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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2016
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Yongkwon Soh, Seongnam-si, KR;
Joohyuk Park, Asan-si, KR;
Kyunghoon Chae, Asan-si, KR;
Sungyeon Hwang, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Jinhyoung Kim, Seoul, KR;
SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
A display apparatus includes a display panel which generates and display an image with light, the display panel curved at a first mean curvature with respect to a bending axis and defining a display surface thereof at which the image is displayed; a backlight unit includes a light source which generates the light, and a curved light guide plate which receives the light from the light source and provides the received light to the display panel, the light guide plate; and a protection member in which the backlight unit is accommodated, the protection member curved at a second mean curvature with respect to the bending axis, the second mean curvature being different from the first mean curvature.