BACKLIGHT UNIT OF DISPLAY APPARATUS

• US 20100296310A1
• Filed: 05/21/2010
• Published: 11/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: JUNG, Il-yong, JEONG, Kyung-ock, JUNG, Myung-ryul, LEE, Dae-hee
• Granted Patent: US 8,439,552 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/606
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0088 of the light guide or other optical sheets in the package

Abstract

A backlight unit of a display apparatus is provided. The backlight unit includes a display housing, a light source which is arranged along an inner circumference the display housing, a light guide plate through which light of the light source is transmitted, and which forms surface light, an optical sheet which is disposed on an upper side of the light guide plate to upwardly diffuse the light of the light source transmitted through the light guide plate, a plurality of first fixing units, each of which fix both the light guide plate and the optical sheet, a plurality of second fixing units which support only the light guide plate, and a support frame which is connected to the display housing to fix the optical sheet to the display housing provisionally, and has a window formed on a surface corresponding to the light guide plate to allow light to pass therethrough.

Claims

1. A backlight unit of a display apparatus, the backlight unit comprising:

a display housing;

a light source which is arranged along an inner circumference the display housing;

a light guide plate through which light of the light source is transmitted, and which forms surface light;

an optical sheet which is disposed on an upper side of the light guide plate to upwardly diffuse the light of the light source transmitted through the light guide plate;

a plurality of first fixing units, each of which fix locations of the light guide plate and the optical sheet;

a plurality of second fixing units which support only the light guide plate; and

a support frame which is connected to the display housing to fix the optical sheet to the display housing provisionally, and has a window formed on a surface corresponding to the light guide plate to allow light to pass therethrough,

wherein the light source, the light guide plate, the first fixing units, and the second fixing units are disposed between the display housing and the support frame.

2. The backlight unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of first fixing units comprises:

a first fixing projection which is connected to a housing of the display apparatus;

a first support groove which is formed in an outer side edge of the light guide plate at a position corresponding to the first fixing projection; and

an optical sheet opening which is formed in the optical guide sheet at a position corresponding to the first support groove and through which the first fixing projection is inserted

3. The backlight unit as claimed in claim 2, wherein the plurality of first fixing units are disposed symmetrically on an upper side and a lower side of the light guide plate.

4. The backlight unit as claimed in claim 2, wherein each of the plurality of second fixing units comprises:

a second fixing projection which is connected to the housing of the display apparatus; and

a second support groove which is formed in the outer side edge of the light guide plate at a position corresponding to the second fixing projection.

5. The backlight unit as claimed in claim 4, wherein the plurality of second fixing units support an upper side, a lower side, a left side and a right side of the light guide plate.

6. The backlight unit as claimed in claim 5, wherein the plurality of second fixing units are disposed symmetrically at one position between the plurality of first fixing units at the upper side of the light guide plate and one position between the plurality of first fixing units at the lower side of the light guide plate, and disposed symmetrically at two positions at the left side of the light guide plate and two positions at the right side of the light guide plate.

7. The backlight unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first fixing projection and the second fixing projection are configured with the same component part.

8. The backlight unit as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first fixing projection comprises:

a first portion which supports the optical sheet; and

a second portion which supports the light guide plate.

9. The backlight unit as claimed in claim 8, wherein the first portion and the second portion have different diameters or widths.

10. The backlight unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the light source comprises a plurality of light emitting diodes disposed at a periphery of the light guide plate.

11. The backlight unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second fixing units do not support the optical sheet.

12. The backlight unit as claimed in claim 4, wherein each of the first fixing projection and the second fixing projection is an opaque material.

16. The backlight unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of first fixing units are disposed symmetrically on an upper side and a lower side of the light guide plate.

13. A backlight unit of a display apparatus, the backlight unit comprising:

a light source which emits light;

a light guide plate through which the light emitted by the light source is transmitted; and

an optical sheet which diffuses the light emitted by the light source and transmitted through the light guide plate,

wherein the light guide plate comprises at least one support groove which is formed in an outer portion of the light guide plate and through which a fixing projection is inserted to fix and support the light guide plate, and

the optical sheet comprises at least one opening which is formed in an outer portion of the optical sheet at a position corresponding to the at least one support groove and through which the fixing projection is inserted to fix and support the optical sheet.

14. The backlight unit as claimed in claim 13, the light guide plate comprises a plurality of support grooves which are formed in opposite side edges of the light guide plate and through which fixing projections are inserted to fix and support the light guide plate, and

the optical sheet comprises a plurality of openings which are formed in outer side portions of the optical sheet and through which the fixing projections are inserted to fix and support the optical sheet.

15. The backlight unit as claimed in claim 13, the first fixing projection comprises:

a first portion which supports the optical sheet; and

a second portion which supports the light guide plate, wherein the first portion and the second portion have different diameters or widths.