US 12,032,241 B2
Display apparatus and light source apparatus including an optical member
Hyungsuk Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Kyungsoo Park, Suwon-si (KR); Hyungjin Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Kyehoon Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Junsung Choi, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/993,617.
Application 17/993,617 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/016421, filed on Oct. 26, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0013555 (KR), filed on Jan. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0244104 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. G02F 1/13357 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01)
CPC G02F 1/133603 (2013.01) [G02F 1/133605 (2013.01); G02F 1/133607 (2021.01); G02F 1/133608 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A light source apparatus comprising:
an optical member;
a substrate disposed on a first side of the optical member; and
a supporter disposed between the optical member and the substrate,
wherein the supporter comprises:
a supporter body on the substrate, comprising a body groove at a first end of the supporter body that is nearest to the optical member; and
a protective member disposed in the body groove, the protective member comprising a material having at least one of stretchability or elasticity, and
wherein a portion of the protective member is received inside the body groove, and another portion of the protective member protrudes from the body groove to the optical member.