Title:
ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2015/053085
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided are an illumination device which can be adapted to narrower bezels and a display device equipped with the illumination device. A backlight (2) is provided with a light-guide plate (23) housed in a backlight chassis (20) and a light source (220) disposed so as to face a side surface of the light-guide plate (23), and light from the light source (220) entering the light-guide plate (23) from said side surface is emitted from a light exit surface of the light-guide plate (23). The light-guide plate (23) is provided with a frame body (25) covering the periphery of the light exit surface. The frame body (25) is provided with ribs (253) facing at least some of the side surfaces of the light-guide plate (23) other than the abovementioned side surface on the light source (220) side, and extending toward the bottom surface of the backlight chassis (20). The ribs (253) are constituted so as to be bendable by a pressing force from the light-guide plate (23).
Inventors:
HORIGUCHI YUKI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2014/075271
Publication Date:
April 16, 2015
Filing Date:
September 24, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SAKAI DISPLAY PRODUCTS CORP (JP)
International Classes:
F21S2/00; G02F1/13357; F21Y101/02
Foreign References:
| JP2013058468A | 2013-03-28 | |||
| JP2011210692A | 2011-10-20 | |||
| JP2003215546A | 2003-07-30 | |||
| JP2006318830A | 2006-11-24 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KOHNO, Hideto et al. (JP)
Hidehito Kono (JP)
Hidehito Kono (JP)
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