US 12,259,125 B2
Display device and means of transportation
Manrico Joseph, Ober-Ramstadt (DE); and Ralph Neupert, Kleinwallstadt (DE)
Assigned to Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH, Hannover (DE)
Filed by Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH, Hannover (DE)
Filed on May 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/199,477.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2022 205 083.5 (DE), filed on May 20, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0375154 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. F21V 7/00 (2006.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01)
CPC F21V 7/0083 (2013.01) [F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising a display panel and a backlight for the display panel, wherein the backlight comprises:
a reflector with a plurality of reflectively embodied cavities wherein the height of the reflector is about 3.72 mm;
a plurality of light sources arranged in each of the cavities;
support elements, which are transparent to light emitted by the light sources; and
a gap between the cavities and an optical component arranged below the display panel, wherein the support elements protrude at least partially into the gap between the cavities and the optical component arranged below the display panel, wherein the support elements are placed on walls of the cavities or are incorporated in walls of the cavities but do not contact the optical component, and prevent the display panel from breaking in a case of a head impact.