US 7,580,250 B2
Display device
Jin-soo Shin, Cheonan-si (Korea, Republic of); Jeoung-gwen Lee, Suwon-si (Korea, Republic of); and Wee-joon Jeong, Seoul (Korea, Republic of)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., (Korea, Republic of)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/923,730.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2006-0103859 (KR), filed on Oct. 25, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2008/0101001 A1, May 01, 2008
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 361—679.21  [349/58] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a display panel;
a backlight unit disposed behind the display panel;
a panel supporting part; and
a first cover including a first cover part disposed along a non-display region of the display panel and a plurality of second cover parts extending downward from the first cover part,
wherein the panel supporting part includes:
a first supporting part disposed between the display panel and the backlight unit, the first supporting part supporting the display panel; and
a plurality of second supporting parts extending upward from an edge portion of the first supporting part, the second supporting part disposed alternately with the second cover parts,
wherein the second cover parts and the second supporting part face the lateral side of the display panel.