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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:
Jan. 26, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Osamu Tanaka, Higashiosaka, JP;
Assignee:
Rohm Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ; G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359 49 ; 359 50 ; 359 83 ;
Abstract
A liquid crystal display includes a fixing frame having a display window, a liquid crystal panel device received in the frame in facing relation to the window, and a back lighter received in the frame and stacked to the panel device on the side thereof away from the window. The back lighter has a light guide having a marginal edge provided with a fluorescent lamp which is arranged outwardly of a corresponding marginal edge of the panel device and offset toward the panel device, so that the lamp does not project beyond the rear surface of the light guide.