Patents by Inventor Pei-Fen Hou

Pei-Fen Hou 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).

  • Publication number: 20250116808
    Abstract: The present invention provides a backlight module having a backplate, a position-limiting unit, a reflective sheet, a light guiding plate, and a light-emitting unit. The position-limiting unit is disposed on the backplate and has a position-limiting surface, a guiding surface, and a gap. The reflective sheet is disposed on the backplate and has a first side edge, a second side edge, a cutting line extending inward from the first side edge, and a bendable portion formed between the cutting line and the second side edge. The bendable portion abuts the position-limiting surface of the position-limiting unit and is guided by the guiding surface to extend into the gap as the reflective sheet expands along the position-limiting surface. The present invention also provides a display device having aforementioned backlight module and a display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Cheng-Te CHANG, Jing-Hu JHENG, Pei-Fen HOU
  • Publication number: 20250110372
    Abstract: A backlight module has a back plate having a supporting surface, a reflective sheet, a light board, and at least one connecting structure. The reflective sheet is arranged on the supporting surface of the back plate along an assembling direction. The light board is disposed between the reflective sheet and the back plate. The at least one connecting structure has a recess and a post. The recess has an opening and a guiding surface connected to the opening and inclined along a guiding direction relative to the supporting surface. The post has an end portion configured to pass through the opening of the recess and hook the guiding surface. The back plate and the reflective sheet are mounted via the recess and the post. A display device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Cheng-Te CHANG, Hung-Wei CHUANG, Pei-Fen HOU
  • Publication number: 20250102860
    Abstract: A backlight module has a reflective sheet and a light board. The reflective sheet has a body and two side walls located on two sides of the body and being opposite to each other. Each side wall has a tab. A storage space of the reflective sheet is formed between said tabs on the two side walls, the two side walls, and a bottom of the body. Each side of the light board has a recess portion recessed thereon for corresponding to the tab on the side wall of the reflective sheet. The light board is located in the storage space and limited on the reflective sheet by the tab. A display has the aforementioned backlight module and a display panel. The display panel is connected with the backlight module, and the light board faces toward the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Chung-Cheng CHANG, Pei-Fen HOU
  • Publication number: 20240337874
    Abstract: A frame structure includes a back frame and a fixing frame combined on the back frame. The fixing frame includes multiple buffering zones, and each of the buffering zones has an upper extension and a lower extension. The upper extension and the lower extension are spaced apart from each other along a first axis without contacting each other and extending toward each other along a second axis. The first axis is not parallel to the second axis. The deformation of the fixing frame can be absorbed when it expands by utilizing the design that the upper extension and lower extension of each buffering zone without contacting with each other. It can avoid the possibility of the fixing frame warping or falling off from the back frame due to thermal expansion, thereby prolonging the service life of the frame structure. The present invention also provides a backlight module and a display device including the frame structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: Radiant Opto-Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Po-Mao CHENG, Chang-Ching YEN, Cheng-Te CHANG, Pei-Fen HOU
  • Patent number: 12061355
    Abstract: The frame assembly has a first direction and comprises a first frame, which has at least one exhausting passage, an adhesive layer, which has at least one through hole, and a second frame, which is connected to the first frame via the adhesive layer. A containing space is defined by the first frame and the second frame together and extends along the first direction. The exhausting passage fluidly communicates with the containing space and the external environment. The adhesive layer is disposed inside the containing space to divide the containing space into two venting passages that fluidly communicate with each other through the through hole. Residue air in the containing space is evacuated through the exhausting passage, increasing an adhered area and adhesion completeness of the adhesive layer, thereby increasing an adhesion-bonding strength of the two frames and structural stability of the frame assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: RADIANT OPTO-ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chang-Ching Yen, Cheng-Te Chang, Pei-Fen Hou
  • Publication number: 20240230981
    Abstract: The frame assembly has a first direction and comprises a first frame, which has at least one exhausting passage, an adhesive layer, which has at least one through hole, and a second frame, which is connected to the first frame via the adhesive layer. A containing space is defined by the first frame and the second frame together and extends along the first direction. The exhausting passage fluidly communicates with the containing space and the external environment. The adhesive layer is disposed inside the containing space to divide the containing space into two venting passages that fluidly communicate with each other through the through hole. Residue air in the containing space is evacuated through the exhausting passage, increasing an adhered area and adhesion completeness of the adhesive layer, thereby increasing an adhesion-bonding strength of the two frames and structural stability of the frame assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Chang-Ching YEN, Cheng-Te CHANG, Pei-Fen HOU
  • Publication number: 20240134111
    Abstract: The frame assembly has a first direction and comprises a first frame, which has at least one exhausting passage, an adhesive layer, which has at least one through hole, and a second frame, which is connected to the first frame via the adhesive layer. A containing space is defined by the first frame and the second frame together and extends along the first direction. The exhausting passage fluidly communicates with the containing space and the external environment. The adhesive layer is disposed inside the containing space to divide the containing space into two venting passages that fluidly communicate with each other through the through hole. Residue air in the containing space is evacuated through the exhausting passage, increasing an adhered area and adhesion completeness of the adhesive layer, thereby increasing an adhesion-bonding strength of the two frames and structural stability of the frame assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Chang-Ching YEN, Cheng-Te CHANG, Pei-Fen HOU
  • Patent number: 11835819
    Abstract: A reflective sheet comprises a plurality of perforations for extending a plurality of light-emitting elements therein, the reflective sheet further comprises a central line passing through its center, at least one first dimming area, and at least one second dimming area, and the distance between the at least one first dimming area and the central line is smaller than the distance between the at least one second dimming area and the central line. The light-emitting elements are distributed in the at least one first dimming area and the at least one second dimming area, the at least one first dimming area has a first dimming means, the at least one second dimming area has a second dimming means, the dimension of the first dimming means is different from the dimension of the second dimming means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Radiat Opto-Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Tzu-Ching Yang, Ya-Yun Hsieh, Pei-Ling Kao, Pei-Fen Hou
  • Patent number: 11686893
    Abstract: A backlight module comprises a back plate, a reflective sheet arranged on the back plate and forming a plurality of openings, a plurality of light-emitting elements located in the plurality of openings, at least one optical element arranged on the reflective sheet, and at least a supporting element configured between the back plate and the reflective sheet. The supporting element can move along with the reflective sheet. The supporting element has a base portion and a supporting portion extending from the base portion towards the optical element. The base portion of the supporting element is located between the back plate and the reflective sheet. The supporting portion of the supporting element passes through the reflective sheet to support the optical element. The supporting element is not a fixed design and can move along with the reflective sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Radiant Opto-Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Te Chang, Hung-Wei Chuang, Yu-Ju Lee, Pei-Fen Hou
  • Publication number: 20230106059
    Abstract: A reflective sheet comprises a plurality of perforations for extending a plurality of light-emitting elements therein, the reflective sheet further comprises a central line passing through its center, at least one first dimming area, and at least one second dimming area, and the distance between the at least one first dimming area and the central line is smaller than the distance between the at least one second dimming area and the central line. The light-emitting elements are distributed in the at least one first dimming area and the at least one second dimming area, the at least one first dimming area has a first dimming means, the at least one second dimming area has a second dimming means, the dimension of the first dimming means is different from the dimension of the second dimming means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: Radiant Opto-Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Tzu-Ching YANG, Ya-Yun HSIEH, Pei-Ling KAO, Pei-Fen HOU
  • Publication number: 20230099119
    Abstract: A backlight module comprises a back plate, a reflective sheet arranged on the back plate and forming a plurality of openings, a plurality of light-emitting elements located in the plurality of openings, at least one optical element arranged on the reflective sheet, and at least a supporting element configured between the back plate and the reflective sheet. The supporting element can move along with the reflective sheet. The supporting element has a base portion and a supporting portion extending from the base portion towards the optical element. The base portion of the supporting element is located between the back plate and the reflective sheet. The supporting portion of the supporting element passes through the reflective sheet to support the optical element. The supporting element is not a fixed design and can move along with the reflective sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Radiant Opto-Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Te CHANG, Hung-Wei CHUANG, Yu-Ju LEE, Pei-Fen HOU
  • Patent number: 10641946
    Abstract: A backlight module is provided. The backlight module includes a back plate, at least one first carrying portion, a light guide plate, at least one optical film and a light source. The back plate has a sidewall. The first carrying portion is disposed on the back plate. The light guide plate is disposed on the back plate. The optical film is disposed above the light guide plate, in which the optical film has a notch which is corresponding to the first carrying portion. The light source is disposed on the back plate, in which the light source is disposed adjacent to a light-incident surface of the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignees: Radiant Opto-Electronics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., Radiant Opto-Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chung-Cheng Chang, Pei-Fen Hou
  • Patent number: 10641947
    Abstract: A backlight module and a display device are provided. The backlight module includes a back plate, a light guide plate, a first optical film, an adhesive member, a second optical film and a light source. The light guide plate is disposed in the back plate. The first optical film is disposed above the light guide plate, in which the first optical film has an elongated slot. One portion of the adhesive member is disposed in the elongated slot. The second optical film is disposed above or under the first optical film, and a portion of the second optical film overlaps the elongated slot of the first optical film so as to be adhered on the portion of the adhesive member which is located in the elongated slot. The light source is disposed on the back plate adjacent to a light-incident surface of the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignees: Radiant Opto-Electronics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., Radiant Opto-Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chung-Cheng Chang, Pei-Fen Hou
  • Patent number: 10459155
    Abstract: A backlight module and a display device are provided. The backlight module includes a back plate, a carrying member, a light guide plate, at least one optical film and a light source. The carrying member is disposed on the back plate, in which the carrying member includes a first step portion and a second step portion, and the first step portion is elevated higher than the second step portion. The light guide plate is disposed on the back plate. The at least one optical film is disposed above the light guide plate, in which the at least one optical film is held on the second step portion. The light source is disposed on the back plate, in which the light source is disposed adjacent to a light-incident surface of the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignees: Radiant Opto-Electronics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., Radiant Opto-Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Ju Lee, Pei-Ling Kao, Pei-Fen Hou
  • Publication number: 20180321435
    Abstract: A backlight module is provided. The backlight module includes a back plate, at least one first carrying portion, a light guide plate, at least one optical film and a light source. The back plate has a sidewall. The first carrying portion is disposed on the back plate. The light guide plate is disposed on the back plate. The optical film is disposed above the light guide plate, in which the optical film has a notch which is corresponding to the first carrying portion. The light source is disposed on the back plate, in which the light source is disposed adjacent to a light-incident surface of the light guide plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Chung-Chen CHANG, Pei-Fen HOU
  • Publication number: 20180321436
    Abstract: A backlight module and a display device are provided. The backlight module includes a back plate, a light guide plate, a first optical film, an adhesive member, a second optical film and a light source. The light guide plate is disposed in the back plate. The first optical film is disposed above the light guide plate, in which the first optical film has an elongated slot. One portion of the adhesive member is disposed in the elongated slot. The second optical film is disposed above or under the first optical film, and a portion of the second optical film overlaps the elongated slot of the first optical film so as to be adhered on the portion of the adhesive member which is located in the elongated slot. The light source is disposed on the back plate adjacent to a light-incident surface of the light guide plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Chung-Chen CHANG, Pei-Fen HOU
  • Publication number: 20170371094
    Abstract: A backlight module and a display device are provided. The backlight module includes a back plate, a carrying member, a light guide plate, at least one optical film and a light source. The carrying member is disposed on the back plate, in which the carrying member includes a first step portion and a second step portion, and the first step portion is elevated higher than the second step portion. The light guide plate is disposed on the back plate. The at least one optical film is disposed above the light guide plate, in which the at least one optical film is held on the second step portion. The light source is disposed on the back plate, in which the light source is disposed adjacent to a light-incident surface of the light guide plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Yu-Ju LEE, Pei-Ling KAO, Pei-Fen HOU
  • Patent number: 9612393
    Abstract: An optical assembly, a backlight module and a liquid crystal display are provided. The optical assembly includes a light guide plate and a frame. The light guide plate has at least one first circular-arc structure disposed on a side of the light guide plate. The frame is disposed around the light guide plate, in which the frame has at least one second circular-arc structure interlocked with the first circular-arc structure. A radius of the first circular-arc structure is substantially equal to a radius of the second circular-arc structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Radiant Opto-Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Ju Lee, Hsueh-Ju Chen, Jian-Uei Chin, Pei-Fen Hou
  • Publication number: 20160306106
    Abstract: An optical assembly, a backlight module and a liquid crystal display are provided. The optical assembly includes a light guide plate and a frame. The light guide plate has at least one first circular-arc structure disposed on a side of the light guide plate. The frame is disposed around the light guide plate, in which the frame has at least one second circular-arc structure interlocked with the first circular-arc structure. A radius of the first circular-arc structure is substantially equal to a radius of the second circular-arc structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Yu-Ju LEE, Hsueh-Ju CHEN, Jian-Uei CHIN, Pei-Fen HOU
  • Patent number: 9423556
    Abstract: An optical assembly, a backlight module and a liquid crystal display are provided. The optical assembly includes a light guide plate and a frame. The light guide plate has at least one first circular-arc structure disposed on a side of the light guide plate. The frame is disposed around the light guide plate, in which the frame has at least one second circular-arc structure interlocked with the first circular-arc structure. A radius of the first circular-arc structure is substantially equal to a radius of the second circular-arc structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: RADIANT OPTO-ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu-Ju Lee, Hsueh-Ju Chen, Jian-Uei Chin, Pei-Fen Hou