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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2014
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Hirofumi Horiuchi, Osaka, JP;
Akifumi Kono, Osaka, JP;
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel and a backlight unit that emits light toward the back surface of the liquid crystal panel. The backlight unit includes: an LED; a wiring substrate having the LED mounted thereon; a light guide plate which light from the LED enters through a side surface and exits through a main surface toward the back surface of the liquid crystal panel; and a support component including a first support member that supports the LED and a second support member that supports the light guide plate. The support component is able to move between a first position at which the first support member supports the LED and the second support member supports the light guide plate and a second position at which the first support member is apart from the LED and the second support member supports the light guide plate.