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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Stanley Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350345 ; 3503 / ; 3503 / ;
Abstract
A liquid crystal display apparatus has a back illuminating device which is so arranged that a light emission area of a fluorescent lamp is positioned externally of a reflector, and a light guide is integrally provided at an end thereof with a folded or bent portion, an incident portion at the end of the folded or bent portion extending to that light emission area of the fluorescent lamp which is positioned externally of the reflector, to thereby guide light to a dial or indicator on the light guide.