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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2011
Tomosada Inada, Sakura, JP;
Shimpei Sato, Sakura, JP;
Takashi Edo, Sakura, JP;
Fujikura Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A planar light emitting device provided with a light source; a sheet-like light guide that guides light from the light source in a planar direction, and has a plurality of light emitting regions, and a through slit formed between the light emitting regions to penetrate the light guide in a thickness direction; a switch sheet arranged so as to face one of the front face and the rear face of the light guide; and a light-blocking layer that has a flange portion that covers an opening edge portion of the through slit, a main body portion that covers at least one of the mutually facing inner wall surfaces of the through slit so as to form a space in the interior of the through slit and that continuous with the flange portion, and a bottom portion that is extended from a lower portion of the main body portion.