US 12,265,303 B2
Display apparatus including a light guide plate holder
Sungpil Choi, Suwon-si (KR); Byoungjin Cho, Suwon-si (KR); Yeonkyun Park, Suwon-si (KR); and Yonghwan Park, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/213,615.
Application 18/213,615 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2023/008200, filed on Jun. 14, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0105767 (KR), filed on Aug. 23, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0069386 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/13357 (2006.01); G02F 1/1339 (2006.01)
CPC G02F 1/133615 (2013.01) [G02B 6/0088 (2013.01); G02B 6/0091 (2013.01); G02F 1/133314 (2021.01); G02F 1/133322 (2021.01); G02F 1/1339 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display apparatus comprising:
a liquid crystal panel;
a light guide plate behind the liquid crystal panel;
a light source;
a rear chassis behind the light guide plate; and
a holder coupled to the rear chassis and supporting the light guide plate, wherein the holder comprises:
a first tooth;
a first tooth groove next to the first tooth;
a second tooth facing the first tooth; and
a second tooth groove next to the second tooth,
wherein in a first state, the first tooth is disposed outside the second tooth groove and the second tooth is disposed outside the first tooth groove, and in a second state, the first tooth is inserted into the second tooth groove and the second tooth is inserted into the first tooth groove, and
wherein the first tooth and the second tooth are configured to elastically deform between the first state and the second state.