Patent Grant
9057509
The present invention relates to a backlight module and a backlight lamp guide thereof.
In a liquid crystal display device, due to the fact that the liquid crystal of a liquid crystal display panel itself has no function of light-emitting, it is necessary to provide a light source, such as backlight module, for the liquid crystal display panel to realize a display function. A backlight module can be divided into: an edge-lit backlight module and a direct-lit backlight module.
With continuing extension of the application fields of liquid crystal display devices, especially the applications of large-sized liquid crystal display devices, further requirements are put forward about the light-emitting brightness of a backlight module of a liquid crystal display device; for this reason, it is necessary to use a plurality of light-emitting elements to increase the light-emitting brightness of a backlight module, and a direct-lit backlight module meets such a demand.
A direct-lit backlight module comprises: a back cover; a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged side by side; a backlight lamp guide, supported and fixed on the back cover for securely positioning the light-emitting elements; and a reflecting plate provided on the back cover and used for reflecting the light emitted from the light-emitting elements (also may be reflectors or films provided by coating or adhesion on one face of the back cover that contacts with the backlight lamp guide). The light-emitting elements are fixed by a lamp clamping portion 2 of the backlight lamp guide of the liquid crystal display device. As shown in
The inventors have found that, in an existing snap-fit structure of a backlight lamp guide for a backlight module in a liquid crystal display device, in order to ensure full snap-fit and also to ensure high strength and no looseness after snap-fit, accuracy is especially required to an distance between the lower surface of the lamp clamping portion (the lower surface of the back cover after snap-fit) and the upper surface of the snap-fit structure. If there is a too large distance between the lower surface of the lamp clamping portion and the upper surface of the snap-fit structure, a loose snap-fit will be resulted. If there is a too small distance between the lower surface of the lamp clamping portion and the upper surface of the snap-fit structure, it will cause difficult snap-fit of the snap-fit structure, or the fins of the snap-fit structure can not be opened, thereby resulting in unstable snap-fit, and unstable snap-fit will lead to unstable positioning of the backlight source, which in turn affects the light-emitting uniformity of the backlight module.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a backlight lamp guide for a backlight module, which comprises: a fixed base; a lamp clamping portion, provided on a first side of the fixed base; and a snap-fit structure, provided on a second side of the fixed base opposite to the first side, wherein, the snap-fit structure comprises a snap-fit resilient structure; when the snap-fit structure and a back cover are snap-fitted, the snap-fit resilient structure is elastically deformed, to exert an elastic retaining force on the back cover in a direction away from the fixed base.
In some embodiments, the snap-fit structure may further comprise: a snap-fit cylinder with one end thereof being connected to the fixed base; a snap-fit base provided at the other end of the snap-fit cylinder; and at least one fin extending from the snap-fit base along a direction away from the snap-fit cylinder and toward the fixed base.
Preferably, the snap-fit structure further comprises: a snap-fit protrusion provided on at least one lateral face of the snap-fit cylinder.
According to a preferred embodiment, the snap-fit resilient structure may be an oblique-L-shaped structure extending from the second side of the fixed base.
For example, one end of the oblique-L-shaped structure connecting with the fixed base may be located on a lateral face of one end of the snap-fit cylinder connecting with the fixed base, and, the other end of the oblique-L-shaped structure extends along a direction away from the fixed base and away from the snap-fit cylinder.
Preferably, the section of the fixed base where the snap-fit structure is provided is offset toward the first side, with respect to the section of the fixed base where the lamp clamping portion is provided.
The backlight lamp guide may further comprise: a supporter provided on the first side of the fixed base, and the supporter is provided in said section of the fixed base where the lamp clamping portion is provided.
Preferably, the backlight lamp guide has one said lamp clamping portion provided at each of the two sides of the supporter.
According to other preferred embodiments, the section of the fixed base where the snap-fit structure is provided may be offset toward the first side, with respect to the section of the fixed base where the lamp clamping portion is provided, and, the snap-fit resilient structure may be configured as an arcuate portion of the fixed base, which is connected between the section of the fixed base where the snap-fit structure is provided and section of the fixed base where the lamp clamping portion is provided.
The backlight lamp guide may further comprise: a supporter provided, corresponding to the snap-fit structure, on the first side of the fixed base.
Preferably, the backlight lamp guide has one said lamp clamping portion provided at each of the two sides of the supporter.
Additionally, preferably, the number of the snap-fit protrusions is two, which are located on two opposite lateral faces of the snap-fit cylinder.
The number of the fins of the snap-fit structure may be two, and preferably, the two fins are located respectively on two lateral faces of the snap-fit cylinder other than the lateral faces where the snap-fit protrusions are provided.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is further provided a backlight module, which comprises: a back cover; a lamp; and a backlight lamp guide, comprising: a fixed base; a lamp clamping portion, provided on a first side of the fixed base; and a snap-fit structure, provided on a second side of the fixed base opposite to the first side, for fixing to the back cover, wherein, the snap-fit structure of the backlight lamp guide comprises a snap-fit resilient structure; when the snap-fit structure and the back cover are snap-fitted, the snap-fit resilient structure is elastically deformed, to exert an elastic retaining force on the back cover in a direction away from the fixed base.
In order to clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the invention, the drawings of the embodiments will be briefly described in the following; it is obvious that the described drawings are only related to some embodiments of the invention and thus are not limitative to the invention.
1, 1′: supporter; 2, 2′: lamp clamping portion; 3, 3′: fixed base; 4, 4′: snap-fit structure;
5: backlight lamp guide; 6: optical films; 7: back cover; 41: snap-fit cylinder; 42: snap-fit base; 43: fin; 44: oblique-L-shaped structure; 45: snap-fit protrusion; 35: arcuate structure.
Below, in connection with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described in a clear and sufficient way. It is obvious that, the described embodiments are only a part but not all of the embodiments of the present invention. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, those skilled in the art can obtain other embodiment(s), without any inventive work, which should be within the scope of the invention. The following description of the embodiments is illustration with reference to the accompanying drawings, and used to explain that the present invention can be carried out. As used in the present invention, the terms “upper surface”, “lower surface”, “left lateral face”, and the like, are merely made reference to the directions in the drawings. Accordingly, the directional terms as used are intended for explanation, but not for limiting the terms in the embodiments of the present invention.
An embodiment of the present invention provides a backlight lamp guide 5 of a liquid crystal display device, which is provided in a backlight module of the liquid crystal display device, and is used for clamping light-emitting elements, so as to fix the light-emitting elements to a back cover. It should be noted that, in the backlight module, there may comprise a plurality of sets of backlight lamp guides 5 of a liquid crystal display device, although only one set is shown in the figures of the embodiments of the present invention.
At the intermediate portion on the upper surface of the fixed base 3, there may be provided with a supporter 1; at each of the two sides of the supporter 1 on the upper surface of the fixed base 3, there may be provided with one lamp clamping portion 2.
The backlight lamp guide 5 further comprises a snap-fit structure 4, and the snap-fit structure 4 is located on the lower surface of the fixed base 3. The fixed base 3 may have one snap-fit structure 4 provided at each of its outermost sides.
In the example shown in the figure, the backlight lamp guide 5 comprises: one supporter 1, two lamp clamping portions 2 and two snap-fit structures 4; the lamp clamping portions 2 are located on the upper surface of the fixed base 3; the number of the snap-fit structures 4 is two, and the two snap-fit structures 4 are located on the lower surface of the fixed base 3. As shown in the figures, there are sequentially provided with the snap-fit structure 4, the lamp clamping portion 2, the supporter 1, the lamp clamping portion 2, and the snap-fit structure 4. Preferably, the two snap-fit structures 4 and the two lamp clamping portions 2 are provided symmetrically at the two sides of the supporter 1.
The supporter 1 and the fixed base 3 are integrally molded or detachably fixed on the fixed base 3.
The lamp supporting member 2 and the fixed base 3 are integrally molded or detachably fixed on the fixed base 3.
The snap-fit structure 4 and the fixed base 3 are integrally molded or detachably fixed on the fixed base 3.
The detachably fixed connection may be carried out by adhesion with adhesive tapes, screw fixing and snap-fit components, etc.
This embodiment of the present invention is preferable that, the supporter 1, the lamp clamping portion 2 and the snap-fit structure 4 are all integrally molded with the fixed base 3.
As shown in
Specifically, the snap-fit cylinder 41 may be a cuboid or a cube, and in this embodiment, it is preferably a cuboid. The snap-fit cylinder 41 has four lateral faces; the number of the fins 43 is preferably two, and the number of the snap-fit protrusions 45 is preferably two, moreover, the two fins 43 are located on opposite two lateral faces of the snap-fit cylinder 41, and the two snap-fit protrusions 45 are located on other two lateral faces of the snap-fit cylinder 41.
Of course, the number of the snap-fit protrusions 45 may be one, three or four, and the number of the fins 43 also may be one, three or four. The position of the snap-fit protrusion 45 located on the snap-fit cylinder 41 should not be too close to the fin 43, and specifically, the position is above an intermediate portion at a lateral side of the snap-fit cylinder 41. The snap-fit protrusion 45, the fin 43 and the snap-fit cylinder 41 are integrally molded.
Further, the snap-fit structure 4 further comprises a snap-fit resilient structure. When the snap-fit structure 4 and a back cover are snap-fitted, the snap-fit resilient structure is elastically deformed, to exert an elastic retaining force on the back cover in a direction away from the fixed base.
The snap-fit resilient structure, with the action of its elastic force, ensures the accuracy of the distance between the lower surface of the lamp clamping portion 2 (the lower surface of the back cover after snap-fit) and the upper surface of the snap-fit structure 4. This can, on one hand, ensure full snap-fit of the snap-fit structure 4 with a back cover 7, that is, ensure high strength and no looseness after snap-fit; and can, on the other hand, ensure that the fins 43 of the snap-fit structure 4 can be fully opened, thereby solving the problem of unstable positioning of the backlight source due to unstable snap-fit of the snap-fit structure 4 and the further problem of affecting the light-emitting uniformity of the backlight module.
In this embodiment, the snap-fit resilient structure is an oblique-L-shaped structure 44. The oblique-L-shaped structure 44 extends from the lower surface of the fixed base 3.
Further, one end of the snap-fit resilient structure is located on the lower surface of the fixed base 3 and on a lateral face of one end of the snap-fit cylinder 41 connecting with the fixed base 3; the snap-fit resilient structure extends, in a direction away from the fixed base 3, into an oblique-L-shaped structure 44. For example, one end of the oblique-L-shaped structure 44 connecting with the fixed base 3 may be located on a lateral face of one end of the snap-fit cylinder 41 connecting with the fixed base 3, and, the other end of the oblique-L-shaped structure 44 extends in a direction away from the fixed base 3 and away from the snap-fit cylinder 41.
Further, the section of the fixed base 3 connecting with the snap-fit structure 4 is in a different plane from the plane of the section of the fixed base 3 where the lamp clamping portion 2 and the supporter 1 locate.
Preferably, the plane of the section of the fixed base 3 connecting with the snap-fit structure 4, is higher than the plane of the section of the fixed base 3 where the lamp clamping portion 2 and the supporter 1 locate. In other words, the section of the fixed base 3 where the snap-fit structure is provided is offset toward the first side, with respect to the section of the fixed base 3 where the lamp clamping portion 2 is provided. In this embodiment, the supporter 1 is provided in the section of the fixed base 3 where the lamp clamping portion 2 is provided.
More preferably, the inclined plane, which is formed by connecting the two planes, i.e., the plane of the section of the fixed base 3 connecting with the snap-fit structure 4, and the plane of the section of the fixed base 3 where the lamp clamping portion 2 and the supporter 1 locate, forms an included angle of 20-45 degrees with a horizontal plane.
The oblique-L-shaped structure 44 has at least one provided on the four lateral faces of the snap-fit cylinder 41 connecting with the fixed base 3. In the figure, the number of the oblique-L-shaped structure 44 is shown as one, and the oblique-L-shaped structure 44 is provided on a left lateral face of the snap-fit cylinder 41 connecting with the fixed base 3; however, the present invention is not limited in this regard.
The supporter 1 and the fixed base 3 are integrally molded or detachably fixed on the fixed base 3.
The lamp supporting member 2 and the fixed base 3 are integrally molded or detachably fixed on the fixed base 3.
The snap-fit structure 4 and the fixed base 3 are integrally molded or detachably fixed on the fixed base 3.
The detachably fixed connection may be carried out by adhesion with adhesive tapes, screw fixing and snap-fit components, etc.
This embodiment of the present invention is preferable that, the supporter 1, the lamp clamping portion 2 and the snap-fit structure 4 are all integrally molded with the fixed base 3.
As shown in
Specifically, the snap-fit cylinder 41 may be a cuboid or a cube, and in this embodiment, it is preferably a cuboid. The snap-fit cylinder 41 has four lateral faces; the number of the fins 43 is preferably two, and the number of the snap-fit protrusions 45 is preferably two, moreover, the two fins 43 are located on opposite two lateral faces of the snap-fit cylinder 41, and the two snap-fit protrusions 45 are located on other two lateral faces of the snap-fit cylinder 41.
Of course, the number of the snap-fit protrusions 45 may be one, three, four, and the number of the fins 43 also may be one, three, or four. The position of the snap-fit protrusion 45 located on the snap-fit cylinder 41 should not be too close to the fin 43, and specifically, the position is above an intermediate portion at a lateral side of the snap-fit cylinder 41. The snap-fit protrusion 45, the fin 43 and the snap-fit cylinder 41 are integrally molded.
Further, the snap-fit structure 4 further comprises a snap-fit resilient structure. When the snap-fit structure 4 and a back cover are snap-fitted, the snap-fit resilient structure is elastically deformed, to exert an elastic retaining force on the back cover in a direction away from the fixed base.
In this embodiment, the section of the fixed base 3 where the snap-fit structure is provided is offset toward the first side, with respect to the section of the fixed base 3 where the lamp clamping portion 2 is provided, and, the snap-fit resilient structure is configured as an arcuate portion 35 of the fixed base, which is connected between the section of the fixed base where the snap-fit structure is provided and section of the fixed base where the lamp clamping portion is provided. The snap-fit resilient structure, with the action of its elastic force, ensures the accuracy of the distance between the lower surface of the lamp clamping portion 2 (the lower surface of the back cover after snap-fit) and the upper surface of the snap-fit structure 4, and this can not only ensure full snap-fit of the snap-fit structure 4 with a back cover 7, that is, ensure high strength and no looseness after snap-fit; but also can ensure that the fins 43 of the snap-fit structure 4 can be fully opened, thereby solving the problem of unstable positioning of the backlight source due to unstable snap-fit of the snap-fit structure 4 and the further problem of affecting the light-emitting uniformity of the backlight module.
Further, the section of the snap-fit base 3 where the supporter 1 and the snap-fit structure 4 are located, is in a different plane from the plane of the section of the snap-fit base 3 where the lamp clamping portion 2 locates.
Further, the section of the snap-fit base 3 where the supporter 1 and the snap-fit structure 4 are located, is higher than the plane of the section of the snap-fit base 3 where the lamp clamping portion 2 locates; the section of the snap-fit base 3 where the supporter 1 and the snap-fit structure 4 locate, forms an arcuate structure 35. Preferably, the arcuate structure 35 is a resilient structure.
Furthermore, the snap-fit structure 4 and the supporter 1 are correspondingly provided on the lower surface of the fixed base 3, and more specifically, the snap-fit structure 4 is provided on the lower surface of the arcuate structure 35, and provided corresponding to the supporter 1 on the upper surface of arcuate structure 25.
The embodiment of the present invention provides a backlight lamp guide, and the backlight lamp guide comprises: a base, a lamp clamping portion, a supporter, a snap-fit structure; the snap-fit structure of the backlight lamp guide further comprises a snap-fit resilient structure, which can solve the light-emitting non-uniformity phenomenon due to unstable snap-fit of a snap-fit structure in an existing backlight lamp guide.
The above is merely specific implementation of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto. Within the technical scope disclosed by the invention, modifications or alterations that can be easily devised by those skilled who are familiar with the art, should all be included within the scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the scope of the invention should be defined by the scope of the claims of the present invention.
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