Patents by Inventor Chiao-Kun Yu

Chiao-Kun Yu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9165486
    Abstract: A back plate for use with a backlight module, a backlight module using the same, and the manufacturing method thereof are provided. The back plate includes a plate body and a side wall. The side wall extends out from the edge of the plate body and includes a wall body and a bending part, wherein the thickness of the wall body is less or equal to 0.12 mm. The bending part is formed by bending a plurality of bending sheets outward from the top of the wall body, wherein the thickness of each bending sheet is less or equal to 0.12 mm. The backlight module includes the back plate and a light source module, wherein the light source module is disposed on the plate body and adjacent to the inner side of the side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chiao-Kun Yu, Hung-Chih Chen, Chih-Shun Fan
  • Patent number: 9097407
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a bezel, a supporting frame, and a light source module. The bezel includes a back plate and a side wall connected to an edge of the back plate; the supporting frame includes a lower frame body and an upper frame body extending from a top of the lower frame body, wherein the lower frame body is disposed on the back plate and surrounded by the side wall. The upper frame body has at least a portion laterally shifted relative to the lower frame body to be located over the side wall. The light source module is surrounded by the lower frame body, wherein the portion of the upper frame body located over the side wall encloses a panel accommodation space above a top of the light source module. A display device includes the above-mentioned backlight module and a display panel disposed in the panel accommodation space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chiao-Kun Yu, Hung-Chih Chen, Chia-Hsiu Huang
  • Publication number: 20130301239
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a bezel, a supporting frame, and a light source module. The bezel includes a back plate and a side wall connected to an edge of the back plate; the supporting frame includes a lower frame body and an upper frame body extending from a top of the lower frame body, wherein the lower frame body is disposed on the back plate and surrounded by the side wall. The upper frame body has at least a portion laterally shifted relative to the lower frame body to be located over the side wall. The light source module is surrounded by the lower frame body, wherein the portion of the upper frame body located over the side wall encloses a panel accommodation space above a top of the light source module. A display device includes the above-mentioned backlight module and a display panel disposed in the panel accommodation space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chiao-Kun Yu, Hung-Chih Chen, Chia-Hsiu Huang
  • Publication number: 20130258642
    Abstract: A back plate for use with a backlight module, a backlight module using the same, and the manufacturing method thereof are provided. The back plate includes a plate body and a side wall. The side wall extends out from the edge of the plate body and includes a wall body and a bending part, wherein the thickness of the wall body is less or equal to 0.12 mm. The bending part is formed by bending a plurality of bending sheets outward from the top of the wall body, wherein the thickness of each bending sheet is less or equal to 0.12 mm. The backlight module includes the back plate and a light source module, wherein the light source module is disposed on the plate body and adjacent to the inner side of the side wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chiao-Kun Yu, Hung-Chih Chen, Chih-Shun Fan