US 11,531,155 B1Granted

Backlight module and display device having the same

AssigneeAUO Display Plus Corporation

InventorsChih-Cheng Huang, Hong-Ming Chen, Ren-Wei Huang

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Abstract

A backlight module includes a case body, supporting structures, light-emitting elements, and an optical module. The case body includes a first side wall and a second side wall opposite to the first side wall. Each of the support structures includes two supporting members and a bearing member. Two supporting members are respectively disposed on the first side wall and the second side wall. Each of the supporting member includes a fitting portion, an extending portion, and a bending portion. The fitting portion is fixed to the first side wall and the second side wall. The bearing member is disposed between the two supporting members. The light-emitting elements are respectively disposed on the bearing surface of the bearing member of the corresponding supporting structures. The optical module is disposed on the extending surface of the extending portion of each of the supporting structures. A display device is also provided.

Claims8

Dependent claims

A backlight module, comprising:

a case body comprising a first side wall and a second side wall opposite to the first side wall;
a plurality of supporting structures, wherein each of the support structures comprises:
two supporting members respectively disposed on the first side wall and the second side wall, wherein each of the supporting members comprises a fitting portion, an extending portion, and a bending portion, and the fitting portion of each of the supporting members is fixed to the first side wall and the second side wall;
the extending portion is adjacently connected to the fitting portion and extends toward an outside of the case body, the extending portion has an extending surface, and the bending portion is adjacently connected to the extending portion and bent toward an inside of the case body;
and
a bearing member disposed between the two supporting members, wherein the bearing member has a bearing surface;
a plurality of light-emitting elements respectively disposed on the bearing surface of the corresponding supporting structures;
and
an optical module disposed on the extending surface of each of the supporting structures.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/862,602Filed 12 Jul 2022
Priority: TW 11111993627 May 2022
Granted: 20 Dec 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

G02B 6/0081
The light guides being planar or of plate-like form: mechanical or electrical aspects of the light guide and light source in the lighting device…
G09F 13/0481
Constructional details: signs, boards or panels having a curved shape
G02B 6/0068
Characterised by the light source being coupled to the light guide: arrangements of plural sources, e.g. multi-colour light sources
G09F 9/301
In which the desired character or characters are formed by combining individual elements: flexible foldable or roll-able electronic displays, e.g.…