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Backlight module and light guide plate thereof

US9983346B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 22, 2016
Grant dateMay 29, 2018
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Expiry dateJul 26, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/0202
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A backlight module includes a light source unit for providing light, a light guide plate including a plate body having a light entrance surface and extending along an X-Y plane and at least one opening in the plate body and extending along a Z axis, and an optical layer on one side of the light guide plate. The light enters the light guide plate from the light entrance surface and travels substantially along the X-Y plane. A cross section of the opening on the X-Y plane is a taper shape with a base region and a cone shape region extending from one side of the base region near the light source unit. The optical layer has a through hole aligned and communicating with the base region. A projection of the cone shape region along the Z axis on the optical layer is at least partially outside the through hole.

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