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US 8,523,408 B2Granted
Display apparatus
AssigneeAu Optronics Corporation
InventorsYi-Fan Lin, Shih-Yao Lin
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Abstract
A display apparatus includes a panel module and a backlight module. The backlight module is disposed under the panel module. The backlight module includes a frame, a light guide plate, and a reflector. The frame supports the edge of the light guide plate. The reflector is disposed at the bottom of the light guide plate. The edge of the reflector and that of the frame horizontally form an engaging seam without overlapping, and the engaging seam is substantially in a serrated shape.
Claims17
A display apparatus comprising:
- a panel module;
- and
- a backlight module disposed under the panel module, the backlight module comprising:
- a light guide plate;
- a frame which supports the edge of the light guide plate;
- and
- a reflector disposed at the bottom of the light guide plate, wherein the edge of the reflector and the edge of the frame horizontally form an engaging seam without overlapping, and the engaging seam is substantially in a serrated shape.
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A backlight module comprising:
- a frame having a first joint edge, wherein the contour of the first joint edge is formed to have a plurality of slopes or curvatures;
- a reflector having a second joint edge, wherein the second joint edge and the first joint edge are complementary and horizontally engaged to each other without overlapping;
- and
- a light guide plate disposed on the reflector, wherein the edge of the reflector is supported by a portion of the frame that is adjacent to the first joint edge.
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A backlight module comprising:
- a reflector;
- a frame, the edge of which has a plurality of protruding structures, wherein the edge of the reflector is horizontally engaged between any two adjacent protruding structures without overlapping;
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- a light guide plate disposed on the reflector and supported by the protruding structures.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.