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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8425103 | Backlight module having a light guide plate with prismatic structures and manufacturing method thereof A backlight module having a light guide plate with prismatic structures and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The backlight module includes a light guide plate, a brightness enhancement film, and a light source module. The light guide plate includes a fir... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8425104 | Backlight assembly and display apparatus having the same A display apparatus includes; a plurality of light sources which emit a light, a display panel which displaying an image using the light, a light guide plate which guides the light emitted from the light sources to the display panel, and a plurality of reflection me... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8419256 | Side light type backlight module and back plate heat dissipation structure thereof The present invention discloses a side light type backlight module and a back plate heat dissipation structure thereof. The back plate heat dissipation structure comprises a bottom part, at least one side wall part and an extension part. The bottom part forms a main... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8419216 | LED illumination apparatus An LED illumination apparatus includes a shell, a fixing module, and at least one LED module fixed in the shell by the fixing module, wherein the fixing module includes a fastening piece and a tenon fixing respectively the two ends of the at least one LED module. Th... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8414175 | Light source apparatus with a light guide plate having a lighting units disposed adjacent to two opposing sides offset with each other A light source apparatus including a light guide plate, a first light emitting unit, and a second light emitting unit is provided. The light guide plate has a first surface, an opposite second surface, a first side surface, and an opposite second side surface. The f... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8403552 | Multi-colored illuminator with a varying concentration of particles An apparatus for providing a multicolored illuminator for displays is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a first sheet comprising a plurality of columnar illuminators stacked side by side, and a plurality of colored light sources placed along an e... | 03/26/2013 |
| 8398290 | Light guide module of scanning apparatus A light guide module of a scanning apparatus includes plural side-emitting light emitting diodes and a light-guiding post, which are disposed on a circuit board. The light-guiding post has plural reflective structures corresponding to respective side-emitting light ... | 03/19/2013 |
| 8398289 | Structure for eliminating bright line of tiled backlight module A structure for eliminating bright lines of a tiled backlight module is provided. The structure includes a light guide plate, and a plurality of light sources. The light guide plate includes a plurality of rows of optical elements. The rows of optical elements exten... | 03/19/2013 |
| 8398291 | Backlight assembly and cover for a compact display apparatus A back cover for a backlight assembly capable of achieving a more compact a display apparatus includes a cover element, a line portion, and a plurality of point light sources. The cover element includes a metallic layer, and the cross-section of the cover element ha... | 03/19/2013 |
| 8393775 | Backlight unit and display device A backlight unit and a display device including the backlight unit are discussed. According to an embodiment, a light generating device comprising: arrays of light source devices arranged on a first layer and including a first light source device and a second light ... | 03/12/2013 |
| RE44063 | Light source device, display device, and terminal device In a display device equipped with a light source device, a second light-guide member is provided to the back surface of a first light-guide member that has an emitted light control sheet provided to the front surface thereof. The emitted light control sheet is compo... | 03/12/2013 |
| 8376603 | Multi-segmented light guide for an input device An input device and display apparatus with multi-light segments has been disclosed. The input device may comprise a rigid light guide layer having alignment structures that define the rigid light guide layer into multiple light segments, a plurality of first layer f... | 02/19/2013 |
| 8322904 | Backlight unit, and display apparatus thereof A backlight unit is provided that may include a plurality of optical assemblies arranged in a matrix form, and a cover to receive the optical assemblies. Each optical assembly may separately include: a light emitting module having a plurality of light emitting devic... | 12/04/2012 |
| 8267563 | Backlight unit having a point light source and display apparatus having the same A backlight unit includes; a plurality of point light sources, a light guide plate including lateral sides and main planes substantially perpendicular to the lateral sides, and a printed circuit board on which the point light sources are mounted. At least one side o... | 09/18/2012 |
| 8226286 | Edge-lit backlight module An edge-lit backlight module includes a back plate, a light bar, and a light guide plate. The back plate has a bottom plate and four lateral sides. Each of the lateral sides is perpendicular to the bottom plate and connected to a peripheral edge of the bottom plate.... | 07/24/2012 |
| 8220981 | Liquid crystal display having a plurality of modules An LED backlight unit and an LCD using a backlight unit may be provided. A liquid crystal display (LCD) may include a plurality of modules including a circuit board, a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) light sources arranged on the circuit board for emitting l... | 07/17/2012 |
| 8206022 | Backlight assembly and cover for a compact display apparatus A back cover for a backlight assembly capable of achieving a more compact a display apparatus includes a cover element, a line portion, and a plurality of point light sources. The cover element includes a metallic layer, and the cross-section of the cover element ha... | 06/26/2012 |
| 8206021 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal display panel, a backlight chassis arranged on one surface side of the liquid crystal display panel, and a control circuit board mounted on a surface of the backlight chassis on a side opposite to a surface ... | 06/26/2012 |
| 8197081 | Backlight assembly, display device having the same, and method of manufacturing the display device A backlight assembly includes a light guide plate, a light source assembly disposed adjacent to at least one side of the light guide plate and supplies light to the light guide plate, a container receiving the light guide plate and the light source assembly and incl... | 06/12/2012 |
| 8192065 | Multi-colored illuminator An apparatus for providing a multicolored illuminator is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a first sheet comprising a plurality of columnar illuminators stacked side by side, and a plurality of colored light sources placed along an edge of the fi... | 06/05/2012 |
| 8186842 | Backlight module A backlight module including a back plate, a frame, a light guide plate, and a light bar is provided. The back plate has a carrying portion and at least one holding portion, and the frame is leaned against the holding portion. The light guide plate is disposed on th... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8177407 | Plane-like lighting units and display equipment provided therewith A light unit which includes a plurality of light-emitting diode (LED) light sources arranged in parallel, a light-guiding member arranged on said LED light sources, a light reflecting part for reflecting light from said LED light sources forward, a light diffusion p... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8162499 | Backlight unit, electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus A backlight unit includes: an arrangement surface on which a plurality of light sources are arranged; a plurality of reflection surfaces which are erected from a plurality of edges of the arrangement surface and reflect a light from the plurality of light sources, w... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157430 | Backlight device and planar display device using the same Electrode terminals (33a, 33b) of an LED (3) and a mounting wiring (42) of an FPC (4) are bonded by using a conductive adhesive, and a metal slug (31) of the LED (3) and a heat dissipation wiring (43 | 04/17/2012 |
| 8152350 | Sidelight-type backlight module A sidelight-type backlight module includes a casing body, a light-guiding plate, a reflector plate, a light-emitting unit, and a reflector component. The reflector plate is disposed at a surface of the light-guiding plate, and has an extension part extending beyond ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152351 | Laser illuminated backlight for flat panel displays Laser lit flat panel displays are disclosed including edge-lit and direct lit backlights. In certain embodiments, laser assemblies are selected to obtain bandwidth distributions to reduce speckle. ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8118466 | Backlight assembly, display device having the same, display substrate for the same and method of manufacturing the same A backlight assembly includes first and second backlight units independently operating based on driving modes, and a light blocking member interposed between the first and second backlight units. The first backlight assembly includes a first light source generating ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8113704 | Backlight unit having light guide plates An LED back-light unit and other devices using the LED back-light unit are discussed. According to one embodiment, an LED back-light unit includes a light guide portion that includes a light guide plate and a reflection plate coupled to the light guide plate, wherei... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8109644 | Thin backlight using low profile side emitting LEDS Backlights containing low profile, side-emitting LEDs are described that have improved brightness uniformity. In one embodiment, the backlight comprises a solid transparent lightguide with a plurality of openings in a bottom surface of the lightguide, each opening c... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8104944 | Light emitting panel assemblies Optical assembly comprises a light emitting panel member having opposite sides and an input edge for receiving light from light sources optically coupled to a different location along the input edge. On or in at least one of the sides of the panel member is a patter... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8100574 | Light module A light module includes a light guide plate, a light bar, and a first reflector. The light guide plate has a first edge surface, a second edge surface, and a top surface serving as a light-outgoing surface. The light bar is disposed on the first edge surface for pro... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8092065 | Multi-function planar light source illumination lamp The invention discloses a multi-function planar light source illumination lamp having a containing space and comprising a first lighting unit, a second lighting unit, a light guide unit and a control unit. The first lighting unit is used for generating a first light... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8092064 | Tiled illumination assembly and related methods Illumination assemblies, components, and related methods are described. An illumination assembly is provided that comprises a plurality of illumination tiles each having a light emission surface. The plurality of illumination tiles are arranged in a two-dimensional ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8079744 | Illuminating brick An illuminating brick includes a block and at least one light-emitting element mounted in the brick. The brick has a top face, a bottom face and a plurality of lateral side surfaces interconnecting the top and bottom faces. The at least one light-emitting element is... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8052317 | Light emitting apparatus and light unit having the same A light emitting apparatus includes a light emitting diode including a body with a light emitting diode chip packaged therein and a plurality of lead electrodes contacted with one side of the body and a board including a plurality of electrode pads connected to lowe... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8025434 | Two-sided illumination device A two-sided illumination device including a printed wiring board, a first light source and first translucent member connected to a first side of the wiring board, and a second light source and second translucent member connected to a second side of the wiring board.... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8011818 | Lighting device including plural optical structures having at least two different refraction indices, and lighting methods A lighting device, comprising at least one solid state light emitter and one (or more) optical device(s) which (each) comprises at least first, second and third optical structures, first and second surfaces of the second structure being in contact with a surface of ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8002453 | Light-emitting diode backlight module and liquid crystal display using the same A backlight module is disclosed for reducing the occurrence of corner dark space. In the backlight module, two tightly adjacent light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are disposed near a light-guide plate, and each of the LEDs is tilted outwards with a predetermined angle, wh... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8002454 | Backlight assembly Backlight assembly includes a plurality of light guide plates, a plurality of light modules, and a plurality of driving units separately in control of corresponding light modules which are configured at the incident sides of the LGPs. Each light module faces two adj... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7997782 | Lamp having plurality of optical extraction structures A lamp for emitting light, comprising a transparent sheet-like lightguide, with at least one light receiving side, a light emission front surface and a back surface opposite the front surface. The lamp further comprises a plurality of light sources, positioned in an... | 08/16/2011 |
