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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
May. 19, 2011
Masato Onoue, Osaka, JP;
Shinji Suminoe, Osaka, JP;
Koji Sakai, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A backlight unit comprising: a light guide plate for causing light to exit in a planar manner from an upper surface of the light guide plate, the light having entered the light guide plate from an LED; a substrate provided along an end surface of the light guide plate and having an LED mounted on a counter surface of the substrate, the counter surface facing the end surface of the light guide plate; a frame provided along the substrate and attached to the substrate on a rear surface of the substrate, the rear surface being opposite to the counter surface; and one or a plurality of insulating members arranged in such a manner that the one or the plurality of insulating members and the frame sandwich the substrate, the one or the plurality of insulating members each fixing a screw point of a screw inserted from the frame into a through-hole provided through the frame and the substrate.