Structure for positioning optical films on a back light module of display

• US 6,773,127 B2
• Filed: 01/08/2003
• Issued: 08/10/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HannStar Display Corporation
• Original Assignee: HannStar Display Corporation
• Inventors: Kao, Hung-Chen
• Primary Examiner(s): Cariaso, Alan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tsidulko, Mark
• Application Number:
  US10/337,779
• Publication Number:
  US 20030231499A1
• Time in Patent Office: 580 Days
• Field of Search: 362/31, 362/26, 362/551, 362/555, 362/561, 362/581
• US Class Current: 362/627
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0021 for housing at least a part of the light source, e.g. by forming holes or recesses
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0088 of the light guide or other optical sheets in the package

Abstract

A positioning structure of a back light module has an optical film and a frame, wherein at least one flange is respectively disposed at two corresponding edges of the optical film and the flange has a neck portion. The frame is used to position the optical film and includes base, a constraining block and a bridge, wherein the base is used to contain the flange of the optical film, and the constraining block protrudes from the surface of the base and corresponds to the neck portion of the flange so as to restrict displacement of the flange parallel to the surface of the base, and the bridge is mounted on the top of the base to constrain the displacement of the flange perpendicular to the direction of the surface of the base. In addition, appropriate gaps are retained both between the constraining block and the neck portion of the flange, and between the bridge and the flange such that the optical film can freely extend when it is heated to deform.

Claims

1. A positioning structure of a back light module, comprising:

an optical film, comprising at least one flange respectively disposed at two corresponding edges thereof, and said flange comprising a neck portion having a narrower width than that of said flange; and

a frame, used to position said optical film, and comprising;

a base containing said flange of said optical film;

a constraining block, protruding from a surface of said base and corresponding to said neck portion of said flange so as to limit displacement of said flange parallel to the surface of said base; and

a bridge, mounted on the top of said base, limiting displacement of said flange perpendicular to the surface of said base,

wherein gaps as displacement space when said optical film is heated to deform are retained both between said constraining block and said neck portion of said flange, and between said bridge and said flange.

2. The positioning structure of claim 1, wherein said optical film consists of a plurality of rectangular planar thin films.

3. The positioning structure of claim 1, wherein gaps are retained between said positioning structure and the two edges of said optical film to provide the two edges of said optical film when heated to deform with extension space.

4. The positioning structure of claim 1, wherein said gap retained between said optical film and said frame is a deforming variation expectedly born by said optical film and said frame when heated plus a fabrication tolerance between said frame and said optical film.

5. The positioning structure of claim 4, wherein said deforming variation is associated with the sizes of said frame and said optical film, a thermal expansion coefficient and a predetermined temperature variation endured by said frame and said optical film.

6. The positioning structure of claim 4, wherein said fabrication tolerance between said frame and said optical film is the square root of the addition of the square of a tolerance value of said frame and the square of a tolerance value of said optical film.

7. The positioning structure of claim 1, wherein said bridge is integrated with said base in a piece.

8. A structure for positioning an optical film on a back light module of a display, comprising:

at least one flange disposed at an edge of said optical film, comprising a neck portion having a narrower width than that of said flange; and

a frame, used to position said optical film, and comprising;

a base containing said flange of said optical film;

a constraining block, protruding from a surface of said base and corresponding to said neck portion of said flange so as to limit displacement of said flange parallel to the surface of said base; and

a bridge, mounted on the top of said base, limiting displacement of said flange perpendicular to the surface of said base,

wherein gaps as displacement space when said optical film is heated to deform are retained both between said constraining block and said neck portion of said flange, and between said bridge and said flange.

9. The positioning structure of claim 8, wherein said optical film consists of a plurality of rectangular planar thin films.

10. The positioning structure of claim 8, wherein gaps are retained between said positioning structure and the two edges of said optical film to provide the two edges of said optical film when heated to deform with extension space.

11. The positioning structure of claim 8, wherein said gap retained between said optical film and said frame is a deforming variation expectedly born by said optical film and said frame when heated plus a fabrication tolerance between said frame and said optical film.

12. The positioning structure of claim 11, wherein said deforming variation is associated with the sizes of said frame and said optical film, a thermal expansion coefficient and a predetermined temperature variation endured by said frame and said optical film.

13. The positioning structure of claim 11, wherein said fabrication tolerance between said frame and said optical film is the square root of the addition of the square of a tolerance value of said frame and the square of a tolerance value of said optical film.

14. The positioning structure of claim 8, wherein said bridge is integrated with said base in a piece.