Illumination device, display device, and television receiving device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9810832-B2
Application number	US-201414901708-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 24, 2014
Priority date	Jul 1, 2013
Publication date	Nov 7, 2017
Grant date	Nov 7, 2017

Abstract

An illumination device includes: a light source; an optical sheet having a rectangular shape and imparting an optical effect on light from the light source; a display component having a rectangular shape and being provided on the optical sheet; and a frame member having a frame shape surrounding the optical sheet and, on at least one edge of the optical sheet, selectively and directly or indirectly pressing an area that is located relatively more towards a center of the edge of the optical sheet than both sides of the edge so as to secure said area to the display component.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An illumination device, comprising:
a light source;
an optical sheet having a rectangular shape and imparting an optical effect on light from the light source;
a display component having a rectangular shape and being provided on the optical sheet; and
a frame member having a frame shape surrounding the optical sheet and, on at least one edge of the optical sheet, selectively and directly or indirectly pressing an area that is located relatively more towards a center of said edge of the optical sheet than both sides of said edge so as to secure said area to the display component,
wherein the frame member has an engaging section formed on a portion thereon,
wherein the illumination device further comprises an engaging member that fits into the engaging section so as to secure, to the engaging section, a part of an area on the edge of the optical sheet that is outside the area where the optical sheet is secured to the display component,
wherein the engaging section protrudes from the frame member toward the optical sheet,
wherein the optical sheet has at least one opening in the area of the edge of the optical sheet that is outside the area where the optical sheet is secured to the display component by the frame member, the engaging section penetrating through said opening in the optical sheet,
wherein the frame member further includes a claw-shaped locking part formed on a portion thereon, said locking part protruding from the frame member towards the optical sheet,
wherein there are a plurality of the openings in the optical sheet, the openings being respectively provided in the center and said both sides on the edge of the optical sheet, and
wherein, among the openings in the optical sheet, the opening provided in areas respectively closer to said both sides than the center on the edge of the optical sheet has said locking part of the frame member penetrating therethrough, thereby locking the optical sheet to the locking part such that the optical sheet is slidable in a thickness direction thereof.

2. The illumination device according to claim 1 , wherein only said at least one edge of the optical sheet is held to the display component.

3. The illumination device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the optical sheet includes a sheet extending portion that extends outward from said edge of the optical sheet, and
wherein the opening in the optical sheet is located in the sheet extending portion.

4. The illumination device according to claim 1 , wherein the engaging member has a protrusion and the engaging section has a recess to receive said protrusion.

5. The illumination device according to claim 1 , further comprising a heat-dissipating member disposed between the frame member and the light source, the heat-dissipating member supporting the light source.

6. The illumination device according to claim 5 , further comprising a chassis including at least a plate-shaped portion along a sheet surface of the optical sheet, and a bent portion that bends from a periphery of the plate-shaped portion towards the heat-dissipating member to abut a part of the heat-dissipating member.

7. The illumination device according to claim 1 , wherein the frame member is made of a resin.

8. A display device, comprising:
the illumination device according to claim 1 ;
wherein the display component is a display panel that performs display using light from the illumination device.

9. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein the display panel is a liquid crystal panel that uses liquid crystal.

10. A television receiver, comprising the display device according to claim 8 .

11. A display device, comprising:
the illumination device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the display component is a light guide plate that has a light-entering face on at least one end face thereof and that guides light from the light source that has entered the light-entering face to the optical sheet, and
wherein the display device additionally includes a display panel provided on the optical sheets, said frame member pressing said area through the display panel.

12. A television receiver, comprising the display device according to claim 11 .

13. The illumination device according to claim 1 , wherein the frame member presses said area through a cushioning member.

Assignees

• Sharp Kk

Inventors

• Masuda Yusuke

Classifications

• H04N5/645

  Mounting of picture tube on chassis or in housing · CPC title

• G02F2001/133322

  Physics · mapped topic

• G02F1/133308

  Support structures for LCD panels, e.g. frames or bezels · CPC title

• G02B6/0085

  Means for removing heat created by the light source from the package · CPC title

• G02F2001/133328

  Physics · mapped topic