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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/0038 (2013.01); G02B 6/0016 (2013.01); G02B 6/0036 (2013.01); G02B 6/0058 (2013.01); G02B 6/0068 (2013.01); G02B 6/0073 (2013.01);
Abstract
A backlight unit includes: a lower case including a bottom portion and a side portion on an edge of the bottom portion, a light guide plate accommodated in the lower case, and a light source module including a circuit board between the light guide plate and the side portion of the lower case and a light source on the circuit board, where the light guide plate includes a first light collecting pattern on a lower surface of the light guide plate, and a second light collecting pattern on the lower surface of the light guide plate and between the light source module and the first light collecting pattern.