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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2002
Applicant:
Mitsuo Nomura, Kanazawa, JP;
Inventor:
Mitsuo Nomura, Kanazawa, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A lighting unit comprises a light source, a light guiding plate for guiding light emitted from the light source, a reflecting sheet disposed at least a portion of a surface of the light guiding plate, and a casing configured to store the light guiding plate provided with the reflecting sheet, wherein a space between the casing and the light guiding plate is separated from a space above the light guiding plate by an extended portion formed by extending the reflecting sheet disposed on the surface of the light guiding plate.