Light guide plate, method for fabricating the same and backlight unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9958587-B2
Application number	US-201313943977-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 17, 2013
Priority date	Sep 14, 2012
Publication date	May 1, 2018
Grant date	May 1, 2018

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention relate to a light guide plate, a method for fabricating the same and a backlight unit. The light guide plate comprises a low density region and a plurality of high density regions, wherein the plurality of high density regions are separately disposed on a light incident side of the light guide plate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A light guide plate, comprising: a low density region and a plurality of high density regions, the plurality of high density regions are disposed on a light incident side of the light guide plate and the plurality of high density regions are disposed separately from one another, the low density region is in contact with each of the plurality of high density regions, each of the plurality of high density regions forms a portion of a light incident surface of the light incident side of the light guide plate and has a tapered shape, and each of the plurality of high density regions is on the light incident surface,
wherein the high density regions are made of polymethylmethacrylate or polycarbonate or styrene methyl methacrylate resin, the low density region is made of polymethylmethacrylate or styrene methyl methacrylate resin or polystyrene, wherein the low density region is a region having a lower material density as compared to the high density regions, wherein the material density is defined as its mass or weight per unit volume, wherein the high density regions are located in a region of the light guide plate corresponding to a region between two separate neighboring dot light sources, when a plurality of separate dot light sources are used as a side light source, wherein the high density regions are located in a triangular dark region on the light guide plate generated by two neighboring separate dot light sources.

2. The light guide plate of claim 1 , wherein an area of the high density regions is determined by the following equation: an area of a high density
region=

1
4

⁢

(

P
-
L

)

2

⁢

tan
⁡

(

90
⁢
°

-

r
2

)

-

S
⁡

(

P
-
L

)

+

S
2

⁢
tan
⁢

⁢

r
2

,

where L is a length of a dot light source, P is a pitch between two neighboring dot light sources, S is a distance between a light emission side of a dot light source to the light incident side of the light guide plate, r is an emission angle of the dot light source; 0.1 mm≤S≤0.3 mm.

3. The light guide plate of claim 1 , wherein the high density regions are made of polycarbonate and the low density is made of polymethylmethacrylate.

4. A backlight unit comprising the light guide plate in accordance with claim 1 .

5. An injection molding method for fabricating a light guide plate having regions of different material densities, wherein the regions of different material densities comprises a low density region and a plurality of high density regions, the low density region is in contact with each of the plurality of high density regions, the plurality of high density regions are disposed separately from one another, each of the plurality of high density regions forms a portion of a light incident surface of a light incident side of the light guide plate and has a tapered, and each of the plurality of high density regions is on the light incident surface, wherein a mold used in the low density region by the method is configured as a core-pulling mold , wherein the high density regions are made of polymethylmethacrylate or polycarbonate or styrene methyl methacrylate resin, the low density region is made of polymethylmethacrylate or styrene methyl methacrylate resin or polystyrene, wherein the material density is defined as its mass or weight per unit volume, wherein the high density regions are located in a region of the light guide plate corresponding to a region between two separate neighboring dot light sources, when a plurality of separate dot light sources are used as a side light source, wherein the high density regions are located in a triangular dark region on the light guide plate generated by two neighboring separate dot light sources.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the method comprises the following steps:
injecting a high density material in a first injection molding machine and forming a semi-finished molded part; and
transferring the semi-finished molded part to an injection unit of a second injection molding machine, pulling the core-pulling mold out, and injecting a low density material in an original core-pulling mold region.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the method comprises the following steps:
injecting a high density material in an injection molding machine and forming a semi-finished molded part; and
rotating the mold by 180°, pulling the core-pulling mold out, and injecting a low density material.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein a mold temperature for molding the light guide plate is 75° C.˜95° C., a melt temperature for molding the light guide plate is 210° C.˜250° C., an injection speed for molding the light guide plate is 6 mm/sec˜300 mm/sec, a pressure for molding the light guide plate is 80% of an injection pressure, a pressure time for molding the light guide plate is 1 second˜20 seconds.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the mold temperature for molding the light guide plate is 90° C., the melt temperature for molding the light guide plate is 230° C., the injection speed for molding the light guide plate is 100 mm/sec, the pressure for molding the light guide plate is 80% of an injection pressure, the pressure time for molding the light guide plate is 4 seconds.

Assignees

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

Inventors

• Zhang Zhidan
• Zhu Hongli
• Yoon Daekeun
• Ma Qing
• Chi Hai
• Li You

Classifications

• G02B6/0015 Primary

  provided on the surface of the light guide or in the bulk of it · CPC title

• G02B6/0018

  Redirecting means on the surface of the light guide · CPC title

• G02B6/0016 Primary

  Grooves, prisms, gratings, scattering particles or rough surfaces · CPC title

• G02B6/0065

  Manufacturing aspects; Material aspects · CPC title