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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8147112 | Backlight assembly and liquid crystal display having the same A backlight assembly is suitable for emitting uniform flat light. The backlight assembly causes light from a lamp to travel in the form of flat light using a light guide plate disposed to have one plane facing the lamp. The light guide plate includes one or more rou... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8079745 | Backlight module An embodiment of the present invention relates to a backlight module comprising a back plate, a light guide plate provided on the back plate and a light source provided at a side of the light guide plate. A side and lower surface of the light guide plate facing the ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8057087 | Light source module with light emitting diodes An exemplary light source module includes a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB), a number of light emitting diodes (LEDs), and a light guide plate (LGP). The LEDs are mounted on the PCB, which is capable of switching each of the LEDs on and off. The LGP includes a... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8033709 | Light guide plate, and backlight module and liquid crystal display incorporating same A light guide plate for a liquid crystal display is disclosed. The light guide plate is adapted for use in a side-light emission type of backlight module. The light guide plate comprises a light incidence face that has at least one surface having at least one annula... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8007160 | Display device, image forming apparatus having the same, and light guide for display device Disclosed are a light guide which distributes light, transmitted from a light source, uniformly to a light emission surface of the light guide, and a display device and an image forming apparatus using the light guide. The light guide includes a light incidence part... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7997784 | Light guide apparatus of backlight module A light guide apparatus of a backlight module is provided. The light guide apparatus includes a light guide plate and a plurality of LEDs serving as light sources disposed at one lateral side of the light guide plate. The light guide plate includes a circuit configu... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7938568 | LED backlight device There is provided a light emitting diode (LED) backlight device comprising a light guide plate and a light module composed of a plurality of LEDs. A haze structure is disposed between a light incident surface of the light guide plate and each LED. Haze value of the ... | 05/10/2011 |
| RE41995 | Tapered light guide plate for surface light source device and method of making by injection molding via supplementary cavity There is provided a very thin light guide plate for a surface light source device and a method of manufacturing it without the use of high-precision molding machine. A surface light source device using this light guide plate generates outgoing light having high unif... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7789549 | Light guide plate, surface light source, and liquid crystal display device A light guide plate has a light exit plane and a light entrance plane arranged on the periphery of the light exit plane. Light incident on the light entrance plane is outputted from the light exit plane. The light entrance plane includes a plurality of first end sur... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7699518 | Prism sheet and backlight module using the same A prism sheet includes a main body. The main body includes an incident surface, an emitting surface opposite to the incident surface, and a plurality of micro-protrusions formed on the incident surface. Each micro-protrusion includes two side surfaces and an arced r... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7690831 | Surface light source device A surface light source device includes two or more point light sources that are arranged linearly, a light guide plate having an incident surface on which light emitted from each of the point light sources shines, for outputting input light from a front surface ther... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7628527 | Back light unit having light guide buffer plate There is provided a back light unit having a light guide buffer plate. The back light unit having a light guide buffer plate includes a light source for generating the light when a power source is applied; a light guide panel whose light-receiving vertical surface t... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7607816 | Light guide plate and backlight module adopting same A light guide plate includes a light incident surface, a light emission surface intersects with the light incident surface, and a bottom surface opposite to the light emission surface. The light incident surface includes at least a first light receiving region and a... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7534027 | Planar light source and liquid crystal display using the same A planar light source of the present invention includes a light source part, a light guide part for guiding light emitted from the light source part to form planar emission of the light, and a reflector for reflecting light emitted from the light source part to allo... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7481566 | Light emitting diode backlight unit and liquid crystal display having the same A backlight unit and a liquid crystal display having the backlight are provided. The backlight unit includes a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) chips, a light guide plate for converting light generated from the LED chips into surface light, and a plurality of... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7473022 | Backlight unit capable of easily forming curved and three-dimensional shape Disclosed herein is a backlight unit, capable of easily forming a curved or three-dimensional shape. The backlight unit according to the present invention comprises a light guide panel which includes a light guide plate having on one surface or both surfaces thereof... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7458711 | Backlight module with grooved light guide plate fixing light source therein A backlight module includes a light source assembly and a light guide plate. The light guide plate includes a side surface, a light emission surface substantially perpendicular to the side surface, and a first groove defined at the side surface. The first groove fix... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7431492 | Light control member, surface light source device and display Primary light from primary light source (LED) is supplied toward a light an input face of an light control member. The light input face is provided with a plurality of projections for light input promotion. Each projection is composed of a generally spherical top po... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7419293 | Light guide plate and backlight module using the same A backlight module (2) includes a light source (21) and a light guide plate (23). The light source includes a lamp (231) and two electrode cases (233), the two electrode cases engage with opposite ends of the lamp. The light guide ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7407314 | Keypad light guide A light guide (20) for illuminating keys of a keyboard or keypad of a portable electronic device, includes an array of apertures (22) and a groove (21) at one end of the light guide. The apertures are configured to illuminate the keys via a ligh... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7401965 | Backlight module with light guide protrusion and liquid crystal display with same An exemplary backlight module (1) includes a light guide plate (10) and at least one point illuminator (12). The light guide plate includes a first side surface (102), and a protrusion (14) outwardly extending from the first side s... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401964 | Light-guiding system comprising a plate-like light-emitting element A light-guiding system comprising a plate-like light-emitting element (20) provided with means for emitting light through at least part of its front surface (22). Light is coupled in by a plate-like light-guiding member (21) connected to a later... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400805 | Compact light collection system and method A light collection system includes at least one light source, a light tunnel having reflective walls and a collimating plate at the light output end of the tunnel. The collimating plate includes an optical element array. The element array receives the light emitted ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7399995 | Backlight module for liquid crystal display A backlight module includes a base, a plurality of point light sources distributed on the base and a light guide plate. Each of the point light sources includes a transparent cover and a light-emitting unit received in the cover. The transparent cover includes an in... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7380969 | Planar light source system and light deflecting device therefor A planar light source system having an LED (1) serving as a primary light source of substantially point-shaped light source, a light guide (2) having a light incident face on which light emitted from the LED (1) is incident and a light emission ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7378686 | Light emitting diode and side emitting lens The invention is an illumination system that incorporates a light emitting diode and a side-emitting light-recycling lens. The side-emitting light-recycling lens recycles part of the light internally generated by a light emitting diode back to the light emitting dio... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7371000 | Surface light source equipment and apparatus using the same A light emission part in the form of a point light source composed of LED, etc., and a light conductive plate, and the light emission part is arranged in opposition to a light incident surface of the light conductive plate. First diffusion patterns and second diffus... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371002 | Back light module and system for liquid crystal panels A back light module for a liquid crystal display. The module has a rear cover, a reflective film and a high-reflective mode frame. The rear cover has a bottom plate and a side plate; a first side of the side plate is connected to a side of the bottom plate. The refl... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367704 | Light guide plate and backlight module using same A light guide plate includes having a block body includes a bottom surface, a light emitting surface on an opposite side of the light guide plate to the bottom surface, at least three spaced light incident surfaces, and at least three fresnel lens portions provided ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364336 | Plane light source device and display device provided with the same The present invention aims to provide a plane light source device having enhanced efficiency of use of light and high brightness uniformity. A plane light source device of the present invention is provided with a housing having an opening section, a scatterin... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364341 | Light redirecting films including non-interlockable optical elements The light redirecting films include a thin optically transparent substrate having a pattern of non-interlocking individual optical elements oriented and placed to produce a desired surface coverage of at least one of the surfaces of the transparent substrate of the ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364343 | Compact lighting system and display device A compact backlight system for illuminating a display device (12) has a light-emitting panel (1) with a front wall (2) and an opposed rear wall (3) and with edge surfaces (4, 5). At least one of the edge surfaces (4) is ligh... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359012 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device efficiently uses light from light sources by positioning the light sources with respect to a light-guiding member for back lighting with minimized air gap therebetween. The light-guiding member provided on a backside of a liquid cryst... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357557 | Light guide plate A light guide plate comprises: a plate ember having a light transmitting capability; and a light incidence face provided on a side surface of the plate member; wherein the plate member changes a path of light emitted from a light source arranged to face the light in... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357560 | Light guide plate locating construction A light guide plate locating construction includes a frame containing a mask and light tube with the light guide plate mounted at the open end of the mask; light permeating through one side of the light guide plate to project in the anticipated direction; locating h... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7350958 | Light guide plate of LED backlight unit A light guide plate of an LED backlight unit is disclosed. The light guide plate comprises a pair of wide planes facing each other, and a narrow plane formed between the pair of wide planes and constituting a thickness of the light guide plate. The narrow plane has ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350957 | Light guide plate, surface light source having same, and related display device A light guide plate (100) includes a light incident surface (110), two opposite light emitting surfaces (120) each adjoining to the light incident surface, a plurality of first tapered structures (132), and a plurality of second tapered s... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347610 | Light guide plate having light diffusing entities on light entering side A light guide plate has a light exiting side, a reflection side opposite to the light exiting side, and a light entering side. A plurality of miniature diffusing entities, each having a curved surface and two slant surfaces extending from the two ends of the curved ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342623 | Optical element and liquid crystal display device using the same There are provided a liquid crystal display device, which positively reflects, by a reflecting electrode and a light-shielding layer, light emitted from a backlight and further reflected from a light-shielding layer or a reflecting layer, and recycles the light whil... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7334934 | Light guide device and a backlight module using the same A light guide device includes a main body and a plurality of parallel elongate first V-shaped microstructures. The main body has an incident surface; an emitting surface adjoining the incident surface; and a reflecting surface opposite to the emitting surface. The f... | 02/26/2008 |
