IP Library Granted Patent US 7,497,612
Granted Patent B2
US 7,497,612 · App. 11/933,570 · Granted Mar 3, 2009

Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 7,497,612
App. No.
11/933,570
Granted
Mar 3, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electro-optical device includes a lighting device including a light guiding plate and a light source emitting light to the light guiding plate which are received in a frame, and a displaying panel, in which the light guiding plate has an inclined portion which gradually becomes thicker as it becomes nearer the light source, and the frame as a frame protrusion facing the inclined portion of the light guiding plate.

Claims (10)

1. An electro-optical device, comprising:

a lighting device including a light guiding plate and a light source emitting light to the light guiding plate which are received in a frame; and

a displaying panel,

wherein the light guiding plate has an inclined portion which gradually becomes thicker as it becomes nearer the light source, and wherein the frame as a frame protrusion facing the inclined portion of the light guiding plate.

2. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the frame protrusion has a shape corresponding to an inclination of the light guiding plate, and an angle of the light guiding plate is substantially equal to an angle of the frame protrusion.

3. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the displaying panel comprises a first displaying panel and a second displaying panel which have different displaying areas from each other, the second displaying panel having a relatively large displaying area is arranged on a first surface of the light guiding plate on which the inclined portion is disposed, and the first displaying panel having a relatively small displaying area is arranged on a second surface of the light guiding plate on which the inclined portion is not disposed.

4. The electro-optical device according to claim 3 , wherein an end of a displaying region of the second displaying panel is arranged nearer the light source than an end of a displaying region of the first displaying panel.

5. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , further comprising a light reflective portion provided between the frame protrusion and the inclined portion of the light guiding plate.

6. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the frame protrusion is provided by a light reflective member.

7. An electronic apparatus including the electro-optical device according to claim 1 .

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072398/0001 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 24, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST INC.; JAPAN DISPLAY WEST INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 071935/0063 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 8, 2013
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: JAPAN DISPLAY WEST INC.
Reel/Frame 031360/0887 →