Patents by Inventor Hsin-Wu Lin

Hsin-Wu Lin 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: 7125152
    Abstract: Backlight modules are provided. A backlight module includes a reflector, a light source disposed in the reflector, a substrate connected to the reflector, and a fixing mechanism. The reflector includes a first reflecting surface having a first opening and a second reflecting surface having a second opening. The fixing mechanism, connecting the first and second openings, is coated with a reflective material, to reflect light from the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsin-Wu Lin, Pang-Hsuan Liu
  • Patent number: 7121683
    Abstract: A direct backlight module for an LCD panel includes a base, a supporter plate and a plurality of films. The base further has a plurality of lamps parallel arranged thereinside. The supporter plate is mounted over the base and further has a frame and a plurality of wires. The frame is a square structure having a central opening, and each of the wires is constructed at the frame by crossing the central opening. The films are mounted layer by layer over the supporter plate and born by both the frame and the wires. The module can engage with an LCD at a side exposing the film and, under such an engagement, lights of the lamps can pass through the central opening of the supporter plate, penetrate the films, and finally reach the LCD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yu-Yuan Teng, Hsin-Wu Lin
  • Publication number: 20060209564
    Abstract: Backlight modules are provided. A backlight module includes a reflector, a light source disposed in the reflector, a substrate connected to the reflector, and a fixing mechanism. The reflector includes a first reflecting surface having a first opening and a second reflecting surface having a second opening. The fixing mechanism, connecting the first and second openings, is coated with a reflective material, to reflect light from the light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2005
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Inventors: Hsin-Wu Lin, Pang-Hsuan Liu
  • Publication number: 20060203512
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a reflective plate and a light source. The reflective plate comprises a plurality of reflective regions, and the light source is disposed at a side of the reflective plate. Diffusivity of the reflective regions away from the light source is different from diffusivity of the reflective regions near the light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Inventors: Ya-Hua Ko, Hsin-Wu Lin
  • Publication number: 20060050529
    Abstract: An apparatus for enhancing an LED backlight, which provides an enhanced illumination pattern across the entire display. The apparatus includes additional LED light bars positioned in between conventionally-positioned LED light bars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Shen-hong Chou, Hsin-wu Lin
  • Publication number: 20050269924
    Abstract: A backlight includes a mounting frame, a light-guide plate, a plurality of lamps arranged along the side edges of the light-guide plate, and one or more optical film covering an area of the light-guide plate. The lamps are arranged so that each side edge portion of the light-guide plate approximately faces a lighting area of one lamp. In further configuration of the backlight, the lamps are arranged so that at least two or more lamps overlap each other at one side of the light-guide plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Inventors: Ko-Chia Kao, Chih-Kuang Chen, Hsin-Wu Lin
  • Publication number: 20050174766
    Abstract: A direct backlight module for an LCD panel includes a base, a supporter plate and a plurality of films. The base further has a plurality of lamps parallel arranged thereinside. The supporter plate is mounted over the base and further has a frame and a plurality of wires. The frame is a square structure having a central opening, and each of the wires is constructed at the frame by crossing the central opening. The films are mounted layer by layer over the supporter plate and born by both the frame and the wires. The module can engage with an LCD at a side exposing the film and, under such an engagement, lights of the lamps can pass through the central opening of the supporter plate, penetrate the films, and finally reach the LCD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: Yu-Yuan Teng, Hsin-Wu Lin
  • Publication number: 20030046849
    Abstract: A carrier frame having an in-frame elastic constraint structure includes at least one elastic constraint structure, each of which is disposed in a predetermined position in an embracing space of the carrier frame. When a put-in module is put into the embracing space, the elastic constraint structure can be compressed and thereby deformed to produce a corresponding elastic force acting against the put-in module so as to restrict the motion of the put-in module within the embracing space. By providing the elastic constraint structure to the carrier frame, the put-in module can then be secured stably inside the embracing space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2002
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Applicant: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventor: Hsin-Wu Lin