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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2012
Dae-hyoun Byoun, Seoul, KR;
Myeong-kuk Jin, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Jun-seok an, Suwon-si, KR;
Seung-bum Kim, Seoul, KR;
Dae-hyoun Byoun, Seoul, KR;
Myeong-kuk Jin, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Jun-seok An, Suwon-si, KR;
Seung-bum Kim, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A backlight unit and a display apparatus including the backlight unit are provided. The backlight unit includes: a light source unit which includes at least one light source which emits light, and a gap maintaining unit; a light guiding plate which guides the light emitted from the light source; and an elastic member which elastically biases the light source unit toward the light guiding plate so that the gap maintaining unit maintains a gap between the light source and the light guiding plate.