Patent ID: 10359669

Abstract:
A display apparatus according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises a display panel, a light guiding plate that emits light, the light being derived from a light source, through a front surface of the light guiding plate toward a rear surface of the display panel, a spacer that forms a void between the display panel and the light guiding plate, and an optical sheet disposed at the void, the optical sheet having a surface to face the rear surface of the display panel and a surface to face the front surface of the light guiding plate. In the display apparatus, the spacer is formed using a shape memory alloy. In the display apparatus, the spacer includes a panel attachment part having a plate shape attached to a peripheral part of the rear surface of the display panel so as to be disposed along the display panel, and a light guiding plate attachment part attached to a peripheral part of the front surface of the light guiding plate or a peripheral part of the rear surface of the light guiding plate.