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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
May. 19, 2011
Yasumori Kuromizu, Osaka, JP;
Yasumori Kuromizu, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an illuminating device capable of preventing a light guide plate from being shaved because of contact with a fixation member on a back face side of an end portion of the plate. The illuminating device includes alight guide plate (), a chassis () housing the plate and including a bottom plate (), and a light source holding member () fixed to the bottom plate by a fixation screw () and holding a light source () close to a light entrance face () of the light guide plate, and further includes a concave portionpreventing contact between a screw head () of the screw and the light guide plate and disposed on a back face of an end portion () of the light guide plate at a position where the head is to be disposed if the screw is disposed on a side of the back face.