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US 2008/0303979 A1Published application
Illumination unit and liquid crystal display device including the same
AssigneeToshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd.
InventorMakoto SHIMIZU
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Abstract
An illumination unit includes a light guide plate, and at least one optical sheet which is disposed on a major surface of the light guide plate. The optical sheet includes bent portions which are formed by bending portions of the optical sheet at a pair of opposed sides, and the light guide plate includes, at a pair of opposed end surfaces, recess portions in which the bent portions are inserted.
Claims7
An illumination unit comprising:
- a light guide plate;
- and
- at least one optical sheet which is disposed on a major surface of the light guide plate,
- wherein the optical sheet includes bent portions which are formed by bending portions of the optical sheet at a pair of opposed sides, and
- the light guide plate includes, at a pair of opposed end surfaces, recess portions in which the bent portions are inserted.
2 more elements
A liquid crystal display device comprising:
- a liquid crystal display panel;
- and
- an illumination unit which illuminates the liquid crystal display panel, the illumination unit comprising:
- a light guide plate;
- and
- at least one optical sheet which is disposed on a major surface of the light guide plate,
- wherein the optical sheet includes bent portions which are formed by bending portions of the optical sheet at a pair of opposed sides, and
- the light guide plate includes, at a pair of opposed end surfaces, recess portions in which the bent portions are inserted.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.