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US 8,913,214 B2Granted
Backlight assembly and liquid crystal display device having the same
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorsYong-Seok Yang, Joo-Young Kim, Jung-Tae Kang, Jin-Ho Ha
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Abstract
A backlight assembly includes at least one lamp including a lamp electrode, at least one lamp socket holding the lamp, an inverter applying electric power to the lamp, and a receiving container including a socket receiving portion corresponding to an end portion of the lamp to receive the lamp socket and an inverter receiving portion for receiving the inverter. Therefore, a manufacturing process may be simplified, and manufacturing costs is decreased.
Claims13
A backlight assembly comprising:
- at least one lamp including a lamp electrode;
- at least one lamp socket holding the lamp;
- an inverter applying electric power to the lamp;
- and
- a receiving container comprising a socket receiving portion corresponding to an end portion of the lamp to receive the lamp socket, and an inverter receiving portion for receiving the inverter, the socket receiving portion and inverter receiving portion defining a single unitary indivisible part,
- wherein the socket receiving portion is formed at an extended sidewall that protrudes from an upper side of a longitudinal sidewall;
- wherein the longitudinal sidewall protrudes along and from a longitudinal edge of a bottom plate of the receiving container, which defines a longer side of the receiving container.
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A liquid crystal display (LCD) device comprising:
- an LCD panel displaying an image;
- and
- a backlight assembly supplying the LCD panel with light, the backlight assembly comprising:
- at least one lamp comprising a lamp electrode;
- at least one lamp socket holding the lamp electrode;
- an inverter applying electric power to the lamp;
- and
- a receiving container including a socket receiving portion corresponding to an end portion of the lamp to receive the lamp socket, and an inverter receiving portion for receiving the inverter, the socket receiving portion and inverter receiving portion defining a single unitary indivisible part,
- wherein the socket receiving portion is formed at an extended sidewall that protrudes from an upper side of a longitudinal sidewall;
- wherein the longitudinal sidewall protrudes along and from a longitudinal edge of a bottom plate of the receiving container, which defines a longer side of the receiving container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.