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US 8,045,095 B2Granted
Backlight apparatus and display apparatus using same
AssigneeFunai Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorMitsuru Tanaka
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Abstract
A backlight apparatus has a housing composed of a first frame and a second frame, each having a side wall, put together, an optical guide plate housed in the housing, and a reflector inserted between the side surface of the light guide plate and the side wall of the housing. A reflector guide is formed on the side wall of the housing, and has a tilted surface tilted toward an insertion direction of the reflector.
Claims6
A backlight apparatus comprising:
- a housing composed of a first frame and a second frame, each having a side wall, put together, the housing having a light guide plate housed therein;
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- a reflector having a line light source housed therein and inserted between a side surface of said light guide plate and the side wall of said housing via an opening formed in said housing;
- wherein a reflector guide is formed on the side wall of said housing to protrude therefrom, said reflector guide having a tilted surface tilted toward an insertion direction of said reflector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.