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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2012
Lg Display Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
LG Display Co., Ltd., , KR;
Abstract
Discussed are a backlight unit and an LCD device including the same, which prevent the thermal deformation and movement of a light guide plate and realize uniform luminance. The backlight unit includes a supporting case supporting a supporting side wall having a receiving space, a light guide plate placed in the receiving space of the supporting case, a light source member irradiating light on a light incident surface prepared in a side surface of the light guide plate, an optical sheet member disposed on the light guide plate, and a plurality of holder members disposed at certain intervals between the supporting side wall and some side surfaces of the light guide plate except the light incident surface. The holder members are deformed in shape by thermal deformation of the light guide plate.