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Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 10, 2018
Applicant:

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Kenji Arita, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/133602 (2013.01); G02B 6/0031 (2013.01); G02B 6/0065 (2013.01); G02B 6/0088 (2013.01); G02F 1/133308 (2013.01); G02F 1/133615 (2013.01); G02B 6/0083 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is a backlight capable of keeping display quality, and a display including the backlight. The backlight includes a molded frame and a rear frame that hold an optical member forming an area light source from the front and back sides of a light-outgoing surface of the area light source. The molded frame has a portion forming the frame of the area light source, and has molded-frame projections selectively disposed in this portion and facing the rear frame in the back-and-forth direction. The rear frame has a portion forming the frame of the area light source, and has rear-frame pockets selectively disposed in this portion and facing the molded frame in the back-and-forth direction. Each molded-frame projection and each rear-frame pocket are interlocked, and regulate a movement in the inward-and-outward direction.


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