Lighting apparatus and image display apparatus provided therewith

A lighting apparatus, comprising:

• a light source;
• a light guide member having a light-incident plane and a light-emitting plane perpendicular to the light-incident plane;
• a light source supporting member for positioning the light source in such a manner that the light source faces the light-incident plane;
• a heat-releasing member which is positioned at a backside of the light guide member so as to face the light-emitting plane and which is connected with the light source supporting member;
• and
• a heat-conducting member which contacts the light source supporting member and the heat-releasing member,
• the heat-conducting member including:
• a first plate section contacting a plane of the light source supporting member which plane faces the light guide member;
• and a second plate section contacting a plane of the heat-releasing member which plane faces the light guide member,
• the light source being positioned, via the first plate section, on a plane of the light source supporting member which plane faces the light-incident plane,
• at a contact plane between the heat-releasing member and the second plate section, there being provided a plurality of fixing sections for strengthening a contact between the heat-releasing member and the second plate section,
• the fixing sections being aligned on the contact plane so as to form a straight line on each of a plurality of rows along a first direction,
• fixing sections aligned on adjacent two rows of the plurality of rows being not arranged to form a straight line along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.