ILLUMINATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TV RECEIVER

• Main Author: GOTOU AKIRA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 12.05.2016
• Subjects: BLASTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMSTHEREOF; HEATING; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHERARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; WEAPONS

A backlight device of the present invention includes: a light guide plate having light-entering faces on opposing end faces thereof and a light-exiting surface on the front surface thereof; LEDs arranged selectively along one section of the light-entering faces of the light guide plate; a front cabinet arranged on a side of the light-exiting surface of the light guide plate and having a frame-like shape along a periphery of the light guide plate; and a rear cabinet arranged on a side of the light guide plate opposite to the front cabinet such that the rear cabinet and the front cabinet sandwich the light guide plate therebetween. The rear cabinet has a fixed portion that is disposed facing a section of the light-entering face that does not correspond to the one section where the LEDs are selectively arranged, and the fixed portion is fixed to the front cabinet.