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US 9,519,098 B2Granted
Backlight unit and liquid crystal display including the same
AssigneeLG Display Co., Ltd.
InventorsYeounJei Jung, SeHwan Park
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Abstract
A backlight unit for a liquid crystal display (LCD) device is capable of allowing a narrower bezel by reducing a size of a support main in the liquid crystal display (LCD) device. The backlight unit includes the support main in which an alignment hole is formed on at least one side.
Claims15
A backlight unit comprising:
- a light source including a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) and a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) mounted on the FPCB;
- a light guide plate adjacent to the LEDs of the light source;
- a support main with upper and lower surfaces open and supporting the light source and the light guide plate;
- an alignment hole on a side of the support main with a center spaced apart by a first distance from a vertex of the support main;
- and
- an extending portion extending to an inner side of the support main from the center of the alignment hole by the first distance.
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A backlight unit comprising:
- a light source including a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) and a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) mounted on the FPCB;
- a light guide plate adjacent to the LEDs of the light source;
- a support main with upper and lower surfaces open and supporting the light source and the light guide plate and having an angled corner;
- and
- an alignment hole on the angled corner having a semicircular shape having a center at an edge of the angled corner.
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A liquid crystal display (LCD) device comprising:
- a liquid crystal panel to display an image and having an alignment key on one side;
- and
- a backlight unit below the liquid crystal panel and to supply light to the liquid crystal panel,
- wherein the backlight unit comprises:
- a light source including a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) and a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) mounted on the FPCB;
- a light guide plate adjacent to the LEDs;
- and
- a support main with upper and lower surfaces open and supporting the light source and the light guide plate and having an alignment hole on a side,
- wherein the support main has an extending portion extending to an inner side of the support main from the alignment hole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.