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US 9,851,486 B2Granted
Lighting unit
AssigneeLG Innotek Co., Ltd.
InventorsMan Hue Choi, Min Jae Kim, Bi Yi Kim, Se Woong Na, Hyun Gyu Park, In Hee Cho, Seung Kwon Hong
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Abstract
Provided is a lighting unit, including: a support substrate; a light guide plate for guiding light generated from a light source; and a first stopper fixed to the support substrate and configured to support the light guide plate.
Claims16
A lighting unit, comprising:
- a support substrate;
- a printed circuit board disposed on the support substrate;
- a light guide plate for guiding light generated from a light source;
- a first stopper fixed to the support substrate, protruding therefrom in a first direction, and configured to support the light guide plate;
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- a second stopper fixed to the support substrate, protruding therefrom in a second direction different from the first direction, and configured to support the light guide plate;
- wherein the first stopper is spaced apart from the printed circuit board,
- wherein the first stopper and the second stopper are in direct contact with a same side of the light guide plate,
- wherein each of the first stopper and the second stopper has an overlap region in the second direction, and
- wherein an area of the overlap region of the first stopper is smaller than an area of a side surface of the second stopper in the second direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.