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Backlight unit

US8371739B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 28, 2008
Grant dateFeb 12, 2013
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Expiry dateJan 9, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/0088
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A backlight unit includes a light source, a light guide guiding light from the light source, an optical sheet disposed on the light guide, and an inner frame having an opening housing the optical sheet. A peripheral portion of the optical sheet includes a projection group respectively at each of the longitudinal sides that are among the constituent sides of an approximately rectangular external contour of the optical sheet. The projection group includes a first projection arranged in a projection insertion region provided in a side wall of the inner frame and a second projection arranged outside of the projection insertion region in the opening of the inner frame.

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