US 7,063,439 B2 · Backlight module

Abstract

A backlight module which includes at least a U-shaped fluorescent tube, a first and a second heat-dissipating structure is provided. The U-shaped fluorescent tube includes a curved tube portion, two straight-tube luminous portions and two electrode portions. Of which, each of the two straight luminous sections has one end connected to one or the other end of the curved tube portion while the two electrode portions are correspondingly disposed at the other end of the two straight-tube luminous portions which are of equal length, parallel to each other and situated at the same side of the curved tube portion. The first heat-dissipating structure which envelops the entire or partial of curved tube portion is thermal-conductively connected to the curved tube portion. The second heat-dissipating structure which envelops one of the two electrode portions is thermal-conductively connected to the enveloped electrode portion.

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Dependent claims

A backlight module at least comprising:

a U-shaped fluorescent tube comprising:
a curved tube portion;
two straight-tube luminous portions of equal length, parallel to each other and situated at the same side of the curved tube portion, wherein each of the straight-tube luminous portions has one end connected to one or the other end of the curved tube portion;
and
two electrode portions correspondingly disposed at the other end of the two straight-tube luminous portions;
a first heat-dissipating structure which envelops the entire or partial of curved tube portion and is thermal-conductively connected to the curved tube portion;
a second heat-dissipating structure which envelops one of the two electrode portions and is thermal-conductively connected to the enveloped electrode portion;
and
a third heat-dissipating structure which envelops the lower half of the central tube of one of the two straight-tube luminous portions and is thermal-conductively connected to the enveloped straight-tube luminous portion.

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A backlight module at least comprising:

a bezel comprising:
a body portion;
and
a first supporting portion and a second supporting portion, wherein the first supporting portion whose top end has a horseshoe slot and the second supporting portion whose top end has two fixing slots are disposed at the two ends of the body portion's top face respectively;
a U-shaped fluorescent tube comprising:
a curved tube portion;
two straight-tube luminous portions of equal length, parallel to each other and situated at the same side of the curved tube portion, wherein each of the two straight luminous sections has one end connected to one or the other end of the curved tube portion;
and
two electrode portions correspondingly disposed at the other end of the two straight-tube luminous portions;
two first heat-dissipating structures, which respectively envelops the two ends of the curved tube portion and are thermal-conductively connected to the curved tube portion, wherein the two first heat-dissipating structures are correspondingly fastened to the horseshoe slot such that the curved tube portion can be positioned therein;
and
two second heat-dissipating structures, which respectively envelops the two electrode portions and are thermal-conductively connected to the two electrode portions, wherein the two second heat-dissipating structures are correspondingly fastened to the two fixing slots, such that the two electrode portions can be correspondingly positioned therein with the two straight-tube luminous portions situated above the body portion's top face.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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