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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2021
Applicant:
Nitto Denko Corporation, Ibaraki, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NITTO DENKO CORPORATION, Ibaraki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 8/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/13357 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/0028 (2013.01); G02B 6/0073 (2013.01); G02F 1/133615 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a lighting apparatus having high light entrance efficiency with respect to a light guide plate, and being excellent in tint of light emitted from the light guide plate. The lighting apparatus of the present invention includes: an LED package; a light guide plate, which includes a main surface serving as a light emission surface, and a side surface serving as a light entrance surface, and which is arranged so that the side surface is opposed to the LED package; and a low-refractive index layer arranged between the LED package and the light guide plate.