Backlight module
AssigneeAu Optronics Corporation
InventorsWen-Hsin Lin, Chien-Hung Chen, Tsung-Fu Cheng, Ren-Wei Huang
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Abstract
A backlight module including a back cover, a reflector, a lamp supporter, and a number of lamps is provided. The back cover includes a number of holes, an inner face, and an outer face. The reflector is disposed on the inner face and has a number of openings. The openings expose parts of the holes. The lamp supporter has a base substrate and a number of carriers that are connected to the base substrate. The base substrate is assembled to the outer face of the back cover, and the carriers penetrate the holes of the back cover and the openings of the reflector. The lamps are disposed in the carriers, such that the lamps and the base substrate are located at two opposite sides of the back cover.
Claims12
A backlight module, comprising:
- a back cover, comprising a plurality of holes, an inner face, and an outer face;
- a reflector, disposed on the inner face and having a plurality of openings that expose parts of the holes, wherein other parts of the holes are covered by the reflector;
- a lamp supporter, having a base substrate and a plurality of carriers, wherein the carriers are connected to the base substrate, the base substrate is assembled to the outer face of the back cover, and the carriers pass through the holes of the back cover and the openings of the reflector;
- a plurality of supporting elements, disposed between parts of the carriers, the supporting elements being connected to the base substrate, and each of the supporting elements comprising a post and a neck that is connected between the post and the base substrate, wherein the necks pass parts of the holes of the back cover and parts of the openings of the reflector;
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- a plurality of lamps, disposed in the carriers, such that the lamps and the base substrate are located at two opposite sides of the back cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.