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Illumination apparatus

US6889456B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 28, 2001
Grant dateMay 10, 2005
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Expiry dateSep 28, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/009
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An LED light source is received in a groove portion provided in a light guide plate. The groove portion is covered with a base member, and the circumferential edge of the base member is bonded to the light guide plate. Concave portions or convex portions having desired shapes are provided in a surface opposite to a light emission observable surface of the light guide plate so as to form character portions.

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