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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2003
Filed:
May. 11, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hui-Kai Chou, Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
Au Optronics Corp., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 7/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 7/04 ;
Abstract
A backlight device with an easily replaced lamp. The backlight device includes a frame, a lighting guide and at least one lamp assembly. The frame has an inner surface. The lighting guide is disposed inside the frame. The lamp assembly is disposed inside the frame and besides the lighting guide. A gap is provided between the inner surface of the frame and the lamp assembly to decrease the friction applied onto the lamp assembly.