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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2010
Takayuki Ota, Ooamishirasato, JP;
Akio Tezuka, Mobara, JP;
Takayuki Ota, Ooamishirasato, JP;
Akio Tezuka, Mobara, JP;
Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Chiba, JP;
Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd., Hyogo-ken, JP;
Abstract
A liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal display panel; and a backlight disposed to face the liquid crystal display panel, the backlight including at least a frame having a bottom surface facing the liquid crystal display panel, a reflector placed on the bottom surface of the frame, and a plurality of light sources disposed on the liquid crystal display panel side of the reflector and supported by the frame, wherein a recess protruding in the opposite direction to the liquid crystal display panel is formed in the bottom surface of the frame, the recess and the reflector constituting an air duct.