Patent ID: 8579491

Claim:
A display apparatus comprising: a light guide plate comprising an incident surface, an exit surface and an opposite surface which is opposite to the exit surface, the light guide plate guiding a light incident into the incident surface toward the exit surface; a printed circuit board; a light source unit on the printed circuit board and comprising: a light source which generates light and is adjacent to the incident surface, wherein the light source includes an emitting surface inclined with respect to the incident surface of the light guide plate, and an extension line of a normal line of the emitting surface passes through the opposite surface of the light guide plate, such that the light from the light source is incident into the incident surface of the light guide plate while being inclined toward the opposite surface of the light guide plate; a lead frame which electrically connects the printed circuit board to the light source, wherein the lead frame comprises: a first frame adjacent to the printed circuit board and parallel to the printed circuit board; and a second frame which extends from the first frame, the light source on a mounting surface of the second frame, wherein the mounting surface of the second frame is recessed and inclined at a non-perpendicular angle with respect to an extension surface of the printed circuit board; and a housing which receives the lead frame and the light source therein, exposes the emitting surface of the light source and contacts the lead frame, and a display panel which displays an image using the light emitted from the exit surface of the light guide plate.