BACKLIGHT DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE

• US 20120188789A1
• Filed: 01/19/2012
• Published: 07/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: JVC Kenwood Corporation
• Original Assignee: JVC Kenwood Corporation
• Inventors: MASUJI, Shigehiro
• Application Number:
  US13/353,897
• Publication Number:
  US 20120188789A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/602
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0068 Arrangements of plural sources, e.g. multi-colour light sources
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0073 Light emitting diode [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0083 Details of electrical connections of light sources to drivers, circuit boards, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/009 of the light source in the package G02B6/0021 takes precedence

Abstract

The backlight device includes: a light guide plate having a rectangular shape; LEDs arranged on end surfaces of side surface portions formed of long and short sides of the light guide plate; and LED board having a long and thin shape and on which the LEDs are mounted, wherein a plurality of LED boards of a same type are arranged on the long and short sides of the light guide plate, and the plurality of LED boards are continuously arranged corresponding to the entire area of the end surface of each side of the light guide plate, and at the same time, the LED boards of any one of long and short sides are not arranged but a predetermined interval is formed at an edge portion constituting a point of contact between the long and short sides of the light guide plate.

Claims

1. A backlight device comprising:

a light guide plate having a rectangular shape;

light sources arranged on each of end surfaces of side surface portions formed of long and short sides of the light guide plate; and

mounting board having a long and thin shape and on which the light sources are mounted,

wherein a plurality of mounting boards of a same type are arranged on the long and short sides, and

the plurality of mounting boards are continuously arranged corresponding to the entire area of the end surface of each side of the light guide plate, and at the same time, the mounting boards of any one of long and short sides are not arranged but a predetermined interval is formed at edge portions constituting points of contact between the long and short sides of the light guide plate.

2. A backlight device comprising:

a light guide plate having a rectangular shape;

light sources arranged on each of end surfaces of side surface portions including one long side and one or two short sides of the light guide plate; and

mounting board having a long and thin shape and on which the light sources are mounted,

wherein a plurality of mounting boards of a same type are arranged on the one long side and the one or two short sides, and

the plurality of mounting boards are continuously arranged corresponding to the entire side length area of the one long side.

3. The backlight device of claim 2, wherein the maximum number of mounting boards continuously arrangeable corresponding to a length below a side length of the short side from an edge portion constituting a point of contact between the short side and the other long side where the light sources are not arranged is arranged on the one or two short sides.

4. The backlight device of claim 2, wherein the plurality of mounting boards are continuously arranged corresponding to ½

of a side length of the long side on the one or two short sides from an edge portion constituting a point of contact between the short side and the other long side where the light sources are not arranged.

5. The backlight device of claim 4, wherein a ratio of the long side and the short side is 16:

9.

6. A backlight device comprising:

a light guide plate having a rectangular shape;

light sources arranged on each of end surfaces of side surface portions including one short side and one or two long sides of the light guide plate; and

mounting board having a long and thin shape and on which the light sources are mounted,

wherein a plurality of mounting boards of a same type are arranged on the one short side and the one or two long sides, and

the plurality of mounting boards are continuously arranged corresponding to the entire side length area of the one short side.

7. The backlight device of claim 6, wherein the maximum number of mounting boards continuously arrangeable corresponding to a length below a side length of the long side from an edge portion constituting a point of contact between the long side and the other short side where the light sources are not arranged is arranged on the one or two long sides.

8. The backlight device of claim 6, wherein the plurality of mounting boards are continuously arranged corresponding to a side length of the short side on the one or two long sides from an edge portion constituting a point of contact between the long side and the other short side where the light sources are not arranged.

9. The backlight device of claim 8, wherein a ratio of the long side and the short side is 4:

3.