Keiwa Inc.

Hirohisa Dejima

Motohiko Okabe

Yoshitada Namikawa

A backlight unit satisfies the relationship given by the following expression: S&#x3c;2(A&#x2212;&#x221a;3T), where A (mm) represents the length along which the light shielding member covers the light diffusion sheet before shrinkage, T (mm) represents the thickness of the prism sheet, and S (mm) represents the amount of shrinkage of an end on the frame side of the light diffusion sheet in the planar direction of the light diffusion sheet. The backlight unit also satisfies the relationship given by the following expression: E&#x3c;D, where D (mm) represents the distance between the end on the frame side of the light diffusion sheet before expansion and a frame and E (mm) represents the amount of expansion of the end on the frame side of the light diffusion sheet in the planar direction of the light diffusion sheet.

Backlight unit and liquid crystal display device

A buffer sheet is provided capable of sufficiently inhibiting scratches on the prism sheet upon an impact applied by falling, etc. The buffer sheet is for use in a flat panel display including a prism sheet having prisms on a surface thereof and a display element disposed to face the prisms, wherein the buffer sheet is to be disposed between the prism sheet and the display element, and an average microindentation hardness of the buffer sheet is no greater than 250 N/mm. The buffer sheet preferably has projections on a face on a side to face the prism sheet. The average microindentation hardness is preferably measured at the projections. The buffer sheet preferably includes a buffer layer to face the prism sheet, the buffer layer preferably containing a resin matrix and resin beads dispersed in the resin matrix. A haze value of the buffer sheet is preferably 20%-95%.

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Tokyo, Japan

Hirohisa Dejima