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Curved display device and method of manufacturing the same

  • US 10,036,845 B2
  • Filed: 02/18/2016
  • Issued: 07/31/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A curved display device comprising:

  • a curved backlight unit comprising;

    a light source which generates light; and

    a curved light guide plate which receives the light from the light source, the curved light guide plate defining;

    a light incident surface which faces the light source, the light incident surface curved along a first direction when viewed from the light source; and

    an opposite surface facing the light incident surface in a second direction crossing the first direction,wherein a thickness of the curved light guide plate decreases along the second direction from the curved light incident surface to the opposite surface;

    a curved display panel which is disposed on the curved backlight unit and receives the light generated by the curved backlight unit to display an image; and

    a curved bottom chassis on which the curved backlight unit and the curved display panel are supported, the curved bottom chassis curved in the first direction along which the light incident surface of the curved light guide plate is curved, wherein a thickness of the curved bottom chassis decreases along the second direction from the curved light incident surface of the curved light guide plate to the opposite surface thereof.

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