IP Library Granted Patent US 7,658,532
Granted Patent B2
US 7,658,532 · App. 11/819,020 · Granted Feb 9, 2010

Portable display device

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Patent No.
US 7,658,532
App. No.
11/819,020
Granted
Feb 9, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A portable display device includes a display panel, a light source supplying light to the display panel, a mold frame supporting the display panel and surrounding at least two sides of the light source, and a relief unit between the mold frame and the light source.

Claims (20)

1. A portable display device, comprising:

a display panel;

a light source supplying light to the display panel;

a mold frame supporting the display panel and surrounding at least two sides of the light source; and

a relief unit between the mold frame and the light source, wherein the relief structure has a surface area larger than a surface area of the mold frame facing the light source.

2. The portable display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the relief unit is in an inner side of the mold frame.

3. The portable display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the relief unit includes at least one projection extending from the mold frame toward the light source.

4. The portable display device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the relief unit includes a plurality of rectangular ridges.

5. The portable display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the relief unit includes a plurality of triangular ridges.

6. The portable display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the relief unit includes a plurality of longitudinal ridges having rounded edges.

7. The portable display device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the rounded edges are semi-circles directly across from the light source.

8. The portable display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the relief structure includes a plurality of asymmetrical shapes.

9. The portable display device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a light guide plate adjacent to one side of the light source.

10. The portable display device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the light guide plate is at least as thick as the light source.

11. The portable display device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the mold frame surrounds all sides of the light source not adjacent to the light guide plate.

12. The portable display device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the relief structure is on each side of the mold frame surrounding the light source.

13. The portable display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the relief structure is spaced apart from the light source.

14. The portable display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the light source is a light-emitting diode.

15. The portable display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the display panel is a liquid crystal display.

16. The portable display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the mold frame is facing the light source.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Oct 11, 2012
From: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029203/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2008
From: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021998/0771 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2007
From: KIM, JUNG HOON
To: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 019530/0596 →