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Liquid crystal display device

US8730425B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 29, 2010
Grant dateMay 20, 2014
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Expiry dateMay 18, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F2201/46
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel; a backlight unit disposed under the liquid crystal panel and providing a light to the liquid crystal panel, the backlight unit including a reflective sheet, a light guide plate on the reflective sheet, an optical sheet on the light guide plate and a light emitting diode (LED) assembly at one side of the light guide plate, the light emitting diode assembly including at least one LED as a light source; a main frame that surrounds sides of the liquid crystal panel and the backlight unit, the main frame including a first portion, where the LED assembly is fixed, and a second portion extending from the first portion, the second portion covering a top portion of the LED assembly; a bottom frame under the reflective sheet and being combined with the main frame; and a top frame that surrounds an edge of the liquid crystal panel and attaches to the bottom frame and the main frame.

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