Backlight unit of liquid crystal display device and method of assembling the same
AssigneeLG Display Co., Ltd.
InventorKyoung Sub Kim
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Abstract
A backlight unit of a liquid crystal display device and a method of assembling the same which makes it easy to inspect for impurities and for reducing damage to an optical sheet. The backlight unit includes a lamp assembly; a light guide panel for providing the light from the lamp assembly incident to a display panel; and a bottom cover for supporting the lamp assembly and the light guide panel, wherein the distance between the lamp assembly located at opposite edges of the bottom cover is longer than the length of the light guide panel.
Claims7
A backlight unit of a liquid crystal display device, which comprises:
- a lamp assembly including a light source for generating light and a lamp housing installed in a shape to cover the light source for reflecting light;
- a light guide panel for including the light from the lamp assembly incident to a display panel;
- and
- a bottom cover for supporting the lamp assembly and the light guide panel, wherein
- the distance between the lamp assembly located at opposite edges of the bottom cover is longer than the length of the light guide panel.
A method of assembling a backlight unit of a liquid crystal display device, comprising steps of:
- providing a bottom cover;
- installing a lamp assembly at both edges of a bottom cover;
- installing a reflection plate on the bottom cover where the lamp assembly is installed;
- disposing a light guide panel on the reflection plate;
- depositing a plurality of optical sheets on the light guide panel;
- and installing a main support on the optical sheets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.