Abstract: A heat spreader for a display device, such as a plasma display panel, a light emitting diode or a liquid crystal display, comprising at least one sheet of compressed particles of exfoliated graphite having a surface area greater than the surface area of that part of the back surface of the display device where a localized region of higher temperature is generated.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 18, 2006
Date of Patent:
February 9, 2010
Assignee:
GraTech International Holdings, Inc.
Inventors:
Timothy Clovesko, Julian Norley, Martin David Smalc, Joseph Paul Capp