Mobile Terminal Medium Casing for Wide Visual Area

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing mobile terminals have a wide rim frame due to the structure of their backlight modules, which limits the visual area and increases production complexity and costs.

Innovation Solution

A mobile terminal medium casing with a receiving groove housing a reflective sheet, light guiding plate, and optical sheet group, integrated with a light source assembly, which eliminates the need for a separate back plate and frame sealing glue, allowing for a thinner design and increased visual area.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Area of stationary object

If a traditional backlight module structure with back plate, adhesive frame, light source assembly, reflective sheet, light guiding plate and optical sheet group is used, then the backlighting function is achieved, but the rim frame becomes wide and the visual area is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevisual areaVSAvoidrim frame width
Core Design Contradiction:
Area of stationary objectVSLength of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the back plate and adhesive frame into a single integrated casing body. The casing body directly receives and secures the light guiding plate and optical sheets without requiring a separate back plate and adhesive frame, thereby eliminating the need for these additional components and reducing the overall rim frame width.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent extracts and eliminates unnecessary components from the traditional backlight module structure. By removing the back plate and adhesive frame, the design achieves a more compact structure with reduced rim frame width while maintaining the essential backlighting functionality through the integrated casing body.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Ease of manufacture

If a traditional backlight module with multiple separate components is used, then the backlighting function is achieved, but the production process becomes complex and costs increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveproduction process simplicityVSAvoidbacklight module structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple separate components (back plate and adhesive frame) into a single integrated casing body. This reduction in component count simplifies the production process by reducing the number of assembly steps and materials required, thereby improving ease of manufacture and reducing production costs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

This design reduces the rim frame of the mobile terminal, enhances the visual area, simplifies the production process, and lowers manufacturing costs while maintaining effective backlighting for the display panel.

Implementation Method 1

a light source assembly within the receiving groove, an illuminant of the light source assembly being located at a light incidence side of the light guiding plate

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectLight Emitting Diode: Light Emitting Diode

Implementation Method 2

a reflective sheet, a light guiding plate and an optical sheet group laminated in order, in a direction apart away from a bottom of the receiving groove, on the bottom of the receiving groove

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectReflection: Reflection

Implementation Method 3

a light guiding plate and an optical sheet group laminated in order

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectRefraction: Refraction

Implementation Method 4

a light guiding plate and an optical sheet group laminated in order, in a direction apart away from a bottom of the receiving groove, on the bottom of the receiving groove

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectTotal Internal Reflection: Total Internal Reflection

Implementation Method 5

The optical sheet group comprises a diffuser sheet, a lower prism sheet and an upper prism sheet laminated in that order over the light guiding plate

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectDiffusion: Diffusion

Implementation Method 6

a diffuser sheet, a lower prism sheet and an upper prism sheet laminated in that order over the light guiding plate

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectRefraction: Refraction

Data Source

PatentUS10203451B2Mobile terminal medium casing and mobile terminal
Publication Date: 2019.02.12 BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO LTD
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AI summary

The disclosure provides a mobile terminal medium casing and a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal medium casing includes a casing body having a receiving groove; a reflective sheet, a light guiding plate and an optical sheet group laminated in order, in a direction away from a bottom of the receiving groove, on the bottom of the receiving groove; and a light source assembly located in the receiving groove, an illuminant of the light source assembly being located at a light incidence side of the light guiding plate.