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Directional backlight

  • US 9,835,792 B2
  • Filed: 10/07/2015
  • Issued: 12/05/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A light source array parallel connection assembly for a directional backlight, the assembly comprising:

  • a mounting strip including an electrical insulator layer extending in a lateral direction, the mounting strip including an end portion and a base portion;

    an array of light sources mounted to the end portion of the mounting strip arrayed in said lateral direction, and arranged to output light in a forward direction;

    separate conductive tracks connected to each respective light source formed on the electrical insulator layer of the mounting strip and extending from the end portion onto the base portion; and

    plural flat connectors, each comprising an array of separate conductive tracks, the flat connectors being mounted in a stack on the base portion of the mounting strip, each conductive track on the mounting strip being electrically connected to a respective conductive track of one of the flat connectors, the flat connectors extending in said lateral direction along the base portion to outside the base portion, allowing electrical connection to be made to the conductive tracks of the flat connectors outside the base portion.

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