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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2015
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
A display device includes a display panel which displays an image, a backlight unit which generates light and emits the light toward the display panel, a supporting member which supports edge parts of the display panel, and an accommodation member defining an accommodation space in which the backlight unit and the supporting member are disposed. In the accommodation space, the backlight unit includes a light source which generates the light, and a side-emitting lens which covers the light source and through which the light generated by the light source is emitted. In the accommodation space, the supporting member defines a plurality of stepped parts, where the plurality of stepped parts extended toward the light source has a light reflecting characteristic.