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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2012
Seog Joon Kim, Cheonan-si, KR;
Mee Suk Rho, Seongnam-si, KR;
Taek Kyu Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Kazuhiro Kashiwagi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Isao Koike, Hamamatsu, JP;
Kunitoshi Shimizu, Hamamatsu, JP;
Akira Ikemoto, Hamamatsu, JP;
Seog Joon Kim, Cheonan-si, KR;
Mee Suk Rho, Seongnam-si, KR;
Taek Kyu Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Kazuhiro Kashiwagi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Isao Koike, Hamamatsu, JP;
Kunitoshi Shimizu, Hamamatsu, JP;
Akira Ikemoto, Hamamatsu, JP;
NextEye Co., Ltd., Kyunggi-do, KR;
Kowa Company, Ltd., Nagoya-shi Aichi, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an edge-type lighting device which is configured such that when a light guide plate thermally expands, a light source is prevented from being pressed. In the lighting device according to the present invention, a light guide plate () is slidably supported so that the light guide plate () can expand in the planar direction, and a light source () disposed on an edge of the light guide plate () is movably supported in the same direction. A light-guide-plate stopper () is disposed at a position facing an edge (A) of the light guide plate () to prevent the light guide plate () from expanding excessively. Thus, the light source () can be prevented from being pressed toward a frame member ().