Illumination – Edge lighted panel – Light source
Reexamination Certificate
2007-04-13
2011-10-04
Husar, Stephen F (Department: 2875)
Illumination
Edge lighted panel
Light source
C362S613000, C349S065000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08029180
ABSTRACT:
A light unit, a backlight, a front light, and a display device, have a structure such that an uneven luminance generated in display is suppressed by radiating light in a sufficient amount even to an end portion of a display region, thereby uniformly radiating light in a sufficient amount to the entire display region, without a complicated structure. The light unit includes a light guide plate and a plurality of light sources, the plurality of light sources being arranged in a line to oppose at least one side surface of the light guide plate, wherein one or more light sources at at least one terminal among the plurality of light sources are positioned outside a lateral edge of a display region, and such a light unit is preferably used in a side-light type backlight or front light.
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Husar Stephen F
Keating & Bennett LLP
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
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