Spread illuminating apparatus
AssigneeMinebea Co., Ltd.
InventorsYasuo Ohno, Masahisa Nishio
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Abstract
A sidelight type spread illuminating apparatus includes a light guiding plate; a plurality of circuit boards arranged so as to face a side end face of the light guiding plate; a light source mounted on the circuit boards; and a connector that electrically connects the circuit boards adjacent to each other. The connector includes a socket and a plug that are removable therebetween. The socket and the plug are configured to be removable in a direction parallel to each mounting surface of the light sources of the circuit boards in a state that either the socket or the plug is fixed to ends of the circuit boards adjacent to each other.
Claims8
A sidelight type spread illuminating apparatus comprising:
- a light guiding plate;
- a plurality of strip-shaped circuit boards arranged so as to face a side end face of the light guiding plate, each of the circuit boards being configured to have a long-extended side and a narrow side;
- light sources mounted on the circuit boards;
- and
- a connector that electrically connects the circuit boards adjacent to each other,
- wherein the connector includes a socket and a plug that are removable therebetween,
- the socket and the plug are configured to be removable in a direction parallel to each mounting surface of the light sources of the circuit boards in a state that either the socket or the plug is fixed to ends of the circuit boards adjacent to each other, and
- the socket and the plug are configured to be removable relative to each other only in a direction along the narrow side of each of the circuit boards.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.