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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2004
Hitoshi Mizutani, Iwata-gun, JP;
Satoshi Kawashima, Iwata-gun, JP;
Toru Kunimochi, Iwata-gun, JP;
Katsuji Ishigami, Iwata-gun, JP;
Hitoshi Mizutani, Iwata-gun, JP;
Satoshi Kawashima, Iwata-gun, JP;
Toru Kunimochi, Iwata-gun, JP;
Katsuji Ishigami, Iwata-gun, JP;
Minebea Co., Ltd., Kitasaku-gun, JP;
Abstract
In a spread illuminating apparatus comprising a spot-like light source, and a light conductive plate, the light conductive plate is shaped into a pentagon which has two sides thereof substantially parallel to each other. The pentagon includes, as a part thereof, a triangle having its base defined by an imaginary line connecting respective straightly opposing ends of the two parallel sides, and the spot-like light source is disposed at a side of the pentagon constituting one of two hypotenuses of the triangle.