Display having planar light guide with integrally formed frame
AssigneeplamOne, Inc.
InventorsWilliam R. Hanson, Shawn R. Gettemy, Sherri Fraser, Mark Oliver
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Abstract
The present invention provides a display assembly including a display screen, a planar light guide, a light source, a light bar, and a frame. The frame is integrally molded with the planar light guide to form a single component, wherein the top and said bottom of the light guide is not obstructed by the plastic frame. The planar light guide is disposed above the display screen and provides mechanical support of the display. The light bar is disposed between the planar light guide and the light source, and acts to couple light from the light source into the planar light guide.
Claims20
A display assembly comprising:
- a) a display screen;
- b) a planar light guide, comprising a top and a bottom surface, disposed above said display screen;
- c) a light source, for illuminating said planar light guide;
- d) a light bar disposed between said planar light guide and said light source;
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- e) a plastic frame, for mechanical support of said display assembly and disposed about said planar light guide, wherein said plastic frame and said planar light guide are molded as a single component such that said plastic frame does not obstruct said top and said bottom of said light guide.
A display assembly comprising:
- a) a display screen;
- b) a planar light guide, disposed above said display screen;
- c) a light source disposed adjacent said planar light guide;
- d) a light bar disposed between said planar light guide and said light source, wherein said light bar illuminates said light guide, and wherein said planar light guide and said light bar are combined as a single component;
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- e) a plastic frame, for mechanical support of said display assembly, disposed about a plurality of edges of said planar light guide such that viewing of said display screen through said planar light guide is not obstructed by said plastic frame.
A display assembly comprising:
- a) a display screen;
- b) a planar light guide, comprising a top and a bottom surface, disposed above said display screen;
- c) a light source disposed adjacent said planar light guide;
- d) a light bar, for illuminating said planar light guide, disposed about said light source and disposed along one of a plurality of sides of said planar light guide;
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- e) a plastic frame, for mechanical support of said display assembly, wherein said plastic frame, said planar light guide and said light bar are co-molded as a single component and wherein said top and said bottom of said light guide is not obstructed by said plastic frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.