Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Display device, illumination device, and light guiding member
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Application No.: US17357145Application Date: 2021-06-24
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Publication No.: US11333818B2Publication Date: 2022-05-17
- Inventor: Koji Hiramoto , Masafumi Okada , Hiroshi Nakamoto , Ken Kagabu , Ken Sugiyama
- Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
- Current Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: K&L Gates LLP
- Priority: JPJP2018-245958 20181227
- Main IPC: F21V8/00
- IPC: F21V8/00 ; G02F1/13357

Abstract:
According to an aspect, a display device includes: a display panel configured to transmit light; and an illumination device provided on a rear surface side of the display panel. The illumination device includes a plurality of light sources configured to emit light, and a light guiding member that has translucency and is arranged between the light sources on the rear surface side of the display panel. The light guiding member has a plurality of holes each of which opens in a first direction intersecting with a rear surface of the display panel and in each of which a corresponding one of the light sources is disposed, and a light guiding portion surrounding the holes. A rear surface of the light guiding portion is provided with a first inclined surface inclined with respect to the first direction and a plane orthogonal to the first direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210318483A1 DISPLAY DEVICE, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, AND LIGHT GUIDING MEMBER Public/Granted day:2021-10-14
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