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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2012
Seungin Baek, Seoul, KR;
Taek-sun Shin, Cheonan-si, KR;
Rae-young Kim, Seoul, KR;
Jinsung Choi, Cheonan-si, KR;
Seungin Baek, Seoul, KR;
Taek-Sun Shin, Cheonan-si, KR;
Rae-Young Kim, Seoul, KR;
Jinsung Choi, Cheonan-si, KR;
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., , KR;
Abstract
A backlight unit includes a light guide plate and a light source unit. The light guide plate includes an exit surface which has a polygonal shape, a lower surface which faces the exit surface, and side surfaces which connect the exit surface and the lower surface. The light guide plate guides a light such that that light exits from the exit surface. The light source unit includes a plurality of light sources which provide the light to the light guide plate. The light guide plate includes a protrusion which protrudes from an end of the lower surface in a direction opposite to the exit surface. The protrusion includes a first inclination surface which is connected to one of the side surfaces, and a second inclination surface which connects the first inclination surface and the lower surface to each other.