IP Library Granted Patent US 7,978,284
Granted Patent B2
US 7,978,284 · App. 11/694,114 · Granted Jul 12, 2011

Illumination device and liquid crystal display apparatus

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Patent No.
US 7,978,284
App. No.
11/694,114
Granted
Jul 12, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An illumination device comprising: a wired board having flexibility and including a light source member mounted on one of principal planes; a light-shielding member disposed so as to cover at least part of the other principal plane of the wired board on the opposite side from the one principal plane and having at least partly a light-shielding property; a fixing member having first and second sticking surfaces to which the wired board and the light-shielding member are stuck respectively, a first adhesive layer being interposed between the one principal plane of the wired board and the first sticking surface of the fixing member, having an adhesive property with respect to both of the one principal plane of the wired board and the first sticking surface, and having a first adhesive force with respect to the one principal plane, and a second adhesive layer being disposed on a surface opposing the fixing member of the light-shielding member, and having a portion having an adhesive property with respect to both of the light-shielding member and the second sticking surface and a portion having an adhesive property for both of the light-shielding member and the other principal plane of the wired board, wherein the second adhesive layer includes a non-adhesive portion having no adhesive property with respect to the other principal plane or a low-bond strength adhesive portion having a second adhesive force lower than the first adhesive force at least in a portion having an adhesive force for both the light-shielding member and the other principal plane of the wired board.

Claims (16)

1. An illumination device comprising:

a wired board having flexibility and including a light source member mounted on one of principal planes;

a light-shielding member disposed so as to cover at least part of the other principal plane of the wired board on the opposite side from the one principal plane and having at least partly a light-shielding property;

a fixing member having first and second sticking surfaces to which the wired board and the light-shielding member are stuck respectively, a first adhesive layer being interposed between the one principal plane of the wired board and the first sticking surface of the fixing member, having an adhesive property with respect to both of the one principal plane of the wired board and the first sticking surface, and having a first adhesive force with respect to the one principal plane, and a second adhesive layer being disposed on a surface opposing the fixing member of the light-shielding member, and having a portion having an adhesive property with respect to both of the light-shielding member and the second sticking surface and a portion having an adhesive property for both of the light-shielding member and the other principal plane of the wired board,

wherein the second adhesive layer includes a non-adhesive portion having no adhesive property with respect to at least a portion of the other principal plane.

2. The illumination device according to claim 1 , wherein the area in which the non-adhesive portion of the second adhesive layer is formed, is disposed so as not to overlap with the area in which the first adhesive layer is formed when viewed in the direction of the normal line of the other principal plane of the wired board.

3. The illumination device according to claim 1 , wherein the second adhesive layer includes a light-shielding adhesive layer having an adhesive property and being formed on the surface of the light-shielding member which opposes the fixing member, and a low-bond strength adhesive layer in the form of a low-bond strength adhesive sheet as a sheet-type member being interposed at least partly in an area where the light-shielding adhesive layer and the other principal plane of the wired board are opposed to each other and being formed with the non-adhesive portion on the surface opposing the other principal plane of the wired board.

4. A liquid crystal display apparatus comprising the illumination apparatus according to claim 1 .

5. An illumination device comprising:

a wired board having flexibility and including a light source member mounted on one of principal planes;

a light-shielding member disposed so as to cover at least part of the other principal plane of the wired board on the opposite side from the one principal plane and having at least partly a light-shielding property;

a fixing member having first and second sticking surfaces to which the wired board and the light-shielding member are stuck respectively, a first adhesive layer being interposed between the one principal plane of the wired board and the first sticking surface of the fixing member, having an adhesive property with respect to both of the one principal plane of the wired board and the first sticking surface, and having a first adhesive force with respect to the one principal plane, and a second adhesive layer being disposed on a surface opposing the fixing member of the light-shielding member, and having a portion having an adhesive property with respect to both of the light-shielding member and the second sticking surface and a portion having an adhesive property for both of the light-shielding member and the other principal plane of the wired board,

wherein the second adhesive layer includes a low-bond strength adhesive portion having a second adhesive force lower than the first adhesive force at least in a portion having an adhesive force for both the light-shielding member and the other principal plane of the wired board.

6. The illumination device according to claim 5 , wherein the area in which the low-bond strength adhesive portion of the second adhesive layer is formed, is disposed so as not to overlap with the area in which the first adhesive layer is formed when viewed in the direction of the normal line of the other principal plane of the wired board.

7. The illumination device according to claim 5 , wherein the second adhesive layer includes a light-shielding adhesive layer having an adhesive property and being formed on the surface of the light-shielding member which opposes the fixing member, and a low-bond strength adhesive layer in the form of a low-bond strength adhesive sheet as a sheet-type member being interposed at least partly in an area where the light-shielding adhesive layer and the other principal plane of the wired board are opposed to each other and being formed with the low-bond strength adhesive portion on the surface opposing the other principal plane of the wired board.

8. A liquid crystal display apparatus comprising the illumination apparatus according to claim 5 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2018
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: 138 EAST LCD ADVANCEMENTS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 046153/0397 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2007
From: HASHINO, NARUO
To: EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 019093/0148 →