Double-Side Display Backlight Fixing Structure for Weight Reduction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional double-side display devices are excessively heavy due to their design, which hinders space utilization and requires a thinner form factor to meet commercial display requirements, particularly in the context of liquid crystal displays that rely on bulky backlight modules.

Innovation Solution

A fixing structure for the backlight module comprising multiple integrally formed fixing parts that cooperate to securely attach and position the light guide plate and liquid crystal module, allowing for a compact and lightweight double-side display device design, with parts shared from the same mold to reduce production costs.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If two independent display devices are combined to achieve double-side display function, then the display function is achieved, but the device becomes excessively heavy and occupies more space

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedouble-side display functionVSAvoiddevice weight
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSWeight of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines two display devices into a single integrated unit by sharing common components (backlight module, light guide plate, fixing structure) between front and rear displays, thereby achieving double-side display functionality while significantly reducing overall weight compared to using two independent devices

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The shared backlight module and light guide plate serve dual purposes by providing illumination for both the front and rear display screens simultaneously, allowing a single component to fulfill multiple functions and reduce the total component count

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Adaptability or versatility

If two independent display devices are combined to achieve double-side display function, then the display function is achieved, but space utilization is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedouble-side display functionVSAvoidspace occupation
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSArea of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

By merging two display devices into one integrated unit with shared structural components, the patent reduces the overall footprint and space occupation while maintaining dual-sided display capability, improving space utilization in installation environments

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Reliability

If a conventional backlight module is used in liquid crystal display, then the display function is achieved, but the overall thickness increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay functionVSAvoidmodule thickness
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLength of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the backlight module into thinner sub-components and reconfigures their arrangement, particularly by separating the light guide plate from the backlight unit and positioning it at the display surface, thereby reducing the overall thickness of the liquid crystal module while maintaining display functionality

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS10088700B2Double-side display device and fixing structure for backlight module of the same
Publication Date: 2018.10.02 TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO LTD
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AI summary

A double-side display device and a fixing structure of a backlight module of the same. The fixing structure includes: a first fixing part, a second fixing part, and a third fixing part, wherein the first fixing part includes a first main body portion, a first carrying portion and a first connection portion formed integrally; the second fixing part includes a second connection portion and a second carrying portion formed integrally, the second connection portion is detachably connected with the first connection portion; and the third fixing part includes a third main body portion, a third carrying portion and a third connection portion formed integrally, wherein the third connection portion is used for fixing and connecting with the first fixing part. The fixing structure for the backlight module realize the fixing to the backlight module through multiple fixing parts which is simple in structure, and the assembly process is simple.