Patent ID: 11906772
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC F  G

Claim 0:
1. A backlight module for a display, the backlight module comprising:
a light guide plate;
a plurality of light sources affixed to a printed circuit; and
an adhesive affixing the printed circuit to the light guide plate,
wherein the light guide plate comprises a body and a plurality of projections extending from the body, each of the plurality of projections comprising an extension portion that extends from the body of the light guide plate, and each of the plurality of projections comprising a first retention surface and a second retention surface, the two retention surfaces retaining two light sources of the plurality of light sources between the projection and the body of the light guide plate, respectively;
wherein the second retention surface extends from an end of the extension portion in a direction opposite to the first retention surface, the first retention surface retaining a first light source of the plurality of light sources between the first retention surface and an end face of the body of the light guide plate and the second retention surface retaining a different second light source of the plurality of light sources between the second retention surface and the end face of the body of the light guide plate; and
wherein the first retention surface and the second retention surface each defines a gap between said first and second retention surfaces and a first side of each of the respective first and second light sources.