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US 2011/0255027 A1Published application
Lighting device and liquid crystal display device
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKohji Itoh
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Abstract
A reinforcement plate 2a is fastened to a BL chassis 1 by a screw 13 that is turned and fitted into a first screw hole 9; and at a second screw hole 10, predetermined gaps are formed between the reinforcement plate 2a and the BL chassis 1 and between the reinforcement plate 2a and the screw 13. According to this, the reinforcement plate 2a is completely fixed to the BL chassis 1 at a central through-hole 8a only while at through-holes 8b, 8c on both sides, the reinforcement plate 2a is held movably by a predetermined amount in a horizontal direction and a thickness direction.
Claims12
A lighting device comprising:
- a housing in which a light source and an optical member that guides light from the light source in a predetermined direction;
- a reinforcement member that is fixed to the housing and formed of a material different from the housing;
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- a connection member that fixes the reinforcement member and the housing to each other at one point and holds the reinforcement member at two or more points such that the reinforcement member is slidable by a predetermined amount with respect to the housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.