Mold frame, backlight module and display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9329331-B2
Application number	US-201414499581-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2014
Priority date	Jun 17, 2014
Publication date	May 3, 2016
Grant date	May 3, 2016

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a mold frame, a backlight module and a display device. The mold frame includes sidewalls for limiting a periphery of a light guide plate and optical films in the backlight module, and a boss for limiting the light guide plate and the optical films in a direction perpendicular to an output surface of the light guide plate. The boss is provide with a recess opening towards the light guide plate. The recess is provided with a number of rollers therein in a lengthwise direction thereof. A diameter of the rollers is greater than a depth of the recess. The mold frame is applied to the backlight module. In assembly, the light guide plate, the light source and the optical films are placed in the mold frame. An outside surface of the roller provided in the boss of the mold frame abuts against the light guide plate, limiting the light guide plate in the direction of the thickness of the backlight module, thereby preventing the light guide plate from warping upward after expansion due to heat. Hence, the mold frame according to the present disclosure may reduce occurrence of phenomena such a slow light incidence efficiency of the backlight module, light leakage of the backlight module and wrinkling of the optical films.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A mold frame for a backlight module, comprising:
sidewalls for limiting a periphery of a light guide plate and optical films in the backlight module; and
a boss for limiting the light guide plate and the optical films in a direction perpendicular to a output surface of the light guide plate,
wherein the boss includes a recess opening towards the light guide plate, a plurality of rollers disposed within the recess in a lengthwise direction thereof, the rollers having a diameter that is greater than a depth of the recess.

2. The mold frame according to claim 1 , wherein each roller has an axis and is mated to a mounting shaft along its axis that protrudes from each side of each roller, and two opposed walls of the recess include mounting holes corresponding one-to-one to and mating with the mounting shafts respectively provided on the plurality of rollers, and the plurality of mounting holes are distributed along the lengthwise direction of the recess at intervals.

3. The mold frame according to claim 1 , wherein each roller has an axis and is mated to a mounting shaft along its axis that protrudes from each side of each roller, and two opposed recess walls of the recess in the widthwise direction thereof include sliding grooves that slidingly interact with the mounting shafts protruding from the plurality of rollers and extending in the lengthwise direction of the recess.

4. The mold frame according to claim 2 , wherein the plurality of rollers are equidistantly distributed in the recess.

5. The mold frame according to claim 3 , wherein the plurality of rollers are equidistantly distributed in the recess.

6. The mold frame according to claim 4 , wherein the rollers are made of a rubber material.

7. The mold frame according to claim 5 , wherein the rollers are made of a rubber material.

8. A backlight module, comprising:
a light guide plate;
a light source;
optical films; and
a mold frame further comprising sidewalls for limiting a periphery of a light guide plate and optical films; and a boss for limiting the light guide plate and the optical films in a direction perpendicular to a output surface of the light guide plate, wherein the boss includes a recess opening towards the light guide plate, a plurality of rollers disposed within the recess in a lengthwise direction thereof, the rollers having a diameter that is greater than a depth of the recess;
wherein the light guide plate, the light source and the optical films are located in the mold frame, and a diameter of the rollers provided in the mold frame is substantially equal to a sum of a predetermined distance between the mold frame and the light guide plate and a depth of the recess provided in the mold frame.

9. A display device, comprising:
a display panel; and
a backlight module, further comprising a light guide plate; a light source; optical films; and
a mold frame further comprising sidewalls for limiting a periphery of a light guide plate and optical films; and a boss for limiting the light guide plate and the optical films in a direction perpendicular to a output surface of the light guide plate, wherein the boss includes a recess opening towards the light guide plate, a plurality of rollers disposed within the recess in a lengthwise direction thereof, the rollers having a diameter that is greater than a depth of the recess;
wherein the light guide plate, the light source and the optical films are located in the mold frame, and a diameter of the rollers provided in the mold frame is substantially equal to a sum of a predetermined distance between the mold frame and the light guide plate and a depth of the recess provided in the mold frame.

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd
• Beijing Boe Display Tech Co
• Beijing Boe Vision Electronic Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jia Zhishuai
• Fu Changjia
• Li Shaoan

Classifications

• G02B6/005

  provided by one optical element, or plurality thereof, placed on the light output side of the light guide · CPC title

• G02B6/0065

  Manufacturing aspects; Material aspects · CPC title

• G02B6/0088 Primary

  of the light guide or other optical sheets in the package · CPC title

• G02B6/0091 Primary

  of the light source relative to the light guide (G02B6/0021 takes precedence) · CPC title