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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2006
Seong-sik Choi, Seoul, KR;
Kyung-rok Ko, Suwon-si, KR;
Du-hwan Chung, Suwon-si, KR;
Min-ho OK, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Seong-Sik Choi, Seoul, KR;
Kyung-Rok Ko, Suwon-si, KR;
Du-Hwan Chung, Suwon-si, KR;
Min-Ho Ok, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Abstract
A backlight assembly includes a container, a plurality of lamps and a lamp-fixing member. The container includes a bottom face and side faces extending therefrom that define a receiving space. The lamps are arranged in parallel with each other in the container. The lamp-fixing member includes a support body installed in the container and arranged in a direction intersecting a lengthwise direction of extension of each of the lamps, a lamp-fixing portion protruding from the support body and covering a respective lamp, and a boss protruding from an inner face of the lamp-fixing portion and extending toward a center of the respective lamp to fix the respective lamp with a corresponding lamp-fixing portion via a point or line contact. Thus, a local decrease in temperature of the lamp covered by the lamp-fixing portion may be prevented to improve image display quality by preventing or eliminating dark spots.