Patent ID: 9684122
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: G02B,G02F

Claim:
1. A backlight assembly, comprising: a light source which generates and emits light; a light leakage preventing member including a first horizontal portion and a first vertical portion; a panel mounting part spaced apart from the light leakage preventing member and on which a display panel is disposed; a light guide plate including a light output surface through which the light exits to the display panel and a light input surface and; an optical sheet disposed on the light output surface of the light guide plate, and between the light leakage preventing member and the panel mounting part spaced apart from each other; and a bottom chassis configured to receive the light source, the light leakage preventing member and the light guide plate therein, wherein the light source is disposed at a side of the light guide plate, the first vertical portion of the light leakage preventing member is attached to a rear surface of the light source, and the first horizontal portion of the light leakage preventing member is disposed above the light source and extends from the light source to be disposed between the light output surface of the light guide plate and the optical sheet.