Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lighting device and display device
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Application No.: US15539656Application Date: 2015-12-18
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Publication No.: US10209428B2Publication Date: 2019-02-19
- Inventor: Ryuzo Yuki , Hisashi Watanabe , Takeshi Masuda , Mitsuhiro Murata , Shinya Kadowaki , Takeshi Ishida
- Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Sakai, Osaka
- Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Sakai, Osaka
- Agency: ScienBiziP, P.C.
- Priority: JP2014-265560 20141226
- International Application: PCT/JP2015/085491 WO 20151218
- International Announcement: WO2016/104363 WO 20160630
- Main IPC: F21V8/00
- IPC: F21V8/00 ; G02F1/1335 ; G02F1/1333 ; F21S2/00 ; F21V17/00 ; F21V17/10

Abstract:
A lighting device includes an annular light source including light sources arranged in a circular pattern, a light guide plate having a round shape in a plan view, and a case holding the annular light source and the light guide plate. The light guide plate is disposed inside the annular light source. The light guide plate includes light entering portions, circumferentially aligned portions, and a light emitting portion. The light entering portions are opposed to the light sources. Each circumferentially aligned portion is between the adjacent light entering portions. A dimension of the circumferentially aligned portion in the radial direction is larger than a dimension of the light entering portion in the radial direction. The circumferentially aligned portions are aligned with the light sources in the circumferential direction and configured to contact the light sources when the light guide plate is rotated in the circumferential direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180259701A1 LIGHTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE Public/Granted day:2018-09-13
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