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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Nobuhiro Kasai, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/0088 (2013.01);
Abstract
A backlight device includes: a flat chassis member; a light guide plate stacked on the chassis member; and a light source member attached to the chassis member so as to face a light incident face that is located at a side face of the light guide plate. The light guide plate has, at at least one side face adjacent to the light incident face, a convex part protruding outwardly of the side face, the chassis member has a protruding part to sandwich the convex part, and at least a part of the protruding part is covered with an elastic member that presses the convex part toward the light source member.