Lighting device and display device including light source and light-guiding plate with reflective plate having a bent portion surrounding the light source

• US 9,086,512 B2
• Filed: 10/21/2011
• Issued: 07/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Takase, Kenji
• Primary Examiner(s): May, Robert
• Application Number:
  US13/881,418
• Publication Number:
  US 20130229827A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,369 Days
• Field of Search: 362608-609, 362/613, 362632-634
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0021 for housing at least a part of the light source, e.g. by forming holes or recesses
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0031 Reflecting element, sheet or layer
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0055 Reflecting element, sheet or layer
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0073 Light emitting diode [LED]

Abstract

A lighting device includes: light-emitting diodes (light sources) (4); an LED substrate (light source substrate) (5) that has a mounting surface (5a) on which the light-emitting diodes (4) are mounted; a light-guiding plate (6) that has a light incident surface (6b1) from which light from the light-emitting diodes (4) enters, and a light emitting surface (6c) that emits the light having entered from the light incident surface (6b1) toward a liquid crystal panel (object to be irradiated) (2); and a reflection plate (7) that is provided on a side of an opposite surface (6d) of the light-guiding plate (6) that is opposite to the light emitting surface (6c), and reflects light. The reflection plate (7) includes a bent portion (7b) formed by bending an end portion of the reflection plate (7) so that the bent portion surrounds the light-emitting diodes (4) while being in close contact with the mounting surface (5a) of the LED substrate (5).

Claims

1. A lighting device comprising:

a light source;

a light source substrate that has a mounting surface on which the light source is mounted;

a light-guiding plate that has a light incident surface from which light from the light source enters, and a light emitting surface that emits the light having entered from the light incident surface toward an object to be irradiated; and

a reflection plate that is provided on a side of an opposite surface of the light-guiding plate that is opposite to the light emitting surface, and reflects light, wherein

the reflection plate includes a bent portion formed by bending an end portion of the reflection plate so that the bent portion surrounds the light source while being in close contact with the mounting surface of the light source substrate;

the reflection plate includes a principal surface that is opposite to the opposite surface of the light-guiding plate;

the bent portion includes;

a lower surface that is formed continuously to the principal surface and located below the light source;

a back surface that is formed continuously to the lower surface and in close contact with the mounting surface of the light source substrate on the back surface side of the light source; and

an upper surface that is formed continuously to the back surface and located above the light source; and

the back surface includes a through hole arranged to receive the light source, such that the back surface is arranged between the light source and the light source substrate.

2. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the back surface is fixed to the mounting surface of the light source substrate using an adhesive.

3. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein in the reflection plate, a specular reflection portion is provided at least on a surface of the bent portion.

4. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein in the reflection plate, a reflection portion is provided in such a manner as to cover a non-light incident surface of the light-guiding plate to which the light source is not arranged opposite, so as to reflect light from the inside of the light-guiding plate toward the light-guiding plate side.

5. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein a light-emitting diode is used as the light source.

6. A display device comprising the lighting device according to claim 1.

7. The display device according to claim 6, wherein a liquid crystal panel is used as the object to be irradiated.