/58F21Y2115/10
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Patent No.
US 12,259,124
App. No.
18/339,782
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lens including a light entering part having a concave shape in a lower region of the lens, and on which light emitted from a light emitting device is to be incident, and a light exiting part through which the incident light is emitted to an outside of the lens, in which each of the light entering part and the light exiting part has a major axis and a minor axis in plan view, and the major axis of the light entering part is orthogonal to the major axis of the light exiting part, the light entering part includes a light incident vertical surface extending from a lower surface of the lens, and a light incident inclined surface extending upward from the light incident vertical surface, and the light incident vertical surface surrounds the light emitting device.

Claims (53)

1. A light module, comprising:

a substrate;

a light emitting device disposed on the substrate;

a lens disposed over the light emitting device to spread light emitted from the light emitting device, the lens comprising:

a light entering surface having a concave shape in a lower region of the lens, and on which the light emitted from the light emitting device is to be incident;

a light exiting surface through which the incident light is emitted to an outside of the lens;

a plurality of legs coupled to a lower surface of the lens;

a flange connecting the light exiting surface and the lower surface of the lens; and

a gate formed on the flange,

wherein the light entering surface includes a light incident inclined surface between the lower surface of the lens and the light exiting surface,

wherein a thickness of the gate does not exceed a thickness of the flange, and

wherein the lower surface of the lens has a substantially planar shape from an outer edge of the lower surface to an inner edge of the lower surface.

2. The light module of claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the flange is less than 4 mm.

3. The light module of claim 1 , wherein the flange has a substantially circular shape in a plan view.

4. The light module of claim 1 , wherein the substrate has an elongated shape having a longitudinal direction, and the light exiting surface is mirror-like in the longitudinal direction.

5. The light module of claim 1 , wherein the light emitting device is coupled to the substrate through a mounting groove of the substrate.

6. The light module of claim 5 , wherein the substrate includes an insulator and a conductor.

7. The light module of claim 5 , wherein the light emitting device includes a first type electrode and second type electrode, and the first type electrode is arranged in a same direction as the second type electrode.

8. The light module of claim 1 , wherein the lower surface of the lens, from the outer edge of the lower surface to the inner edge of the lower surface, is flat.

9. A light module, comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of light emitting devices disposed on the substrate;

a plurality of lenses, each of the plurality of lenses respectively disposed over each corresponding one of the plurality of light emitting devices to spread light emitted from the plurality of light emitting devices, each lens of the plurality of lenses comprising:

a light entering surface having a concave shape in a lower region of the lens, and on which light emitted from a light emitting device of the plurality of light emitting devices is to be incident;

a light exiting surface through which the incident light is emitted to an outside of the lens;

a plurality of legs coupled to a lower surface of the lens;

a flange connecting the light exiting surface and the lower surface of the lens; and

a gate formed on the flange,

wherein each of the plurality of light emitting devices is arranged at regular intervals of a predetermined length on the substrate,

wherein a thickness of the flange is less than 4 mm, and a thickness of the gate is equal to or less than the thickness of the flange, and

wherein the lower surface of the lens has a substantially planar shape from an outer edge of the lower surface to an inner edge of the lower surface.

10. The light module of claim 9 , wherein the substrate has an elongated shape having a longitudinal direction, and the light exiting surface is mirror-like in the longitudinal direction.

11. The light module of claim 9 , wherein each of the plurality of light emitting devices is coupled to the substrate through a mounting groove of the substrate.

12. The light module of claim 11 , wherein the substrate includes an insulator and a conductor.

13. The light module of claim 11 , wherein each of the plurality of light emitting devices includes a first type electrode and second type electrode, and the first type electrode is arranged in a same direction as the second type electrode.

14. A backlight unit, comprising:

a plurality of light modules, each of the plurality of light modules including a substrate;

a plurality of light emitting devices disposed on the substrate;

a plurality of lenses, each of the plurality of lenses respectively disposed over each corresponding one of the plurality of light emitting devices to spread light emitted from the plurality of light emitting devices, each lens of the plurality of lenses comprising:

a light entering surface having a concave shape in a lower region of the lens, and on which light emitted from a light emitting device of the plurality of light emitting devices is to be incident;

a light exiting surface through which the incident light is emitted to an outside of the lens;

a plurality of legs coupled to a lower surface of the lens;

a flange connecting the light exiting surface and the lower surface of the lens; and

a gate formed on the flange,

wherein each of the plurality of light emitting devices includes a first type electrode and second type electrode, and the first type electrode is arranged in a same direction as the second type electrode,

wherein a thickness of the gate is less than 4 mm, and

wherein the lower surface of the lens has a substantially planar shape from an outer edge of the lower surface to an inner edge of the lower surface.

15. The backlight unit of claim 14 , wherein the backlight unit has a longitudinal direction, and each of the plurality of light modules is disposed along the longitudinal direction of the backlight unit and at regular intervals of a predetermined length in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.

16. The backlight unit of claim 14 , wherein each of the plurality of light emitting devices is coupled to the substrate through a mounting groove of the substrate.

17. The light module of claim 16 , wherein the substrate includes an insulator and a conductor.

18. The backlight unit of claim 14 , wherein the flange has a substantially circular shape in a plan view.

19. The backlight unit of claim 14 , wherein a thickness of the gate does not exceed a thickness of the flange.

20. The backlight unit of claim 14 , wherein the substrate has an elongated shape having a longitudinal direction, and the light exiting surface is mirror-like in the longitudinal direction.

Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2017-0026197 · Feb 28, 2017 · national
KR 10-2018-0020302 · Feb 21, 2018 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17506695 · Oct 21, 2021
Continuation 16504338 · Jul 8, 2019
Continuation PCTKR2018002377 · Feb 27, 2018
Related Publication 20230332757A1 · Oct 19, 2023
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