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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2013
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Masanobu Okano, Osaka, JP;
Ken Sumitani, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/13357 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/0068 (2013.01); G02B 6/0021 (2013.01); G02B 6/0031 (2013.01); G02B 6/0078 (2013.01); G02F 1/1336 (2013.01); G02B 6/0055 (2013.01); G02B 6/0061 (2013.01);
Abstract
A light guide plate includes a plurality of LED light sources emitting light into two opposed side surfaces of the light guide plate, such that LED light sources having a length shorter than each of the opposed side surfaces at which the plurality of LED light sources are provided.