IP Library Granted Patent US 10,884,177
Granted Patent B2
US 10,884,177 · App. 16/444,041 · Granted Jan 5, 2021

Backlight device

Inventor: Eiji Oohira (Mobara, JP)
Assignees: Japan Display Inc.; Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 10,884,177
App. No.
16/444,041
Granted
Jan 5, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid crystal display device includes a LCD panel having a first polarizer, a first substrate, a second substrate and a second polarizer are sequentially provided from a front surface side, a frame which surrounds the LCD panel and has a first opening having first to fourth sides, a planar light source disposed on the rear surface side of the LCD panel in the first opening, a plurality of optical sheet groups which are disposed between the planar light source and the LCD panel, and an adhesive layer which has a second opening formed along the first to fourth sides of the frame. A front surface side of the adhesive layer is adhered to the LCD panel along at least the first side, and a rear surface side of the adhesive layer is adhered to the plurality of optical sheet groups and the frame along at least the first side.

Claims (43)

1. A backlight device comprising:

a light guide plate including a main surface and a side surface;

a light source including a front side surface opposed to the side surface, the light source including a rear side surface;

a frame including an inner side opposed to the side surface;

an optical sheet disposed above the light guide plate,

wherein light is emitted from the front side surface of the light source, input into the light guide plate through the side surface, and output from the main surface,

the optical sheet extends beyond the rear side surface from the light guide plate to the inner side of the frame,

an adhesive member overlaps a part of the optical sheet, and

the optical sheet adheres to the frame with the adhesive member.

2. The backlight device according to claim 1 , wherein

the inner side of the frame has a plurality of protruding portions, and

the light source is disposed between two adjacent protruding portions.

3. The backlight device according to claim 1 , wherein

the inner side of the frame has a plurality of protruding portions, and

the optical sheet overlaps the plurality of protruding portions.

4. The backlight device according to claim 1 , wherein

the adhesive member has a rectangular opening.

5. The backlight device according to claim 1 , wherein

the optical sheet has a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side.

6. The backlight device according to claim 5 , wherein

the first side of the optical sheet adheres to the mold, and

the fourth side which is opposite to the first side does not adhere to the mold.

7. A backlight comprising:

a light guide plate including a main surface and a side surface;

a light source including a front side surface opposed to the side surface, the light source including a rear side surface;

a frame accommodating the light guide plate and including an inner side opposed to the side surface; and

a plurality of optical sheets disposed above the light guide plate,

wherein light is emitted from the front side surface of the light source, input into the light guide plate through the side surface, and output from the main surface,

the plurality of optical sheets include a first optical sheet, the first optical sheet disposed at a top of the plurality of the optical sheets, the first optical sheet extending beyond the rear side surface from the light guide plate to the inner side of the frame,

an adhesive member overlaps a part of the first optical sheet, and

the first optical sheet adheres to the frame with the adhesive member.

8. The backlight device according to claim 7 , wherein

the inner side of the frame has a plurality of protruding portions, and

the light source is disposed between two adjacent protruding portions.

9. The backlight device according to claim 7 , wherein

the inner side of the frame has a plurality of protruding portions, and

the first optical sheet overlaps the plurality of protruding portions.

10. The backlight device according to claim 7 , wherein

the adhesive member has a rectangular opening.

11. The backlight device according to claim 7 , wherein

the first optical sheet of the plurality of optical sheets has a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side.

12. The backlight device according to claim 11 , wherein

the first side of the first optical sheet adheres to the frame and overlaps the light source.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC
To: MAGNOLIA PURPLE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071890/0202 →
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 →