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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2010
Applicant:
Masashi Yokota, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Masashi Yokota, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/13357 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); G02F 1/1333 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/133603 (2013.01); G02F 2201/465 (2013.01); G02F 1/133608 (2013.01); G02F 2001/133314 (2013.01);
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to stably fix a light source board without using any screw. A backlight unitaccording to the present invention includes an LED boardincluding an LEDas a light source, a chassisthat stores the LED boardand has an openingthrough which light from the LEDexits, and a holding memberthat extends in at least one direction along a plate surface of the LED boardand is fixed to the chassisso as to hold the LED boardtogether with the chassis between the holding memberand the chassis