Surface lighting device
US6502948B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 21, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jan 7, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 21, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/0083
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A surface lighting device includes a stick type light guide body. The stick type light guide body receives a light emitted from a light emitting surface of an LED fixed on a substrate from a side surface which faces to the LED and emits the received light from a side surface which faces to a light guide plate. The emitted light is incident from a side surface of the light guide plate and is emitted from an upper surface of the light guide plate. Then, the substrate is formed with a through hole, and the stick light guide is formed with a protrude portion on the lower surface thereof. By fitting the protrude portion into the through hole, the LED and the stick type light guide body are relatively positioned such that the light emitting surface of the LED and the side surface of the stick light guide are brought into close contact with each other.
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