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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2005
Applicant:
Kazuaki Mikami, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Kazuaki Mikami, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd., Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); G09F 13/04 (2006.01); F21V 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A liquid crystal display device includes an LED backlighting unit and a liquid crystal display panel disposed on the backlighting unit. The backlighting unit includes a light source of an array of LEDs and a reflector disposed so as to cover the light source and configured to reflect light emitted from the light source. And a light shielding spacer member is provided between the reflector and the LED light source.