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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2010
Filed:
May. 02, 2008
Applicants:
Satoshi Kawashima, Kitasaku-gun, JP;
Hiroshi Takeshita, Kitasaku-gun, JP;
Inventors:
Satoshi Kawashima, Kitasaku-gun, JP;
Hiroshi Takeshita, Kitasaku-gun, JP;
Assignee:
Minebea Co., Ltd., Kitasaku-gun, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A spread illuminating apparatus includes a light source, a light conductor plate having the light source at a side surface thereof, and a frame to house the light conductor plate, wherein the frame is basically composed of a metal core member and a resin body member which has an enclosed structure and which has recesses at outer surfaces of the enclosed structure.