An object of the present invention is to provide a display device with high withstand mechanical-shock property, and improve quality of the product by controlling occurrence of display defects such as uneven luminance. The display device includes a light guiding plate 1 being provided a light source 5 on an upright surface 1 b , optical sheets 2 being provided at a side of light emitting surface of said light guiding plate, a light source supporting member being provided for supporting said light source and a frame 4 having a protrusion 4 a for supporting said light guiding plate from the upright surface 1 b of said light guiding plate 1 . Furthermore, a projection is formed at optical sheets, and cut-out, which includes the projection therebetween, is provided at the frame 4.
1. A display device comprising:
a light guiding plate including a light-emitting surface and provided with a light source at a light-receiving surface thereof;
optical sheets provided at a side of the light emitting surface of said light guiding plate;
a light source supporting member located inside a frame and supporting said light source, said light source supporting member having a base portion and an extending portion which extends from the base portion; and
the frame supporting said light guiding plate on the light emitting surface of said light guiding plate and including a protrusion having a first surface for supporting said light guiding plate on the light-receiving surface of said light guiding plate, and said protrusion having an opposing surface;
wherein the extending portion has an end face that substantially overlaps the opposing surface of the protrusion;
wherein said light guiding plate and said optical sheets are held by said frame, said opposing surface being in contact or close to an end of said light source supporting member and said protrusion protruding from said frame in a direction of a thickness of the light guiding plate.
2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein said protrusion has a height t and the light-receiving surface of the light guiding plate has a thickness T, and wherein the height t is in a range of 0.05 T≦t≦0.3 T.
3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein said optical sheets are provided with a projection, and said frame is provided with a cut-out which encompasses the projection formed at said optical sheets.
4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein said cut-out is provided at two opposing sides of said frame.
5. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the light source is provided at light-receiving surfaces of four sides of said light guiding plate.
6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein said light source is provided at light-receiving surfaces of four sides of said light guiding plate.
7. The display device of claim 2 , wherein said light source is provided at light-receiving surfaces of four sides of said light guiding plate.
8. The display device of claim 3 , wherein said light source is provided at light-receiving surfaces of four sides of said light guiding plate.
9. The display device of claim 4 , wherein said light source is provided at light-receiving surfaces of four sides of said light guiding plate.
10. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the light source supporting member reflects light from the light source toward the upright surface.
11. The display device of claim 1 , wherein said protrusion engages said light-receiving surface of said light-guiding plate.
12. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the protrusion has a first surface which supports said light-receiving surface of the light guiding plate and has an opposing surface, and wherein one end of said light source supporting member is provided at said protrusion and is located in contact with or near the opposing surface, the light-receiving surface of the light guiding plate being separated from said light source supporting member by said protrusion.