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Liquid crystal display with narrow bezel area

  • US 9,784,999 B2
  • Filed: 12/19/2013
  • Issued: 10/10/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A liquid crystal display comprising:

  • a liquid crystal display panel configured to display an image;

    a light source unit configured to supply light to the liquid crystal display panel;

    a light guide plate configured to convert light irradiated by the light source unit into planar light;

    at least one optical sheet disposed between the liquid crystal display panel and the light guide plate;

    a cover bottom including a bottom part and side walls extending from edges of the bottom part to an upper side, the cover bottom receiving the light source unit and the light guide plate; and

    a supporting member configured to surround an external surface of the cover bottom, extend from an upper part of the light guide plate to an inside of the cover bottom, and support the liquid crystal display panel,wherein the supporting member includes;

    a base member having a first part directly attached to an external surface of the bottom part of the cover bottom, a second part extended from the first part and directly attached to an external surface of the side walls of the cover bottom, and a third part extended from the second part to an inside of the cover bottom to overlap one portion of the liquid crystal display panel and one portion of the at least one optical sheet;

    a light-shielding pad disposed on the third part of the base member between the base member and a first polarizer,wherein an end of the light-shielding pad extends to a location having a first horizontal distance measured from the second part of the base member that is equal to a second horizontal distance that an end of the third part of the base member extends from the second part of the base member to divide the liquid crystal display panel into a display area on which the image is displayed and a bezel area on which the image is not displayed; and

    a hold pad disposed between the third part of the base member and the one portion of the at least one optical sheet to overlap the light-shielding pad and the one portion of the at least one optical sheet.

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