IP Library Granted Patent US 7,787,070
Granted Patent B2
US 7,787,070 · App. 12/018,707 · Granted Aug 31, 2010

Liquid crystal display device having a wire securing member

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Patent No.
US 7,787,070
App. No.
12/018,707
Granted
Aug 31, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid crystal display device capable of securing the lamp wire to the mold frame is disclosed. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel for displaying an image, a back light assembly for providing a light to the liquid crystal display panel and a mold frame receiving the liquid crystal display panel and the backlight assembly. The back light assembly includes a light supplying part including a light source for generating a light and a lamp wire for supplying an electrical current to the light supplying part. A securing portion for securing the lamp wire is formed on a side surface or a rear surface of the mold frame, shaped as a groove or a depressed portion, and the lamp wire is secured to the securing portion in such a way that securing and separation of the lamp wire is performed with ease and simplicity. A pair of securing ribs are formed on the bottom of the securing depressed portions facing each other. The lamp wire is secured in the space between a pair of the securing ribs having a width less than a diameter of the lamp wire. Accordingly, a connection failure of the soldering portion of the lamp wire due to a sway of the lamp wire is reduced and the repeated process of securing the lamp wire in manufacturing the LCD device is no longer necessary.

Claims (12)

1. A liquid crystal display (LCD), comprising:

an LCD panel;

a backlight assembly comprising a lamp wire, a light supplying part including a light source disposed in a first direction and an electrode part electrically connecting the lamp wire and the light supplying part;

a mold frame receiving the backlight assembly and the LCD panel and having a de-pressed portion formed on a first sidewall thereof; and

a securing member formed on the depressed portion to receive and secure at least a portion of the lamp wire and having a securing groove, and the securing groove separated from a second sidewall which is substantially perpendicular to the first sidewall with a predetermined distance, and

wherein the lamp wire is extended in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction between the electrode part to the securing groove.

2. The LCD of claim 1 , wherein the depressed portion of the mold frame is formed by digging out the first wall of the mold frame, the depressed portion having a space for receiving the lamp wire therein.

3. The LCD of claim 1 , wherein the securing member comprises at least two securing ribs.

4. The LCD of claim 3 , wherein a distance between the securing ribs is less than a diameter of the lamp wire.

5. The LCD of claim 1 , wherein the depressed portion has a bottom surface, and the securing member is disposed on the bottom surface.

6. The LCD of claim 1 , wherein the securing member further comprises a securing supplement for preventing the lamp wire from being separated from the securing groove.

7. The LCD of claim 6 , wherein the securing supplement is a clip having an elastic properties or an adhesive tape.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2012
From: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS, CO., LTD
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD
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