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Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016

Filed:

Jan. 27, 2014
Applicant:

Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;

Inventors:

Seul-Gi Kim, Seoul, KR;

Donghyeon Lee, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/0031 (2013.01); G02B 6/0025 (2013.01); G02B 6/0091 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract

A display device includes a light guide unit, a light source, a display panel and a protective member. The light guide unit includes a first surface, a second surface facing the first surface, and a plurality of connecting surfaces connecting the first surface and the second surface to each other, and guides a light which is incident to a connecting surface to the first surface. The light source provides light to the connecting surface. The display panel displays an image using the light provided from the first surface of the light guide unit. The protective member includes a plurality of reflective patterns facing another connecting surface among the plurality connecting surfaces, provides the light leaked from the light guide unit to the another connecting surface, and accommodates the light guide unit, the light source and the display panel therein.


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