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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2013
Sakai Display Products Corporation, Sakai-shi, Osaka, JP;
Yuki Horiguchi, Sakai, JP;
Sakai Display Products Corporation, Sakai-shi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A backlight device comprising a light source, a light guide plate with a side surface receiving light entering from the light source and with one surface emitting light, a frame body surrounding the light source and an edge of the light guide plate, and an optical sheet placed at a region facing the one surface, wherein the frame body has a first covering part covering, at a side proximal to the light source, an edge of the one surface, the optical sheet is placed on the first covering part at the side proximal to the light source, and is placed at least partly on the one surface at a side where the light source is not provided, a support body for support of the light guide plate is arranged between the light guide plate and a bottom plate of the frame body, and the first covering part holds the light guide plate between the first covering part and the support body.