Patent ID: 8134676

Claim:
A display apparatus comprising: a display panel; a light guiding unit disposed adjacent to a first side of the display panel; a receiving container which receives the light guiding unit, and includes a first sidewall longitudinally extended in a first direction, and a second sidewall longitudinally extended in a second direction which is different than the first direction; a main flexible printed circuit board (FPC) electrically connected to a second side of the display panel to apply an electrical signal to the display panel; a sub FPC electrically connected to the main FPC; and a light emitting device to generate light supplied to the light guiding unit, the light emitting device being mounted on the sub FPC, wherein the display panel comprises a conductive line electrically connecting the main FPC with the sub FPC, the receiving container comprises a first receiving portion to receive the main FPC and a second receiving portion to receive the sub FPC, the first receiving portion extends into the first sidewall at a first portion of the first sidewall of the receiving container corresponding to the main FPC, the second receiving portion extends into the first sidewall at a second portion of the first sidewall of the receiving container corresponding to the sub FPC, the first receiving portion is adjacent to the second receiving portion in the first direction, the first receiving portion is separated from the second receiving portion in the first direction, and the first sidewall further comprises a third portion between the first and second receiving portions of the first side wall.