Patent ID: 9529143
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: G02B

Claim Text:
1. A backlight assembly comprising: a receptacle; a support frame arranged on one side of the receptacle; and a light source module accommodated in the support frame and including a printed circuit board and a plurality of light sources projecting from one surface of the printed circuit hoard, wherein the support frame includes a bottom portion, a side wall portion extending from the bottom portion to an upper side, a cover portion extending from the side wall portion to an inside, a gap holding, portion extending from an end portion of the cover portion in a direction of the bottom portion, and an insertion groove outwardly indented from an inner side wall of the side wall portion to an outside on a boundary between the bottom portion and the side wall portion and having a bottom surface extending from an upper surface of the bottom portion, the insertion groove being formed in a portion of the side wall portion that is integral with the bottom portion, the printed circuit board is partially inserted into the insertion groove to be arranged on the upper surface of the bottom portion, and the plurality of fight sources are arranged in a space that is surrounded by the side wall portion, the cover portion, and the gap holding portion, wherein the light sources directly contact the portion of the side wall portion that is integral with the bottom portion, and wherein an upper surface of the bottom portion contacts an entire lower surface of the printed circuit board.