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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2011
Applicant:
Takahiro Yoshikawa, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Takahiro Yoshikawa, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 21/00 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/009 (2013.01); G02B 6/0068 (2013.01); G02B 6/0073 (2013.01); G02B 6/0091 (2013.01);
Abstract
It is an object of the present invention to achieve cost reduction or the like in a lighting device. A backlight unitaccording to the present invention includes: LEDsas a plurality of light sources; at least two LED boardson which the LEDsare mounted; a chassisin which the at least two LED boardsare housed; and a connecting and retaining member. The at least two LED boardsinclude ones arranged adjacent to each other. The adjacent LED boardsare electrically connected to each other and retained on the chassisby the connecting and retaining member