Automotive display and backlight module thereof
AssigneeAmTRAN Technology Co., Ltd.
InventorsChih Kuei WANG, Min Hung CHENG, Yu Hsiang TSOU
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Abstract
A backlight module includes a housing, a light guide plate, a light source and a flexible positioning member. The housing includes a backplate and a sidewall. The sidewall includes a first wall portion. The light guide plate is disposed in the housing and has a first lateral edge and a recess. The first lateral edge corresponds to the first wall portion of the sidewall. The recess has a side opening at the first lateral edge. The light source is disposed in the housing and faces the light guide plate. The flexible positioning member is disposed in the recess of the light guide plate and protrudes from the first lateral edge of the light guide plate via the side opening of the recess.
Claims20
A backlight module, comprising:
- a housing comprising a backplate and a sidewall, the sidewall comprising a first wall portion;
- a light guide plate disposed in the housing and having a first lateral edge and at least one recess, the first lateral edge corresponding to the first wall portion of the sidewall, the at least one recess having a first side opening at the first lateral edge;
- a light source disposed in the housing and facing the light guide plate;
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- at least one flexible positioning member disposed in the at least one recess of the light guide plate and protruding from the first lateral edge of the light guide plate via the first side opening of the at least one recess,
- wherein the light source is disposed on the first wall portion of the sidewall and faces the first lateral edge of the light guide plate, wherein the light source comprises a circuit board and a plurality of light emitting elements disposed on the circuit board, and the at least one flexible positioning member is located on an outer side of the light emitting elements.
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A backlight module comprising:
- a housing comprising a backplate and a sidewall, the sidewall comprising a first wall portion;
- a light guide plate disposed in the housing and having a first lateral edge and at least one recess, the first lateral edge corresponding to the first wall portion of the sidewall, the at least one recess having a first side opening at the first lateral edge;
- a light source disposed in the housing and facing the light guide plate;
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- at least one flexible positioning member disposed in the at least one recess of the light guide plate and protruding from the first lateral edge of the light guide plate via the first side opening of the at least one recess, wherein the at least one flexible positioning member is a bent structure.
An automotive display, comprising:
- a display panel;
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- a backlight module facing a rear surface of the display panel, the backlight module comprising:
- a housing comprising a backplate and a sidewall, the sidewall comprising a first wall portion;
- a light guide plate disposed in the housing and having a first lateral edge and at least one recess, the first lateral edge corresponding to the first wall portion of the sidewall, the at least one recess having a first side opening at the first lateral edge;
- a light source disposed in the housing and facing the light guide plate;
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- at least one flexible positioning member disposed in the at least one recess of the light guide plate and protruding from the first lateral edge of the light guide plate via the first side opening of the at least one recess.
- wherein the light guide plate further has a second lateral edge adjoining the first lateral edge, the at least one recess of the light guide plate further has a second side opening at the second lateral edge, and the at least one flexible positioning member protrudes from the second lateral edge of the light guide plate via the second side opening of the at least one recess.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.