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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2017
Citizen Watch Co., Ltd., Nishitokyo-shi, JP;
Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd., Fujiyoshida-shi, Yamanashi, JP;
Kiyokazu Watanabe, Fujikawaguchiko-machi, JP;
Naoya Kashiwagi, Fujiyoshida, JP;
Takuma Horiuchi, Otsuki, JP;
Takashi Watanabe, Fujiyoshida, JP;
CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD, Tokyo, JP;
CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Yamanashi, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a backlight capable of easily eliminating a bright portion generated near lateral surfaces of a light guide plate, even when a plate-like reflective member is brought close to the lateral, surfaces of the light guide plate. The backlight includes, a light guide plate including a light emission surface, a reflective surface, and at least one of the lateral surface as an incident surface, a light source disposed to face the incident surface, a reflective member which is disposed to face another lateral surface other than the incident surface and includes a diffusion reflective surface, and an adhesive member for adhering the reflective member to the another lateral surface of the light guide plate, wherein a length of the adhesive member in a thickness direction of the light guide plate is smaller than a thickness of the light guide plate.