Circuit Board Patents (Class 362/631)
  • Patent number: 11802679
    Abstract: A lamp includes a mounting part configured to be capable of being mounted on a fixture, a lamp part, and two locking parts arranged on the lamp part. The mounting part includes two locking portions and each of the two locking portions have two first fastening elements arranged on two opposite ends thereof. Each of the locking part defines two slot assemblies corresponding to the first fastening elements. Each of the slot assemblies comprises a first slot, a second slot communicates with the first slot, and a third slot adjacent to the second slot. The lamp part is configured to be capable of moving between a first position where the first fastening elements are received in the first slots and a second position where the first fastening elements are received in the second slots while the ends of the first fastening elements enters the third slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Inventor: Ziang Liu
  • Patent number: 11343416
    Abstract: Various embodiments related to a camera module assembly are presented and, according to one embodiment, the camera module assembly comprises: at least one camera module including a lens assembly, an image sensor configured to receive light having passed through the lens assembly, a camera housing for accommodating the lens assembly and the image sensor therein, a circuit board having the image sensor arranged thereon, and a flexible printed circuit board electrically connected with the circuit board and including wiring and a connector, which are for connecting the image sensor with an external device; and a support member including an opening for accommodating the at least one camera module in at least a part thereof, wherein the support member can be formed such that at least a part of the flexible printed circuit board is maintained in a bent state through at least a part of the opening, and additional other various embodiments are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myungjae Jo, Kwangmin Gil
  • Patent number: 11282465
    Abstract: A display device includes a backlight module, and the backlight module includes a light-guiding plate, a light-emitting assembly, and an adhesive member. The light-emitting assembly is disposed correspondingly to the light-guiding plate, and includes a substrate and a plurality of light-emitting elements. The substrate includes a component arrangement region and a planar region in a top view, and includes a base material layer, a filled layer and a protection layer in a sectional view. A thickness of the protection layer is greater than 0 ?m and less than 30 ?m. The light-emitting elements are located on the component arrangement region. The adhesive member connects the light-guiding plate and the planar region of the substrate. An assembling method of the display device is also provided. This disclosure can improve the non-uniform brightness issue (hotspots) or enhance the optical performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chung-Chun Kuo, Chun-Fang Chen, Hui-Wen Su, Wei-Yuan Chen, Chung-Yu Cheng
  • Patent number: 11256119
    Abstract: A backlight module, a method of manufacturing the same, and a display device are provided. The backlight module includes a case provided with a via hole; and a flexible circuit board disposed in the via hole and having a size matching a size of the via hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dong Tian
  • Patent number: 11175757
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a light emitting touch pad device including a circuit board, a plurality of sensing elements, a light guiding plate, a light emitting component, and a plurality of first spacing blocks. The sensing elements are disposed on the circuit board, and a distance between geometric centers of two adjacent sensing elements is a first length. The light guiding plate is disposed above the circuit board, and includes at least one light spot area and at least one nil-light spot area. The light emitting component emits light toward the light guiding plate. The first spacing blocks are disposed on the light guiding plate, and are located in the nil-light spot area. A distance between geometric centers of two adjacent first spacing blocks is a second length, and a spacing distance between two adjacent first spacing blocks is a third length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: CHICONY POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hsuan-Wei Ho, Yueh-Heng Lee
  • Patent number: 10852469
    Abstract: A display panel includes an inner frame, a backlight module, an outer frame, and a light modulation module. The inner frame includes an inner surface forming a light guide plate accommodating area in a surrounding manner. The backlight module includes a light guide plate and a first optical film. The light guide plate is disposed in the light guide plate accommodating area, and the first optical film is carried on the inner frame. The outer frame includes a bottom portion and a sidewall portion that are connected to each other, in which the bottom portion and the sidewall portion form a receiving area, and the inner frame and the backlight module are located in the receiving area. The light modulation module is disposed on the first optical film. An orthogonal projection of the light modulation module in a vertical direction completely falls within the light guide plate accommodating area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ying-Ming Wang
  • Patent number: 10739514
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a light source device includes a wiring substrate including a mount region, a plurality of light sources arranged and mounted on the mount region of the wiring substrate, and a heat reactive adhesive sheet adhered to the wiring substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kaneki, Hiromichi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10683976
    Abstract: The present invention provides an illumination device in which an organic EL panel is detachable from a mounting member; the panel has a panel body and a fixing member. The panel body has an emission surface on its front and a circuit board on its rear. The fixing member has a main body and a raised part that is disposed on a rear of the panel and raised with respect to the main body to circumvent the circuit board and to protect the circuit board. The raised part includes a raised-side engagement part protruding in a direction crossing a raised direction. The mounting member has an attachment side main body and an attachment side engagement part. The attachment side engagement part extends from the attachment side main body to form a step. The engagement parts engage together when the panel is attached to the mounting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignees: KILT PLANNING OFFICE INC., KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Fukushima, Shozo Toyohisa, Harunobu Izumo, Youichi Yamaguchi, Akira Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 10481320
    Abstract: Disclosed are a clamping method and a display device. The method includes providing a plastic frame, a backplate, an optical film and a light guide plate, and the plastic frame including a first clamping portion having a fixed column, and the backplate including a second clamping portion; forming a through hole at a position corresponding to the second clamping portion and the fixed column, and the through hole having a size bigger than the fixed column; installing the optical film and the light guide plate between the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion, and passing the fixed column through the through hole; and hot melting the part of the fixed column extending out of the through hole to form a hot melt portion wrapped around the through hole, so that the first and second clamping portions clamp the optical film and the light guide plate securely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignees: HKC Corporation Limited, Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jiahe Cheng
  • Patent number: 10268060
    Abstract: An adhesive-free frameless display device comprises a backplane, an optical element secured to a surface of the backplane, a display panel secured to a side of the optical element away from the backplane, and a fixing assembly. The fixing assembly comprises a middle frame, a combining member removably secured to the middle frame, and a fixing member removably secured to the middle frame. The fixing member fixes the backplane, the display panel, and the combining member together. An electronic device using the frameless display device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignees: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Na Wang, Cheng-Fa Chung, Ren-Xin Guo, Lei Liang
  • Patent number: 10180535
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a plastic frame for a backlight module. The plastic frame includes a glass cover plate, and edge bars including a first edge bar provided with an LED placing groove for insertion of lamp beads of the light bars and a second edge bar, that are provided at two opposite sides of the glass cover plate close to an edge, respectively, wherein the LED placing groove passes through one side of the first edge bar being opposite to the second edge bar and one side of the first edge bar deviating away from the second edge bar. The present disclosure also provides a backlight module and a liquid crystal display module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jie Zeng, Liang Yue, Zhenzhen Zhang, Xiaoling Li, Yingbo Zheng, Xia Zhang
  • Patent number: 10082697
    Abstract: A display apparatus that includes a display panel, a plurality of light sources disposed in upper and lower side directions and in left and right side directions at a rear side of the display panel while spaced apart from one another, a reflective sheet to reflect light generated from the plurality of light sources to the display panel, and a middle holder to support a periphery of the reflective sheet, wherein the middle holder includes a plurality of concave parts each provided at a position corresponding to each of the light sources that is positioned at an outer side among the plurality of the light sources. Most of the light incident from the light sources positioned at the outer side toward the middle holder is reflected while diffused by an inner surface of the concave part, and thus occurrence of a light portion and a dark portion at a periphery of a display panel can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Bin Kim, Jeong Shan Na
  • Patent number: 9529143
    Abstract: A backlight assembly comprises: a receptacle; a support frame; and a light source module. The support frame is arranged on one side of the receptacle. The light source module is accommodated in the support frame and includes a printed circuit board and light sources. The support frame includes: a bottom portion; a side wall portion; a cover portion; a gap holding portion; and an insertion groove. The side wall portion extends from the bottom portion. The cover portion extends from the side wall portion to an inside. The gap holding portion extends from an end portion of the cover portion in a direction of the bottom portion. The printed circuit board is partially inserted into the insertion groove to be arranged on the upper surface of the bottom portion. The light sources are surrounded by the side wall portion, the cover portion, and the gap holding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lu Ly Lee, Yong Hwi Kim, Dong Hyeon Lee, Seung Hwa Ha
  • Patent number: 9354732
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a receiving container, a backlight assembly, a display panel, a touch screen assembly, a first mold frame, and a second mold frame. The receiving container includes a bottom portion and side walls that extend from the bottom portion, and the backlight assembly is contained in the receiving container to generate light. The display panel is positioned to receive light from the backlight assembly to display an image, and the touch screen assembly is disposed on the display panel to detect a touch event occurring thereon. The first mold frame is coupled to the receiving container to support a first edge part of the display panel. In addition, the second mold frame is spaced apart from the display panel, and coupled to the first mold frame, so as to be configured to support a second edge part of the touch screen assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sanga An, Yongwoo Kim, Joo Woan Cho, In-Su Baek
  • Patent number: 9194998
    Abstract: A frame structure for a back light module includes a horizontal base plate, a vertical back plate that has a bottom end connected to an upper side of the base plate, and an elongated horizontal through hole formed in a predetermined zone between ? and ΒΌ of a vertical height of the back plate from the bottom end, and a heat sink that extends from the upper side of the base plate and that has a top end which is below a bottom end of the horizontal through hole. The backlight module further includes a light source disposed on the upper side of the base plate and a light guiding plate disposed to correspond in position to the light source for receiving light emitted from the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: RADIANT OPTO-ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sung-Fu Wu, Yi-Jen Chiu
  • Patent number: 9113532
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a set of light source units including multiple types of solid state light emitting elements having different light colors, each of the light source units comprising the same type of the solid state light emitting elements connected in series and; and an information storage unit which stores information about electrical characteristic of the set of light source units. The information stored in the information storage unit represents a relationship between a light output and a drive current in the set of light source units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD
    Inventors: Masahiro Naruo, Shigeru Ido, Sana Esaki, Akinori Hiramatu
  • Patent number: 9052430
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes: a light guiding plate; a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed along a side-end surface of the light guiding plate that serves as a light-entry portion, each of the plurality of light-emitting elements having a light-emitting surface facing toward the side-end surface; a light source substrate that extends along the light-entry portion and has the plurality of light-emitting elements disposed thereon on one surface side that faces the light-entry portion; and a connector member, held on another surface side of the light source substrate that opposes the one surface side, for supplying power to the plurality of light-emitting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobutaka Urano, Yoichi Momose
  • Patent number: 9028089
    Abstract: An illumination device includes a light source unit having a light emitting panel, and a mounting unit attached to a non-light-emission surface of the light source unit and provided with a circuit board for controlling energization of the light emitting panel. The mounting unit includes a connection terminal to which an external conductor for electrically interconnecting the circuit board and an external device is connected. The connection terminal is arranged inward of an outer peripheral end of a surface of the mounting unit to which the light source unit is attached. A clearance for passing the external conductor therethrough is formed between the light source unit and the mounting unit in a state that the external conductor is connected to the connection terminal and the mounting unit is attached to the light source unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryusuke Kotera, Hideharu Kawachi
  • Patent number: 9022636
    Abstract: The present invention provides a side-edge backlight module, which includes a backplane, a light guide plate arranged inside the backplane, and a backlight source mounted to the backplane. The backlight source includes a circuit board and a plurality of LED lights mounted to the circuit board and electrically connected to the circuit board. The circuit board includes a mounting section and a bent section connected to the mounting section. The LED lights are mounted to the mounting section. The bent section is coupled to the backplane. The light guide plate is supported on the bent section. The side-edge backlight module of the present invention uses a MCPCB having a bent section to replace the conventional heat dissipation arrangement that attaches an MCPCB through thermal paste to an aluminum extrusion in order to improve the performance of heat dissipation and enhance the quality of backlight module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chechang Hu, Lindong Fang
  • Patent number: 9019444
    Abstract: An edge-type backlight module and a liquid crystal display using the same. The edge-type backlight module comprising a printed circuit board having a supporting surface; plural light emitting diodes disposed on the supporting surface, each of the light emitting diodes comprising a light emitting surface and the light emitted by the light emitting diode being emitted from the light emitting surface; a reflective film disposed on the supporting surface; a light guide plate disposed above the reflective film so that the reflective film being disposed between the light guide plate and the supporting surface; a reflective surface disposed on a side edge of the light guide plate and kept a distance from the light emitting diode, the reflective surface used for reflecting the light emitted from the light emitting surface; and a dark surface disposed on the supporting surface for absorbing the light reflected by the reflective surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Guofu Tang
  • Patent number: 9016920
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a backlight module and a liquid crystal display (LCD) device. The backlight module includes a light guide panel (LGP), a lightbar, and a backplane. The LGP is arranged in the backplane, and the lightbar is arranged on a side of the LGP. The backlight module further includes heating devices that heat two opposite ends of the lightbar. When the lightbar operates, the heating devices emit heat to increase operating temperature of the two opposite ends of the lightbar to make the operating temperature of the two opposite ends of the lightbar to be close to or equal to operating temperature of middle of the lightbar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Inventor: Yanxue Zhang
  • Patent number: 9004707
    Abstract: A reel backlight structure for a mechanical reel-type game includes an undifferentiated array of LED backlights. The rows of LEDs are closely spaced apart and may extend over an arc that encompasses both three vertical stop positions and four vertical stop positions. The LEDs are mounted on a flexible substrate that may be bent to match the radius of a reel strip and held in the desired radius with mounting attachment points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Multimedia Games, Inc.
    Inventor: Furqaan Malik
  • Patent number: 8979348
    Abstract: A backlight module and a light source module thereof are disclosed. The light source module includes a substrate, at least one first light source, and at least one second light source. The substrate includes a first substrate portion and a second substrate portion. The first substrate portion extends along a length direction, and the second substrate portion bends an acute angle corresponding to an extending surface of the first substrate portion. The at least one first light source and the at least one second light source are disposed on the first substrate portion and the second substrate portion respectively. The acute angle is existed between the light-emitting directions of the first light source and the second light source, and the light-emitting directions are parallel to the first substrate portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Yu Wang, Ci-Guang Peng, Cheng-Min Tsai, Te-Hen Lo, Ming-Sheng Lai, Ren-Wei Huang, Shu-Ting Jhuang, Yu-Chin Wu
  • Patent number: 8950926
    Abstract: A planar light source apparatus includes a light source substrate including: a point light source; a mount part, on which the point light source is mounted; and a wiring part, which has a wiring pattern to supply power to the point light source; a frame including: one face, along which the mount part of the light source substrate is arranged: and an attachment part, which is formed on the one face, wherein the light source substrate has either of a cutout or hole at a position corresponding to the attachment part of the frame, and wherein an area of the wiring part is continuously provided from the mount part and is bent with respect to the one face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Takafumi Kokusho
  • Patent number: 8950925
    Abstract: Provided are a light emitting apparatus and a light unit having the same. The light emitting apparatus includes a light emitting device includes a light emitting element and a plurality of external leads, and a plurality of electrode pads under the light emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyong Jun Kim
  • Patent number: 8939632
    Abstract: Provided is an edge light type illuminating device, in which an adverse effect of noise and the amount of electric wires are decreased by reducing the length of power supply wires arranged to supply electric power to light sources. An illuminating device (20) includes a chassis plate (22) having a square shape in a plan view, edge light type light sources (28) disposed along at least one side face of the plate and another side face perpendicular to the one side face, power supply means (30) arranged to supply electric power to the light sources, and a power supply wire arranged to electrically connect the light sources and the means, wherein at least a portion of the power supply wire includes bridging wires (33ac, 33bd) arranged to connect the light sources perpendicular to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasumori Kuromizu
  • Patent number: 8941796
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a light source unit enabling cost reduction. A light source unit of the present invention includes a plurality of LEDs 16, and an elongated LED board 17 having a plurality of arranging portions 18 on which each LED 16 is arranged, and a plurality of connecting portions 19 connecting the adjacent arranging portions 18. Each connecting portion 19 has a width smaller than a width of each arranging portion 18 in a short direction of the LED board 17.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masashi Yokota
  • Patent number: 8931943
    Abstract: A spread illuminating apparatus includes a point light source with a light-emitting surface, a circuit board with a mounting surface on which the point light source is mounted, and a light guide plate with an incident light surface and an emitting surface. The circuit board is arranged as that at least a partial portion of the circuit board extends beyond an area where the point light source is mounted so as to be superposed on the light guide plate, a light-reflecting member is arranged on the mounting surface, and a region of the mounting surface in which the light-reflecting member is arranged includes a first region that extends forward from a position corresponding to the center of the light-emitting surface of the point light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toru Kunimochi
  • Publication number: 20150009714
    Abstract: To provide a light source substrate in an edge-light-type light source module, with which a defect generated by contacting of a sealing member of the light source substrate coming into contact with a lightguide plate can be prevented and reliability and safety can be improved. A light source substrate has a plurality of light-emitting elements (LED elements 15) COB-mounted on a base member 11, and is used in an edge-light-type light source module. Light source substrates 30 to 90 are configured with a first protrusion that forms a dam 17 for housing the sealing member, and a second protrusion 18 that is formed higher than the first protrusion and prevents the sealing member from coming into contact with other members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanobu Okano, Ken Sumitani, Shingo Kamitani
  • Patent number: 8911136
    Abstract: Provided is an illumination apparatus which prevents variations in the distance between the light-receiving surface of a light guide plate and a light source. Also provided is a display device which incorporates the illumination apparatus. The light guide plate, which constitutes a backlight unit, receives light through a light-receiving surface with the light-receiving surface oriented toward the light being emitted. In the backlight unit, pillars extend to intersect the direction of emission from an LED and are thus brought into contact with a device-carrying board and the light guide plate, which are superposed one on the other, thereby securing the device-carrying board and the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takaharu Shimizu
  • Patent number: 8905614
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat radiating printed circuit board (PCB) and a chassis assembly having the same, the heat-radiating PCB characterized by: a circuit pattern unit; and one or more mounting units bent from the circuit pattern unit to be fixed at a chassis providing a lightguide path of a backlight unit, where the circuit pattern unit includes a driving unit divided into a plurality of driving regions and at least one or more electrodes for supplying a power to the driving unit, and where, the mounting unit is arranged with an electrode line for connecting the driving unit and electrodes other than the electrode arranged on the circuit pattern unit, such that dimming and scanning functions can be performed whereby illumination can be finely controlled, the width of the circuit pattern unit can be narrowed and damage to the PCB caused by heat can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Inhee Cho, Jaeman Park, Hyungyu Park, Eunjin Kim, Hyuksoo Lee, Haehyung Lee, Jungho Lee
  • Publication number: 20140355301
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. In one aspect, the display device includes a protective member, a display panel accommodated in the protective member, a light guide member including a light incident surface, a heat discharge member including a support surface facing the light incident surface, and a light source disposed on the support surface to supply light to the light incident surface. The light source includes a light-emitting device disposed on one surface of a circuit board, the circuit board including a first area substantially overlapping the light-emitting device and a second area adjacent to the first area, a first adhesive member disposed between the other surface of the circuit board and the support surface and substantially overlapping the first area, and a second adhesive member disposed to substantially overlap the second area. The first adhesive member has a higher heat conductivity than the second adhesive member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Min Park, Jaehyun Chae
  • Patent number: 8888350
    Abstract: A light source assembly includes a first substrate, a plurality of first light source units mounted on the first substrate and spaced apart from each other by a first distance, a second substrate and a plurality of second light source units mounted on the second substrate and spaced apart from each other by a second distance, each of the second light source units being disposed between the first light source units adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong-Chang Park
  • Patent number: 8882330
    Abstract: A light module for a backlight assembly that prevents metal wiring from being damaged at a bent portion and a backlight assembly including the same are presented. The light module for the backlight assembly includes: a printed circuit board (PCB) including a first portion and a second portion connected by a connection having a bend; a first light source formed on the first portion of the printed circuit board (PCB); a second light source formed on the second portion of the printed circuit board (PCB); a first wiring connecting member connected to the first light source and formed on the first portion; and a second wiring connecting member connected to the second light source and formed on the second portion, wherein the first wiring connecting member and the second wiring connecting member are connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Chul Byun, Seok Hyun Nam, Si Joon Song, Yong Suk Chi, Min-Young Song, Young-Keun Lee, Hyuk-Hwan Kim, Dong Hyeon Lee
  • Patent number: 8882329
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a hillock for fixing PCB on backplane, a backplane and a backlight module. A hillock is used for fixing PCB on backplane; the hillock is provided with a PCB mounting hole for fixing the PCB; the bottom of the hillock is provided with a fixed structure for arranging the hillock on the backplane. In the present invention, because each hillock on the backplane is designed into an independent part, and the hillock is fixed on the backplane by a fixed structure at the bottom of the hillock, hillocks of corresponding positions and corresponding number are arranged on the backplane in accordance with different requirement, such as PCBs of different size, and requirements of components of different number. Thus, there is no need for production of backplanes of various specifications to adapt for the requirements of various PCBs and the like and components of different number, and only a kind of backplane is required to be produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yicheng Kuo, Yuchun Hsiao, Chong Huang, Jiahe Cheng, Chengwen Que, Quan Li, Liuyang Yang
  • Patent number: 8876356
    Abstract: An illumination device including: a support member accommodating therein a light guiding plate, and having a board placement space in a region where being along a longitudinal direction of an end surface of the light guiding plate, and extending from the end surface side of the light guiding plate to a back surface side thereof; and a light source circuit unit including a bendable circuit board including first and second regions, the first region including light emitting chips, and the second region being formed with a densely-packed portion of a wiring pattern of the light emitting chips. The light source circuit unit is placed in the board placement space after being bent to allow the light emitting chips to face the end surface of the light guiding plate, and to allow the densely-packed portion of the wiring pattern to come on the back surface side of the light guiding plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Koichi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8876335
    Abstract: A modular lighting system for lighting a work area is disclosed. The system includes a power supply with power outlets for powering LED fixtures. The power supply preferably operates at or below a fixed power output level, such as to illuminate the work area using less than 0.2 Watts per square foot of energy. The lighting system also includes an occupancy sensor and/or a light level sensor for controlling lighting levels in the work area in response to detection of a person, ambient light levels and/or a combination thereof. The lighting system can also include computer unit with a micro-processor and a memory unit for running software or firmware the executes lighting programs, stores light usage histories and/or provides system reports to a remote computer by a wireless means and/or over a computer network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignees: Finelite Inc, The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Walter Blue Clark, Douglas Joseph Scott Bourne, Erik R. Page, Michael Siminovitch, Kevin Gauna, Konstantinos Papamichael
  • Patent number: 8840283
    Abstract: A light source module is adapted for a projection apparatus. The projection apparatus has a main board. The light source module includes a base, a lighting element, a flexible printed circuit, and a plurality of metal elastic elements. The base has a circuit layer. The lighting element is disposed on the base and electrically connected to the circuit layer. The flexible printed circuit is assembled on the base and electrically connected to the circuit layer. The metal elastic elements are adapted for being fixed to the main board to be contacted with the flexible printed circuit, such that the flexible printed circuit is electrically connected to the main board. The lighting element of the light source module is electrically connected to the main board via the flexible printed circuit and the metal elastic elements, such that a wiring space between the light source module and the main board is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Nan-Jiun Yin, Shiuan-Ting Lin
  • Patent number: 8823898
    Abstract: A display screen of an electronic device may be supported by one or more subassemblies positioned between the display screen and a printed circuit board to which the display screen is secured. Each subassembly is able to act as an independent suspension for the display screen and is able to cushion the display screen by absorbing mechanical tolerances and mechanical shock and vibration. The subassemblies may be mounted on the printed circuit board using surface mount technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Todd Robert Paleczny, Farzin Dehmoubed
  • Publication number: 20140232945
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device 10 according to the present invention includes LEDs 17, a liquid crystal panel 11, a light guide plate 16, a holding member HM, a screw member SM, and a screw attachment portion 21. The light guide plate 16 is arranged on a side opposite to a display surface 11c side of the liquid crystal panel 11 with an end surface thereof being opposite the LEDs 17. The holding member HM includes a frame 13 and a chassis 14 that holds the liquid crystal panel 11 and the light guide plate 16 and houses the LEDs 17 therebetween. The screw member SM is attached to outer peripheral portions of the frame 13 and the chassis 14 and holds the frame 13 and the chassis 14 in an assembled condition. The screw attachment portion 21 is arranged on the frame 13 and held by the screw member SM with the chassis 14 between the screw attachment portion 21 and the fixing member SM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventors: Makoto Uno, Yoshikazu Ichinari
  • Patent number: 8804088
    Abstract: A backlight unit is provided. The backlight unit includes: a mold frame having a predetermined receiving space formed therein; a light guide plate disposed in the receiving space of the mold frame, and having an inclined surface formed on one side of the top surface so as to be inclined toward the inner side; a light source disposed between the light guide plate and the mold frame to emit light to the light guide plate; and a flexible printed circuit board, on which the light source is mounted, and which is supported in contact with the top surface of the light guide plate, wherein a stepped portion is formed on one end of the light guide plate, including a flat adhesion surface positioned at a height lower than one end face of the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ah-Ram Lee
  • Patent number: 8794786
    Abstract: The backlight unit 12 includes cold cathode tubes 18, a chassis 14, inverter boards 20, relay connectors 21, and covers 22. The chassis 14 houses the cold cathode tubes 18. The inverter boards 20 are arranged on a side of the chassis 14 opposite from the cold cathode tubes 18. The inverter boards 20 are configured to supply drive power to the cold cathode tubes 18. The relay connectors 21 are mounted to the chassis 14. The inverter boards 20 are connected to or disconnected from the relay connectors 21 in one direction along board surfaces thereof (the X-axis direction). The relay connectors 21 are configured to relay power from the inverter boards 20 to the cold cathode tubes 18. The covers 22 are arranged between the chassis 14 and the inverter boards 20. Each cover 22 includes a movable portion 22b attached to the chassis 14 so as to be movable along the connecting direction and the disconnecting direction of the inverter board 20 to the relay connectors 21 (the X-axis direction).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shiyoshi Cho
  • Patent number: 8783934
    Abstract: A sidelight type spread illuminating apparatus includes a light guiding plate; a plurality of circuit boards arranged so as to face a side end face of the light guiding plate; a light source mounted on the circuit boards; and a connector that electrically connects the circuit boards adjacent to each other. The connector includes a socket and a plug that are removable therebetween. The socket and the plug are configured to be removable in a direction parallel to each mounting surface of the light sources of the circuit boards in a state that either the socket or the plug is fixed to ends of the circuit boards adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Ohno, Masahisa Nishio
  • Patent number: 8786795
    Abstract: A receiving container for a display device includes a bottom plate, a sidewall and a grounding unit. The sidewall is extended from the bottom plate to define a receiving space. The grounding unit is integrally formed with the bottom plate. The grounding unit includes a grounding member that grounds a circuit board received in the receiving space. The circuit board includes a grounding electrode and the grounding member corresponds to the grounding electrode. The grounding member is formed on a rear surface of the bottom plate. The grounding member may include a protrusion or a projected portion having an elastic structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ahn-Ho Jee, Kun-Bin Lee, Dong-Hwan Kim, Hyeong-Cheol Ahn
  • Patent number: 8780290
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which includes a waveguide, a liquid crystal display panel, a backframe, a middle frame, a printed circuit board, a light source and a deflector. The backframe includes a base plate which is arranged adjacent to a bottom surface of the waveguide and sidewall arranged adjacent to the light inlet surface of the waveguide. The base plate is defined with an opening. The middle frame includes a supporting portion and positioning portion which defines a receiving space with the backframe. The receiving space is corresponding to the through the opening. The printed circuit board is arranged on the outside of the base plate. A deflector is arranged within the receiving space. The base plate is defined with an opening, the light source can be mounted onto the printed circuit board close to the base plate through the opening. Accordingly, a compact, slim design of a liquid crystal display device is achieved with reduced cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Shih Hsiang Chen, Chengwen Que
  • Patent number: 8770817
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a video display device includes a housing, a display module, a light guide, two first components, and two second components. The housing houses at least part of the display module. The light guide is located opposite the display screen of the display module with respect to the display module. The first and the second components each include a base portion, a plurality of light emitters, and a connector. The base portion is arranged along an edge of the light guide. The light emitters are arranged on the base portion to face the edge of the light guide. The connector includes a plurality of terminals including anode and cathode electrically connected to the light emitters. The terminals are arranged in the same sequence in the first components and in the second components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Satoru Yamanaka, Kenichi Nozaki, Takuya Hirose
  • Patent number: 8773617
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes a cover assembly; a liquid crystal panel; a light guide plate configured to guide light to the liquid crystal panel; a printed circuit board (PCB) to which the light guide plate is mounted; and a light emitting diode (LED) package which is mounted on the PCB and emits light to a lateral side of the light guide plate. The PCB includes a base substrate; a connecting hole which is formed in the base substrate to couple the base substrate to the cover assembly with a connecting member; an insulating layer which is coated on the base substrate while avoiding a head part of the connecting member; and a spacer tape which is provided on an upper side of the insulating layer so that the light guide plate is evenly mounted on the PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Suk Ju Choi, Kun Ho Cho, Yong Hun Kwon, Kye Hoon Lee, Gil Tae Hur, Young Min Lee
  • Patent number: 8770822
    Abstract: The utility model relates to a technology field of liquid crystal display, and more particularly to a backlight module and a backlight device. The backlight module provided by the utility model comprises a light guide plate, a printed circuit board, a heat-dissipating bracket and a first retaining member. There has an optical-coupling distance between a light incidence surface of the light guide plate and the printed circuit board. The light incidence surface of the light guide plate disposes more than two light guide plate protrusions thereon. The first retaining member retains the heat-dissipating bracket, the printed circuit board and the light guide plate together to form an independent module. The technical solution of the utility model can enhance the stability of the optical-coupling distance in the backlight module, realize a simple modularization assembly, simplify a mounting process of the back plate, and improve the assembly convenience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chengwen Que, Yicheng Kuo
  • Patent number: 8752995
    Abstract: A light emitting module includes a plurality of light emitting diodes; and a module substrate having a wiring portion disposed with the plurality of light emitting diodes, and a heat radiation portion folded from the wiring portion and disposed under the plurality of light emitting diodes, wherein the plurality of light emitting diodes includes a first light emitting diode disposed on a first outer region of the wiring portion, a second light emitting diode disposed on a second outer region of the wiring portion, and a third light emitting diode disposed on a center of the wiring portion, and in the heat radiation portion of the module substrate, the width between the center of the wiring portion and the end of the heat radiation portion is wider than that between the first outer region of the wiring portion and the end of the heat radiation portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun Seok Park
  • Patent number: 8752996
    Abstract: An object is to improve a reliability of an electrical connection in a lighting device. A backlight unit 12 in accordance with the present invention is provided with an LED board 18 which has an LED 17 serving as a light source and is formed in an elongated shape, a chassis 14 in which the LED board 18 is accommodated, a light guide member 19 in which an end portion is arranged opposite to the LED 17 of the LED board 18, and a connector 20 mounted to the chassis 14 and configured to establish electrical connection with an external device, the LED board 18 is provided with a terminal 18b which is electrically connected to the LED 17, and the connector 20 includes a connection terminal 28 being in contact with the terminal 18b of the LED board 18 and slidable along a long-side direction of the LED board 18 and relative to the terminal 18 of the LED board 18.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshiki Takata