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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2007
Applicants:
Naoki Maruyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirokazu Shibata, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Naoki Maruyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirokazu Shibata, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1333 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A backlight device includes a light source; supporting means having four edges arranged in a frame-like manner; at least one optical sheet supported by the supporting means and allowing light emitted from the light source to pass therethrough and be incident on a back surface of a liquid crystal panel, the optical sheet having an opening in a position substantially dividing a length of a bottom edge thereof into halves; and a vibration-proof member extending through the opening and fixed to the supporting means.