Backlight assembly and liquid crystal display device including the same comprising a shielding tape that comprises a portion having an attached adhesive and a portion without the adhesive

US8941794B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8941794-B2
Application numberUS-76032510-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateApr 14, 2010
Priority dateDec 7, 2009
Publication dateJan 27, 2015
Grant dateJan 27, 2015

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A backlight assembly and a liquid crystal display device including the backlight assembly are disclosed. In one embodiment, the backlight assembly includes a light guide plate configured to guide light, emitted from a light source, to a liquid crystal display panel and an optical sheet disposed on an upper surface of the light guide plate and configured to diffuse and collimate the light. The backlight assembly further includes a frame configured to support the liquid crystal display panel and the light guide plate and a shielding tape connected to an upper surface of the frame and extending from the frame to one side of the optical sheet.

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What is claimed is: 1. A backlight assembly of a liquid crystal display device comprising: a light guide plate configured to guide light, emitted from a light source, to a liquid crystal display panel; an optical sheet disposed on an upper surface of the light guide plate and configured to diffuse and collimate the light; a frame configured to support the liquid crystal display panel and the light guide plate; a shielding tape including a lower surface connected to an upper…

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What does patent US8941794B2 cover?
A backlight assembly and a liquid crystal display device including the backlight assembly are disclosed. In one embodiment, the backlight assembly includes a light guide plate configured to guide light, emitted from a light source, to a liquid crystal display panel and an optical sheet disposed on an upper surface of the light guide plate and configured to diffuse and collimate the light. The b…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Yi Sang-Min, Samsung Display Co Ltd
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G02F1/133512. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jan 27 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).