ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,471, issued on June 17, was assigned to Radiant Opto-Electronics Corp. (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).

"Curved backlight module and display device" was invented by Hui-Hua Hung (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Ying-Ting Chen (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Sung-Fu Wu (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) and Yi-Jen Chiu (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A curved backlight module includes a frame unit, a light source, and a diffuser plate. The frame unit includes a back frame, a curvature fixing member combined with the back frame, and at least one first positioning structure. The at least one first positioning structure is disposed on anyone of the back frame or the cu...