US 12,197,078 B2
Display modules with direct-lit backlight units
Meizi Jiao, San Jose, CA (US); Joshua A. Spechler, Campbell, CA (US); Jie Xiang, San Jose, CA (US); Zhenyue Luo, Campbell, CA (US); Chungjae Lee, San Jose, CA (US); Morteza Amoorezaei, San Jose, CA (US); Mengyang Liang, San Mateo, CA (US); Xinyu Zhu, San Jose, CA (US); Mingxia Gu, Campbell, CA (US); Jun Qi, San Jose, CA (US); Eric L. Benson, Burlingame, CA (US); Victor H. Yin, Cupertino, CA (US); Youchul Jeong, Cupertino, CA (US); Xiang Fang, San Diego, CA (US); Yanming Li, San Jose, CA (US); Michael J. Lee, Oakland, CA (US); Marianna C. Sbordone, San Jose, CA (US); Ari P. Miller, San Francisco, CA (US); Edward J. Cooper, Campbell, CA (US); Michael C. Sulkis, San Francisco, CA (US); Francesco Ferretti, Morgan Hill, CA (US); Seth G. McFarland, Trinidad, CA (US); Mary M. Morrison, Austin, TX (US); Eric N. Vergo, Austin, TX (US); Terence Chan, San Jose, CA (US); Ian A. Guy, Santa Cruz, CA (US); Keith J. Hendren, Santa Cruz, CA (US); and Sunitha Chandra, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/533,395.
Application 18/533,395 is a continuation of application No. 17/519,344, filed on Nov. 4, 2021, granted, now 11,874,559.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/247,722, filed on Sep. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/247,715, filed on Sep. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/247,735, filed on Sep. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0126120 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G02F 1/13357 (2006.01); G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G02F 1/133611 (2013.01) [G02F 1/13338 (2013.01); G02F 1/133514 (2013.01); G02F 1/133603 (2013.01); G02F 1/133605 (2013.01); G02F 1/133606 (2013.01); G02F 1/133607 (2021.01); G02F 1/133608 (2013.01); G02F 1/133614 (2021.01); G06F 1/16 (2013.01); G06F 1/1662 (2013.01); G06F 1/169 (2013.01); G02F 2202/28 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a liquid crystal display panel;
a backlight unit that provides backlight for the liquid crystal display panel, wherein the backlight unit comprises:
an array of light-emitting diodes arranged in a light-emitting area, wherein the light-emitting area has a notch;
a bracket that overlaps the notch; and
foam that is interposed between the bracket and the liquid crystal display panel; and
an input-output component in the notch.