LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER

• US 20120262631A1
• Filed: 11/29/2010
• Published: 10/18/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Kuromizu, Yasumori
• Application Number:
  US13/517,099
• Publication Number:
  US 20120262631A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/725
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133603 with LEDs
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133605 including specially adapted reflectors
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133608 including particular frames or supporting means
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133611 including means for improving the brightness uniformity

Abstract

The present invention aims to prevent uneven brightness in a lighting device. A backlight device 12 according to an aspect of the present invention includes: an LED 17 as a light source; a chassis 14 having a bottom plate 14a arranged on a side opposite to a light output side with respect to the LED 17 and housing the LED 17; an optical member 15 arranged on the light output side away from the bottom plate 14a; a supporting portion 23 projecting from the side of the bottom plate 14a to the light output side and configured to support the optical member 15; and a reflection sheet 21 that is arranged between the bottom plate 14a and the optical member 15 and has a supporting portion through hole 21b through which the supporting portion 23 is inserted, and serves as a reflection member to reflect light. The reflection sheet 21 has a piece portion 29 defined by a slit 28 formed in the marginal part of the supporting portion through hole 21b.

Claims

1. A lighting device comprising:

a light source;

a chassis including a bottom plate arranged on a side opposite to a light output side with respect to the light source and housing the light source;

an optical member arranged on the light output side away from the bottom plate;

a supporting portion projecting from the bottom plate to the light output side and configured to support the optical member; and

a reflection member arranged between the bottom plate and the optical member and configured to reflect light, the reflection member having a supporting portion through hole through which the supporting portion is inserted,

wherein the reflection member includes a piece portion defined by a slit formed in a marginal part of the supporting portion through hole.

2. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the piece portion includes a plurality of piece portions and the slit includes a plurality of slits and the piece portions are defined by the slits formed in the marginal part of the supporting portion through hole.

3. The lighting device according to claim 2, wherein at least three piece portions are formed in a cantilever shape by forming at least three slits in the marginal part of the supporting portion through hole radially around the supporting portion.

4. The lighting device according to claim 3, wherein the at least three piece portions are defined by forming the at least three slits at substantially equiangular intervals in the marginal part of the supporting portion through hole.

5. The lighting device according to claim 3, wherein:

the supporting portion includes a base portion provided between the bottom plate and the reflection member and the supporting portion projects from the base portion to the light output side; and

the piece portion is provided so as to overlap the base portion.

6. The lighting device according to claim 5, wherein:

the light source includes a plurality of light sources that are arranged parallel to each other along the bottom plate;

the supporting portion is arranged between the light sources adjacent to each other; and

the piece portion is arranged such that its outer surface is oriented to the adjacent light sources.

7. The lighting device according to claim 6, wherein:

the plurality of the light sources is arranged parallel to each other in a row direction and a column direction along the bottom plate; and

the supporting portion is arranged between the light sources adjacent to each other in a direction crossing both the row direction and the column direction.

8. The lighting device according to claim 7, wherein:

four slits are formed in the marginal part of the supporting portion through hole; and

four piece portions are formed such that each of the four piece portions is oriented to each of four light sources adjacent to each other with respect to the supporting portion.

9. The lighting device according to claim 8, wherein the supporting portion is arranged at a central position between the light sources adjacent to each other in the direction crossing both the row direction and the column direction.

10. The lighting device according to claim 6, wherein each of the at least three slits has a same size such that outer surfaces of the at least three piece portions formed by the at least three slits face the adjacent light sources.

11. The lighting device according to claim 5, wherein the slit is configured to have a size so as to extend longer than an outer end of the base portion, and the piece portion is arranged in a wider area compared to the base portion in a plan view.

12. The lighting device according to claim 5, wherein each of the supporting portion and the base portion has a white surface.

13. The lighting device according to claim 5, wherein:

the bottom plate has an attachment hole having a marginal edge; and

the base portion includes a fixing portion configured to be inserted into the attachment hole to be stopped by the marginal edge.

14. The lighting device according to claim 2, wherein:

two slits are formed in the marginal part of the supporting portion through hole so as to sandwich the supporting portion; and

each of the slits has one end side opened into the supporting portion through hole and another end side being branched into two, such that two piece portions are formed.

15. The lighting device according to claim 2, wherein:

two slits are formed in the marginal part of the supporting portion through hole so as to sandwich the supporting portion; and

each of the slits has one end side opened into the supporting portion through hole and another end side bending in a turned-back manner and being branched into two, such that two hook-shaped piece portions are formed.

16. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein:

the slit is formed such that a concave piece portion and a convex piece portion are fitted in a concave-convex manner to each other in a plan view; and

the supporting portion through hole is formed by a portal portion following a concave-convex fit portion of the concave piece portion and the convex piece portion of the slit.

17. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the slit is formed in a spiral curve shape, and one piece portion is formed so as to surround the supporting portion.

18. The lighting device according to claim 1, further comprising a light source board provided between the bottom plate and the reflection member, wherein:

the light source is mounted on the light source board; and

the reflection member includes a light source through hole through which the light source is inserted.

19. The lighting device according to claim 18, wherein the light source board has a white surface.

20. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the light source is an LED.

21. The lighting device according to claim 1, further comprising a diffuser lens provided on the light output side with respect to the LED and configured to diffuse and output light from the LED.

22. A display device comprising:

the lighting device according to claim 1; and

a display panel that performs display using light from the lighting device.

23. The display device according to claim 22, wherein the display panel is a liquid crystal panel configured such that liquid crystal is enclosed in between a pair of substrates.

24. A television receiver comprising the display device according to claim 22.