Patent ID: 8152350
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A sidelight-type backlight module comprising: a casing body defining a receiving space and including a side frame strip; a light-guiding plate disposed in said receiving space of said casing body and having a side edge that faces toward said side frame strip, said light-guiding plate further having a surface; a light-emitting unit disposed at said side frame strip and including a plurality of light-emitting diode members that face toward said side edge of said light-guiding plate; a reflector plate disposed at said surface of said light-guiding plate and having an extension part, said extension part extending beyond said side edge of said light-guiding plate that faces toward said light-emitting unit; and a reflector component having a light-reflecting face that is spaced apart from said reflector plate, said light-emitting diode members being disposed between said extension part of said reflector plate and said light-reflecting face of said reflector component; said reflector component includes a reflector body made of a light-reflective material, said light-reflecting face being a surface of said reflector body; said casing body is substantially frame-shaped, said reflector body of said reflector component and said side frame strip of said casing body being interconnected to form a structure that has a substantially L-shaped cross section, said casing body being made of a light-reflective material.