Display devices having rounded corner backlight unit
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1. A mold frame for a display device comprising:
- means for receiving a display device light source;
means for receiving a display device light guide panel such that the light guide panel is disposed adjacent and spaced apart from the light source; and
means for fixing the light guide panel in spaced apart relation to the light source, the fixing means including at least one rounded corner, the rounded corner operative to reduce non-uniform concentration of light from the light source in the light guide panel.
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Abstract
A backlight unit for a display device includes a mold frame and a light guide panel. The mold frame includes a groove having at least one rounded corner. The light guide panel is on the mold frame and includes a light guide projection in the groove, having at least one rounded corner corresponding to the at least one rounded corner of the mold frame groove.
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1. A mold frame for a display device comprising:
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means for receiving a display device light source; means for receiving a display device light guide panel such that the light guide panel is disposed adjacent and spaced apart from the light source; and means for fixing the light guide panel in spaced apart relation to the light source, the fixing means including at least one rounded corner, the rounded corner operative to reduce non-uniform concentration of light from the light source in the light guide panel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A backlight unit for a display device comprising:
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a mold frame which includes a groove having at least one rounded corner; a light source on the mold frame, said light source being operative to provide light; and a light guide panel on the mold frame in spaced apart relation from the light source, including a light guide projection in the groove, the light guide projection having at least one rounded corner corresponding to the at least one rounded corner of the mold frame groove, the rounded corners of the mold frame groove and the light guide projection being cooperative to maintain the light guide panel and the light source in spaced relation, the at least one rounded corner of the light guide projection being operative to reduce concentration of the light in the light guide projection. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A flat panel display device comprising:
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a mold frame which includes a groove having at least one rounded corner; a light source mounted on the mold frame and operative to provide light; a light guide panel on the mold frame in spaced apart relation from the light source, including a light guide projection mounted in the groove, the light guide projection having at least one rounded corner corresponding to the at least one rounded corner of the mold frame groove, the rounded corners of the mold frame groove and the light guide projection being cooperative to maintain the light guide panel and the light source in spaced relation, the at least one rounded corner of the light guide projection being operative to reduce concentration of the light in the light guide projection; a display panel disposed on the light guide panel and positioned such that the light guide panel is interposed between the mold frame and the display panel. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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