公开(公告)号：US10031281B2

公开(公告)日：2018-07-24

申请号：US15273839

申请日：2016-09-23

Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Yongkwon Soh ,  Joohyuk Park ,  Kyunghoon Chae ,  Sungyeon Hwang ,  Jinhyoung Kim

IPC: G09F13/04 ,  G09F13/08 ,  F21V8/00

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel which generates and display an image with light, the display panel curved at a first mean curvature with respect to a bending axis and defining a display surface thereof at which the image is displayed; a backlight unit includes a light source which generates the light, and a curved light guide plate which receives the light from the light source and provides the received light to the display panel, the light guide plate; and a protection member in which the backlight unit is accommodated, the protection member curved at a second mean curvature with respect to the bending axis, the second mean curvature being different from the first mean curvature.