LIGHTING APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER

• US 20150212261A1
• Filed: 08/01/2013
• Published: 07/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2012
• 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: Masuda, Yusuke
• Application Number:
  US14/419,827
• Publication Number:
  US 20150212261A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/005 provided by one optical element, or plurality thereof, placed on the light output side of the light guide
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0085 Means for removing heat created by the light source from the package heat extraction or cooling elements for semiconductor light sources in general H01L33/64
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0088 of the light guide or other optical sheets in the package
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133308 Support structures for LCD panels, e.g. frames or bezels
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133314 Back frames
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/13332 Front frames
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133615 Edge-illuminating devices, i.e. illuminating from the side
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133628 with cooling means
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/645 Mounting of picture tube on chassis or in housing

Abstract

A backlight apparatus includes LEDs; a light guide plate; an optical member; a chassis formed by bending a metal plate material, the chassis including a bottom plate (plate portion) that extends along the light guide plate, a rising portion (first extending portion) that rises from the bottom plate on an opposite side to the light guide plate and forms a first corner portion with the bottom plate, and a height-difference portion that forms a second corner portion with the rising portion and provides a height-difference portion with respect to the bottom plate; and a heat dissipating member that dissipates heat of the LEDs, the heat dissipating member including a light source attachment portion to which the LEDs are attached and a chassis contacting portion that is contiguous with the light source attachment portion and is in contact with the height-difference portion from the opposite side to the light guide plate.

Claims

1. An illumination device, comprising:

a light source;

a light guide plate that faces said light source and that has a light incident face on which light from said light source is incident and a light exiting surface from which light exits;

an optical sheet arranged on a side of said light guide plate adjacent to the light exiting surface thereof;

a chassis formed by bending a metal plate and arranged on a side of said light guide plate opposite to the light exiting surface thereof, said chassis being constituted of a plate portion that extends along said light guide plate, a first extending portion that continues from the plate portion and extends in a direction opposite to the light guide plate and that forms a first corner portion with said plate portion, and a height-difference portion that forms a second corner portion with said first extending portion and provides a difference in height with respect to the plate portion; and

a heat dissipating member that dissipates heat from the light source, said heat dissipating member being constituted of a light source attachment portion to which said light source is attached and a chassis contacting portion that is contiguous with said light source attachment portion and in contact with said height-difference portion from a side opposite to the light guide plate.

2. The illumination device according to claim 1,

wherein said chassis further includes a second extending portion that continues from said height-difference portion and extends towards said plate portion in a direction opposite to the heat dissipating member, said second extending portion forming a third corner portion with said height-difference portion and forming a fourth corner portion with said plate portion, and

wherein said first extending portion, said height-difference portion, and said second extending portion are provided by forming a recessed groove in said chassis.

3. The illumination device according to claim 2,

wherein a plurality of said recessed grooves are provided, and

wherein said plurality of recessed grooves are arranged so as to be aligned along an edge of the chassis.

4. The illumination device according to claim 2, wherein an air layer is defined between said first extending portion and said second extending portion.

5. The illumination device according to claim 1, wherein said first corner portion and said second corner portion are formed by bending said plate to a substantial right angle.

6. The illumination device according to claim 1, wherein said chassis is made of metal.

7. The illumination device according to claim 1, wherein said chassis contacting portion of the heat dissipating member is provided with a heat dissipating fin on a surface thereof opposite to the chassis at a section that overlaps the height-difference portion.

8. The illumination device according to claim 7,

wherein the heat dissipating member is configured such that said light source attachment portion and said chassis contacting portion thereof form an upside down L-shape in a cross-sectional view, and

wherein said heat dissipating fin is constituted of a plurality of ribs that extend along the height-difference portion of the chassis in a cross-sectional view.

9. The illumination device according to claim 1, wherein an air layer is defined between said chassis contacting portion of the heat dissipating member and said plate portion of the chassis.

10. A display device comprising:

the illumination device according to claim 1; and

a display panel that performs display using light from said illumination device.

11. The display device according to claim 10, further comprising:

a frame arranged on a display surface side of said display panel, said frame and said heat dissipating member sandwiching and housing the display panel, the light source, the light guide plate, and the chassis therebetween,

wherein said heat dissipating member further includes a frame attachment portion attached to said frame and arranged so as to be on an outer side of said light source attachment portion on a side opposite to said chassis contacting portion on an inner side of said light source attachment portion opposite to the light source.

12. The display device according claim 11,

wherein said frame has an upside-down L-shape in a cross-sectional view and includes a panel holding portion that holds said display panel from said display surface side and a sidewall that protrudes from an outer side of the panel holding portion towards a side opposite to said display surface side, and

wherein said light source attachment portion faces said sidewall and an air layer is defined between said light source attachment portion and said sidewall.

13. The display device according to claim 11, wherein said frame attachment portion has a height-difference portion-like shape that protrudes further towards a side opposite to said chassis than said chassis contacting portion.

14. The display device according to claim 10, wherein said display panel is a liquid crystal panel using liquid crystal.

15. A television receiver, comprising the display device according to claim 10.