Liquid crystal display device comprising a pad in contact with a light guide and maintaining a distance between a panel guide and a backlight assembly
AssigneeLG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
InventorKyoung Sub Kim
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Abstract
A liquid crystal display device that can prevent optical sheets from being damaged and wrinkled by a panel guide. In the device, a backlight assembly radiates a light onto the liquid crystal panel. A panel guide is provided between the backlight assembly and the liquid crystal panel to support the liquid crystal panel. A pad is provided between the panel guide and the backlight assembly to maintain a distance between the panel guide and the backlight assembly and to shut off a heat and a foreign substance flowing into the liquid crystal panel.
Claims18
A liquid crystal display device, comprising:
- a liquid crystal panel;
- a backlight assembly for radiating a light onto the liquid crystal panel, said backlight assembly having a light source and a light guide;
- optical sheets on the backlight assembly;
- a panel guide provided between the backlight assembly and the liquid crystal panel to support the liquid crystal panel;
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- a pad provided between the panel guide and the backlight assembly, in contact with the light guide, and fully offset from the light source and maintaining a distance between the panel guide and the backlight assembly.
A liquid crystal display device, comprising:
- a main frame;
- a liquid crystal panel;
- a backlight assembly arranged with the main frame for radiating light onto the liquid crystal panel, comprising:
- a lamp;
- a lamp housing;
- and
- a light guide;
- optical sheets:
- a panel guide provided between the backlight assembly and the liquid crystal panel for supporting the liquid crystal panel, wherein the panel guide and the main frame enclose a portion of the backlight assembly;
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- a first pad provided between the panel guide and the light guide and in contact with the light guide separating the liquid crystal panel and the optical sheets from the lamp, said pad fully overlapping the light guide.
A liquid crystal display device, comprising:
- a liquid crystal panel;
- a backlight assembly for radiating a light onto the liquid crystal panel, said backlight assembly having a light source and a light guide;
- optical sheets on the backlight assembly;
- a panel guide provided between the backlight assembly and the liquid crystal panel to support the liquid crystal panel;
- a pad provided between the panel guide and the backlight assembly in contact with the light guide and fully offset from the light source, said pad maintaining a distance between the panel guide and the backlight assembly,
- wherein said panel guide has a depression therein for receiving the pad.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.