ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,156, issued on March 24, was assigned to DARWIN PRECISIONS Corp. (Hsinchu County, Taiwan).
"Backlight module" was invented by Wen-Tai Shen (Hsinchu County, Taiwan) and Jia Wei Xu (Hsinchu County, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A backlight module includes a reflective element, a plurality of light-emitting elements, and a light diffusion plate. The reflective element has a first surface, a second surface, and a plurality of light source grooves. The first surface is opposite to the second surface. The light source groove extends from the first surface to the second surface and has a light-emitting outlet on the first surface. ...