Patent ID: 7357556
Filing Date: 2008-04-15
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A reflector for use in a backlight module, the backlight module including a light source and a light guide plate, the light guide plate including a light-entry surface and a light-emitting surface, substantially normal to the light-entry surface, wherein the light source emits light of which a first portion is adapted to be received by the light-entry surface and emitted outward from the light-emitting surface via an inner portion of the light guide plate, the reflector comprising: a body, defining a space for receiving the light source, wherein the body comprises a first end portion and a second end portion to define an opening, the light-entry surface of the light guide plate substantially faces the light source through the opening, and the first end portion is disposed proximal to the light-emitting surface, whereas the second end portion is disposed distal to the light-emitting surface; and a protruding structure, physically formed on the first end portion and facing the second end portion so that a second portion of the light emitted from the light source is adapted to scatter into the light guide plate through the protruding structure.