Curved Display Backlight Module with Detachable Arc Fixing Components

Resolve Bottlenecks,
Find Innovative Solutions
Generate Solutions

Solution Overview

Problem

Current methods for manufacturing curved backplanes in display devices face challenges such as curvature accuracy deviations, thick and heavy structures due to mold size limitations, and inability to change curvature once molded, leading to unstable and inflexible designs.

Innovation Solution

A backlight module with a backplane and arc fixing components that allow for detachable curvature adjustment, featuring a backplane body with arc sides and arc fixing components that form a mounting groove for the backlight, enabling precise curvature control and replacement of arc fixing components for different curvatures, thus achieving a thinner and more flexible design.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Stability of the object's composition

If a mold is used to integrally form the curved backplane, then the curvature can be formed in one piece, but the thickness of the backplane becomes too large due to mold size limitations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecurvature stabilityVSAvoidbackplane thickness
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSLength of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The backplane is divided into a flat backplane body and separate arc fixing components. The arc fixing components are detachably installed on the backplane body to define the curvature, rather than forming the entire curved structure in one integral piece. This segmentation allows the backplane body to remain thin while achieving stable curvature through the attached arc components.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Manufacturing precision

If a mold is used to integrally form the curved backplane, then the curvature is fixed, but the curvature cannot be changed once molded

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecurvature accuracyVSAvoidcurvature changeability
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The arc fixing components are designed to be detachably installed on the backplane body, enabling the curvature to be dynamically adjusted. Different arc fixing components with different curvatures can be attached or detached as needed, allowing the same backplane body to adapt to different curvature requirements while maintaining manufacturing precision through standardized connection structures.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Length of moving object

If the backplane is bent in multiple sections and spliced, then the thickness can be reduced, but seams are produced resulting in deviations in curvature accuracy

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebackplane thicknessVSAvoidcurvature accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Length of moving objectVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

Instead of bending and splicing the backplane body itself into multiple sections, the invention segments the curvature-defining function into separate arc fixing components that attach to a flat backplane body. This avoids creating seams in the backplane structure while still achieving the desired curvature, thereby maintaining both thinness and curvature accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

4Length of moving object

If the backplane is bent in multiple sections and spliced, then processing becomes difficult, but the thickness can be controlled

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebackplane thicknessVSAvoidprocessing difficulty
Core Design Contradiction:
Length of moving objectVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The manufacturing process is simplified by producing a flat backplane body through standard processing, then separately manufacturing arc fixing components that define the curvature. These components are detachably assembled onto the backplane body, avoiding the difficulty of bending and splicing the backplane itself while maintaining controlled thickness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS11947219B2Backlight module and curved display device
Publication Date: 2024.04.02 BEIHAI HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECH CO LTD
  • US11947219B2 patent drawing
  • US11947219B2 patent drawing
  • US11947219B2 patent drawing

AI summary

Disclosed are a backlight module and a curved display device. The backlight module includes a backplane and a backlight. The backplane includes a backplane body and two arc fixing components. The backplane body is provided with two opposite arc sides and each arc fixing component is correspondingly detachably installed at each arc side to restrict a curvature of the backplane body. A mounting groove is formed by the cooperative enclosure of two arc fixing components and an inner surface of the backplane body. The backlight is provided into the mounting groove.