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US 8,491,142 B2Granted
Backlight assembly having fluorescent lamps and display device having the backlight assembly
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorHyun-Chul Bae
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Abstract
Provided is a backlight assembly which can be assembled with increased efficiency and has improved reliability. The backlight assembly includes a fluorescent lamp which includes a fluorescent lamp tube and a pair of lamp leads formed at each end of the fluorescent lamp tube, end caps which surround each end of the fluorescent lamp tube and fix the lamp leads in place, and a power supply terminal units which supply power to the lamp leads, wherein an end cap exposes at least part of each of the lamp leads corresponding thereto.
Claims20
A backlight assembly comprising:
- a fluorescent lamp comprising a fluorescent lamp tube and a plurality of lamp leads formed at an end of the fluorescent lamp tube;
- an end cap surrounding the end of the fluorescent lamp tube and fixing the lamp leads in place;
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- a power supply terminal unit supplying power to the lamp leads,
- wherein the end cap exposes at least part of each of the lamp leads, wherein the power supply terminal unit includes two opposite curved portions separated from each other, the two opposite curved portions jointly holding the exposed parts of the lamp leads.
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A display device comprising:
- a backlight assembly comprising a fluorescent lamp comprising a fluorescent lamp tube and a plurality of lamp leads formed at an end of the fluorescent lamp tube, an end cap surrounding the end of the fluorescent lamp tube and fixing the lamp leads in place, and a power supply terminal unit supplying power to the lamp leads;
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- a display panel which displays an image using light emitted from the backlight assembly,
- wherein the end cap exposes at least part of each of the lamp leads, and wherein the power supply terminal unit includes two opposite curved portions separated from each other, the two opposite curved portions jointly holding the exposed parts of the lamp leads.
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A backlight assembly comprising:
- a fluorescent lamp comprising a fluorescent lamp tube and a plurality of lamp leads formed at an end of the fluorescent lamp tube;
- an end cap surrounding the end of the fluorescent lamp tube and fixing the lamp leads in place;
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- a power supply terminal unit supplying power to the lamp leads,
- wherein the end cap exposes at least part of each of the lamp leads,
- wherein the lamp leads comprise a first lamp lead receiving a first power and a second lamp lead separated from the first lamp lead and receiving a second power,
- wherein the power supply terminal unit comprises a first power supply terminal contacting the first lamp lead and a second power supply terminal separated from the first power supply and contacting the second lamp lead,
- wherein the power supply terminal unit comprises a coupling portion coupled to the end cap and restricting movement of the end cap, and
- wherein the first power supply terminal comprises a first receiving portion, and the second power supply terminal comprises a second receiving portion, wherein a gap between the first receiving portion and the second receiving portion increases as the distance from the coupling portion increases.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.