IP Library Granted Patent US 7,952,682
Granted Patent B1
US 7,952,682 · App. 13/009,371 · Granted May 31, 2011

Liquid crystal display device

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Patent No.
US 7,952,682
App. No.
13/009,371
Granted
May 31, 2011
Kind
B1
Abstract

A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight disposed at the back of the liquid crystal display panel. The backlight includes a frame, a light source, a reflective sheet, and a heat dissipating plate formed in a rectangular shape and housing the light source, the reflective sheet, and the heat dissipating plate. The heat dissipating plate is disposed between the reflective sheet and a bottom surface of the frame and includes a first portion and a second portion facing the first portion, and has a plurality of first openings at the first portion and at least one second opening at the second portion. The plurality of first openings are formed along the first portion, and each of the first openings has a first edge and a first fin formed at a part of the first edge.

Claims (21)

1. A liquid crystal display device comprising a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight disposed at a back of the liquid crystal display panel;

wherein the backlight includes a frame, at least one light source, a reflective sheet, and a heat dissipating plate formed in a rectangular shape;

wherein the frame houses at least one the light source, the reflective sheet, and the heat dissipating plate;

wherein the heat dissipating plate is disposed between the reflective sheet and a bottom surface of the frame;

wherein the heat dissipating plate comprises a first portion and a second portion facing the first portion, and has a plurality of first openings at the first portion and at least one second opening at the second portion;

wherein the plurality of first openings are formed along the first portion;

wherein each of the first openings has a first edge and a first fin formed at a part of the first edge;

wherein the bottom surface of the frame has a plurality of slits;

wherein the first fin protrudes through one of the slits; and

wherein the at least one second opening is covered with the reflective sheet and the bottom surface of the frame.

2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of second openings are formed along the second portion.

3. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of third openings are formed at a region between the first openings and the at least one second opening;

wherein the third openings are formed along a direction in which the first portion extends;

wherein each of the third openings has a second edge and a second fin formed at a part of the second edge; and

wherein the second fin protrudes through one of the slits.

4. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 3 , wherein the second fin is disposed between two of the first fins which are adjacent each other when viewed from the first portion.

5. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 3 , wherein the first portion and the second portion extend in a first direction; and

wherein the first fin and the second fin have a shape extending in a second direction which is different from the first direction.

6. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 3 , wherein the plurality of the slits face the plurality of the first openings and the plurality of the third openings, respectively.

7. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first portion and the second portion extend in a first direction; and

wherein the first fin has a shape extending in a second direction which is different from the first direction.

Assignments (7)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC
To: MAGNOLIA PURPLE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071890/0202 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
Reel/Frame 065614/0223 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY, INC.
Reel/Frame 065614/0644 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: JAPAN DISPLAY, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY, INC.
Reel/Frame 065654/0250 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 065615/0327 →
MERGER Recorded Oct 20, 2011
From: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027093/0937 →
COMPANY SPLIT PLAN TRANSFERRING FIFTY (50) PERCENT SHARE IN PATENT APPLICATIONS Recorded Oct 20, 2011
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027092/0684 →