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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2018
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Tae-hee Jeon, Namyangju-si, KR;
Dae-young Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Hyung-ki Kim, Anyang-si, KR;
Gong-hee Lee, Seoul, KR;
Duk-jin Jeon, Bucheon-si, KR;
Jai-ho Jeong, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A display apparatus includes a display panel, a light guide plate disposed behind the display panel, the light guide plate being lengthwise or widthwise smaller than the display panel, a light source disposed adjacent to a first lateral surface of the light guide plate and irradiates light onto the first lateral surface, a back chassis disposed behind the light guide plate and supports a back surface of the light guide plate and a support structure disposed along a second lateral surface of the light guide plate different from the first lateral surface of the light guide plate. Further, the support structure includes light blocking protrusion that blocks a portion of the second lateral surface.