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US 8,506,154 B2Granted
Optical assembly and display apparatus thereof
AssigneeLG Innotek Co., Ltd.
InventorsKum Tae Lee, Min Sang Kim, Moon Jeong Kim, Sung Young Park, Jeong Hwan Kim
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Abstract
An optical assembly is provided that may include a light emitting module that includes a plurality of light emitting devices to emit light, a light guide plate, and a side cover. The light guide plate may include at least one protrusion on a top surface of a first part of the light guide plate. The side cover includes a plurality of holes to receive the at least one protrusion.
Claims19
An optical assembly comprising:
- a light emitting module that includes a plurality of light emitting devices to emit light;
- a light guide plate that includes a first part to receive light from the light emitting devices, a second part to output the light, which is received from the first part, through a top surface thereof, and at least one protrusion on a top surface of the first part, wherein the light guide plate includes a step portion between the first part and the second part;
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- a side cover provided at one side of the light emitting module that surrounds a portion of the light emitting module and couples the light guide plate and the light emitting module, and the side cover includes a plurality of holes to receive the at least one protrusion,
- wherein the side cover includes a first side cover over a portion of the first part of the light guide plate and over the light emitting module, and a second side cover under the light emitting module and a portion of the light guide plate, wherein the plurality of holes are provided in the first side cover.
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An optical assembly comprising:
- a light emitting module that includes a plurality of light emitting devices to emit light;
- a light guide plate that includes a first part to receive light from the light emitting devices, a second part to output light received from the first part, and a plurality of protrusions on a surface of the first part, wherein the second part has an inclined surface, wherein the light guide plate includes a step portion between the first part and the second part;
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- a side cover having a plurality of holes to receive the plurality of protrusions, the side cover provided over a portion of the first part of the light guide plate, at a side of the light emitting module and under the light emitting module, the side cover to couple the light guide plate and the light emitting module,
- wherein the side cover includes a first side cover over a portion of the first part of the light guide plate and over the light emitting module, and a second side cover under the light emitting module and a portion of the light guide plate, wherein the plurality of holes are provided in the first side cover.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.