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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2011
Motoaki Okitsu, Osaka, JP;
Yuki Horiguchi, Osaka, JP;
Motoaki Okitsu, Osaka, JP;
Yuki Horiguchi, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a lighting device in which a problem is hardly caused by a hole formed in a chassis of the lighting device. A backlight unit (a lighting device)according to the present invention includes an LED (a light source), a flat cable (a flat conductor)connected to the LED, a chassisincluding a hole, a cable protector (a flat conductor protector)including a protection portionand an insertion holeextending through the protection portion. The chassishouses the LED. The flat cableis inserted through the insertion hole. The flat conductor protectoris arranged such that the protection portionis positioned between an edge of the holeof the chassisand a portion of the flat cablethat is positioned in the insertion hole