Lamp support unit and backlight assembly and liquid crystal display including the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsKyung Ko, Jae Chun, John Han, Young Lee, Hyun Park, Joo Kim
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a lamp support capable of stably and firmly mounting a lamp, and a backlight assembly and a liquid crystal display including the lamp support unit. The lamp support unit includes a socket housing, a socket terminal disposed in the socket housing gripping a lead of a lamp and a supporting member installed to the socket housing and supporting a lamp tube of the lamp.
Claims46
A lamp support unit, comprising:
- a socket housing;
- a socket terminal disposed in the socket housing gripping a lead of a lamp;
- and
- a supporting member installed to the socket housing supporting a lamp tube of the lamp.
A backlight assembly, comprising:
- a lamp;
- and
- a lamp support unit supporting at least one end of the lamp,
- wherein the lamp support unit comprises a socket housing, a socket terminal disposed in the socket housing and gripping a lead of the lamp and a supporting member installed to the socket housing and supporting a lamp tube of the lamp.
A liquid crystal display, comprising:
- a liquid crystal display panel;
- a lamp installed below the liquid crystal display panel, the lamp comprising a lead and a lamp tube;
- and
- a lamp support unit supporting at least one end of the lamp,
- wherein the lamp support unit comprises:
- a socket housing;
- a socket terminal disposed in the socket housing and gripping the lead;
- and
- a supporting member installed to the socket housing and supporting the lamp tube.
A lamp support unit, comprising:
- a connecting portion fixed to a receiving case of a liquid crystal display;
- and
- a clip-shaped gripping arm extending from the connecting portion forming a tube seating groove that surrounds a part of an outer circumference of a lamp tube.
A backlight assembly, comprising:
- a light guide plate;
- a lamp disposed at one side of the light guide plate;
- and
- a lamp support unit supporting at least one end of the lamp,
- wherein the lamp support unit comprises:
- a connecting portion fixed to a receiving case of a liquid crystal display;
- and
- a clip-shaped gripping arm extending from the connecting portion and forming a tube seating groove that surrounds a part of an outer circumference of a lamp tube.
A liquid crystal display, comprising:
- a liquid crystal display panel;
- a backlight assembly comprising
- a light guide plate installed below the liquid crystal display panel;
- and
- a lamp support unit fixing a lamp to one side of the light guide plate;
- and
- a receiving case accommodating the liquid crystal display panel and the backlight assembly,
- wherein the lamp support unit comprises:
- a connecting portion fixed to the receiving case of the liquid crystal display;
- and
- a clip-shaped gripping arm extending from the connecting portion and forming a tube seating groove that surrounds a part of an outer circumference of a lamp tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.