US 12,461,412 B2
Display apparatus and means of transportation
Manrico Joseph, Ober-Ramstadt (DE); Martin Jekel, Bad Nauheim (DE); and Sait Kalender, Darmstadt (DE)
Assigned to CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH, Hannover (DE)
Filed by Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH, Hannover (DE)
Filed on May 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/204,215.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2022 205 566.7 (DE), filed on Jun. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0393432 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. G02F 1/13357 (2006.01)
CPC G02F 1/133605 (2013.01) [G02F 1/133603 (2013.01); G02F 1/133608 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display apparatus comprising:
a display panel; and
a backlight for the display panel, the backlight comprising:
a first module and a second module adjacent one another with each module having a reflector element, each reflector element having reflective walls defining a cavity,
wherein at least one end of the first module and at least one end the second module have a respective open end absent a reflective wall portion,
wherein provision is made between adjacent modules for thermal expansion of the modules, and
wherein a compensation element is disposed between the first and second modules at the respective open ends, the compensation element being reflective to complement the reflector elements of the modules; and
a light source arranged in each cavity.