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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2008
Applicant:
Makoto Shimizu, Kanazawa, JP;
Inventor:
Makoto Shimizu, Kanazawa, JP;
Assignee:
Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1335 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An illumination unit includes a light guide plate, and at least one optical sheet which is disposed on a major surface of the light guide plate. The optical sheet includes bent portions which are formed by bending portions of the optical sheet at a pair of opposed sides, and the light guide plate includes, at a pair of opposed end surfaces, recess portions in which the bent portions are inserted.