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US 7,401,965 B2Granted
Backlight module with light guide protrusion and liquid crystal display with same
AssigneesInnocom Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Innolux Display Corp.
InventorsYi Xu, Ching-Huang Lin
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Abstract
An exemplary backlight module (1) includes a light guide plate (10) and at least one point illuminator (12). The light guide plate includes a first side surface (102), and a protrusion (14) outwardly extending from the first side surface. The protrusion includes at least one second side surface (144) oblique to the first side surface. The at least one point illuminator is adjacent to the least one second side surface.
Claims1
A backlight module comprising:
- a light guide plate comprising:
- a first side surface;
- and
- a protrusion extending from the first side surface, the protrusion comprising at least one second side surface oblique to the first side surface;
- and
- at least one point illuminator adjacent to the at least one second side surface;
- wherein the light guide plate further comprises a blind hole defined therein, which hole is near the protrusion, and the blind hole is filled with one or more transparent materials, which are different from a material of which the light guide plate is made.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.