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Granted Patent B2
US 12,265,302 · App. 18/554,446 · Granted Apr 1, 2025

Display device

Inventors: Jihee Park (Seoul, KR); Jihye Yoon (Seoul, KR); Kilhoon Lee (Seoul, KR); Kiryong Jeong (Seoul, KR); Keonwoo Kim (Seoul, KR); Nayeon Jung (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
G02F1/133611G02F1/133314G02F1/133605G02F1/133608
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Patent No.
US 12,265,302
App. No.
18/554,446
Granted
Apr 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a display device. The display device according to an aspect of the present disclosure may include: a display panel; a frame which is positioned behind the display panel, and to which the display panel is coupled; a plurality of substrates which are positioned between the display panel and the frame, on which a plurality of light sources providing light to the display panel are mounted, and which are formed of flat plates separated from each other; and a reflective sheet positioned between the display panel and the plurality of substrates, covering the plurality of substrates, and having a plurality of holes corresponding to the plurality of light sources, wherein the plurality of substrates may include: a first substrate; a second substrate next to the first substrate; and a third substrate next to the second substrate, wherein the reflective sheet may include: a first reflective sheet covering at least a portion of the first substrate and a portion of the second substrate; and a second reflective sheet covering another portion of the second substrate and at least a portion of the third substrate.

Claims (43)

1. A display device comprising:

a display panel;

a frame which is positioned behind the display panel, and to which the display panel is coupled;

a plurality of substrates which are positioned between the display panel and the frame, on which a plurality of light sources are mounted, wherein the plurality of light sources are configured to provide light to the display panel; and

a plurality of reflective sheets positioned between the display panel and the plurality of substrates, covering the plurality of substrates, and having a plurality of holes corresponding to the plurality of light sources,

wherein the plurality of substrates comprise:

a first substrate;

a second substrate next to the first substrate; and

a third substrate next to the second substrate, and

wherein the plurality of reflective sheets comprise:

a first reflective sheet covering at least a portion of the first substrate and a first portion of the second substrate; and

a second reflective sheet separated from the first reflective sheet, and covering second portion of the second substrate and at least a portion of the third substrate.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a lateral side of the first reflective sheet crossing the second substrate faces or contacts a lateral side of the second reflective sheet crossing the second substrate.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein a boundary formed between the lateral side of the first reflective sheet and the lateral side of the second reflective sheet is a straight line.

4. The display device of claim 2 , wherein a boundary formed between the lateral side of the first reflective sheet and the lateral side of the second reflective sheet is a broken straight line.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first reflective sheet at least partially overlaps the second reflective sheet at the second substrate.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the display panel has:

a first long side;

a second long side opposite to the first long side;

a first short side connecting a first end of the first long side and a first end of the second long side; and

a second short side opposite to the first short side, and connecting a second end of the first long side and a second end of the second long side.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein:

the first substrate is next to the first long side and the first short side of the display panel;

the second substrate is next to the second long side and the first short side of the display panel;

the third substrate is next to the second long side of the display panel and the second substrate; and

the plurality of substrates further comprise:

a fourth substrate next to the first long side of the display panel, the third substrate, and the first substrate;

a fifth substrate next to the first long side of the display panel and the fourth substrate;

a sixth substrate next to the second long side of the display panel, the fifth substrate, and the third substrate;

a seventh substrate next to the first long side of the display panel and the fifth substrate;

an eighth substrate next to the second long side of the display panel, the seventh substrate, and the sixth substrate;

a ninth substrate next to the first long side of the display panel, the second short side of the display panel, and the seventh substrate; and

a tenth substrate next to the second long side of the display panel, the second short side of the display panel, the ninth substrate, and the eighth substrate.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the first reflective sheet covers a boundary between the first substrate and the second substrate, a boundary between the first substrate and the fourth substrate, a boundary between the third substrate and the fourth substrate, and a boundary between the second substrate and the third substrate.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the second reflective sheet covers a boundary between the second substrate and the third substrate.

10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of reflective sheets further comprise a third reflective sheet covering a boundary between the fourth substrate and the fifth substrate, a boundary between the third substrate and the fourth substrate, a boundary between the third substrate and the sixth substrate, and a boundary between the fifth substrate and the sixth substrate.

11. The display device of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of reflective sheets further comprise a fourth reflective sheet covering a boundary between the third substrate and the sixth substrate, a boundary between the sixth substrate and the eighth substrate, a boundary between the fifth substrate and the sixth substrate, and a boundary between the seventh substrate and the eighth substrate.

12. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of reflective sheets further comprise a fifth reflective sheet covering a boundary between the seventh substrate and the ninth substrate.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the plurality of reflective sheets further comprise a sixth reflective sheet covering a boundary between the eighth substrate and the tenth substrate, a boundary between the seventh substrate and the eighth substrate, and a boundary between the ninth substrate and the tenth substrate.

14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein a portion of the third reflective sheet overlaps a portion of the fourth reflective sheet.

15. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a surface of the plurality of substrates on which the plurality of light sources are mounted is coated with a reflective material.

16. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second substrate is next to the first substrate in a first direction, and

wherein the third substrate is next to the second substrate in a second direction intersecting with the first direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2025
From: PARK, JIHEE; YOON, JIHYE; LEE, KILHOON; JEONG, KIRYONG; KIM, KEONWOO; JUNG, NAYEON
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 070341/0094 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2021-0045932 · Apr 8, 2021 · national
KR 10-2021-0045933 · Apr 8, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240184167A1 · Jun 6, 2024
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