# US 10,310,173 B2 · Lighting device and display device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,310,173 B2 - Document ID: US10310173B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/574,100 - Filed: 2016-05-12 - Published: 2018-08-02 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2015-05-18 - Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Hiromitsu Tsutsui - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10310173B2 ## CPC - G02B 6/009: {of the light source in the package (G02B6/0021 takes precedence)} - G02B 6/0023: {provided by one optical element, or plurality thereof, placed between the light guide and the light source, or around the light source} - G02B 6/0083: {Details of electrical connections of light sources to drivers, circuit boards, or the like} - G02B 6/0088: {of the light guide or other optical sheets in the package} - G02B 6/0091: {of the light source relative to the light guide (G02B6/0021 takes precedence)} - G02F 1/133615: {Edge-illuminating devices, i.e. illuminating from the side} - G02F 1/133308: {Support structures for LCD panels, e.g. frames or bezels} - G02F 1/133314: {Back frames} - H05K 2201/10106: Light emitting diode [LED] - H05K 2201/2018: Presence of a frame in a printed circuit or printed circuit assembly - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS - G02F: OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS ## Abstract A backlight device includes LEDs, a unit body holding the LEDs, a light guide plate having a light entrance edge surface and a light exit plate surface, and a chassis. The light entrance edge surface is a part of outer peripheral edge surfaces of the light guide plate and extends in a peripheral direction and light from the LEDs enters through the light entrance edge surface. The light exit plate surface is one of plate surfaces of the light guide plate and light exits through the light exit plate surface. The LEDs and the light guide plate are arranged in the chassis and the chassis has a fitting hole that is open in a direction crossing an extending direction of the light entrance edge surface such that the LEDs are inserted in and removed from the fitting hole according to mounting and detaching of the unit body. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A lighting device comprising: a light source; a light source holding member holding the light source; a light guide plate having a light entrance edge surface and a light exit plate surface, the light entrance edge surface being a part of outer peripheral edge surfaces of the light guide plate and extending in a peripheral direction and through which light from the light source enters, and the light exit plate surface being one of a pair of plate surfaces of the light guide plate and through which light exits; and a casing in which the light source and the light guide plate are arranged and the light source holding member is detachably mounted, the casing having a hole that is open in a direction crossing an extending direction in which the light entrance edge surface extends such that the light source is inserted in and removed from the hole according to mounting and detaching of the light source holding member, wherein the casing includes at least a bottom portion that supports a plate surface of the light guide plate opposite from the light exit plate surface and the bottom portion has the hole. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the casing includes at least a side wall portion that is opposite the light entrance edge surface of the light guide plate, and the side wall portion has the hole. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein one of the light source holding member and the casing includes a magnetic portion, and another one of the light source holding member and the casing includes a magnet on at least a part thereof, the magnet being attached to the magnetic portion. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) A display device comprising: the lighting device according to claim 1; and a display panel displaying images using light from the lighting device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The lighting device according to claim 2, further comprising a light transmissive dustproof member that is disposed to cover the hole of the casing and through which the light from the light source passes. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The lighting device according to claim 3, wherein the magnet is arranged next to the light source and on an outer side with respect to the light source in the extending direction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The lighting device according to claim 3, wherein one of the light source holding member and the casing includes a positioning projection that projects toward another one of the light source holding member and the casing in a direction of a normal line to the light entrance edge surface, and the other one of the light source holding member and the casing includes a positioning hole that receives the positioning projection. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The lighting device according to claim 7, wherein the light source holding member includes the positioning projection and the positioning projection has a projected distal end that projects further than the light source. ### Claim 9 A lighting device comprising: a light source; a light source holding member holding the light source; a light guide plate having a light entrance edge surface and a light exit plate surface, the light entrance edge surface being a part of outer peripheral edge surfaces of the light guide plate and extending in a peripheral direction and through which light from the light source enters, and the light exit plate surface being one of a pair of plate surfaces of the light guide plate and through which light exits; and a casing in which the light source and the light guide plate are arranged and the light source holding member is detachably mounted, the casing having a hole that is open in a direction crossing an extending direction in which the light entrance edge surface extends such that the light source is inserted in and removed from the hole according to mounting and detaching of the light source holding member, wherein one of the light source holding member and the casing includes a stopper portion that is deformable with warping, and another one of the light source holding member and the casing includes a stopping portion which the stopper portion is stopped by. ### Claim 10 A lighting device comprising: a light source; a light source holding member holding the light source; a light guide plate having a light entrance edge surface and a light exit plate surface, the light entrance edge surface being a part of outer peripheral edge surfaces of the light guide plate and extending in a peripheral direction and through which light from the light source enters, and the light exit plate surface being one of a pair of plate surfaces of the light guide plate and through which light exits; and a casing in which the light source and the light guide plate are arranged and the light source holding member is detachably mounted, the casing having a hole that is open in a direction crossing an extending direction in which the light entrance edge surface extends such that the light source is inserted in and removed from the hole according to mounting and detaching of the light source holding member, wherein one of the light source holding member and the casing includes a rotation shaft, and another one of the light source holding member and the casing includes a bearing recess portion. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The lighting device according to claim 10, wherein the rotation shaft has a rotation axis that is parallel to the extending direction.