IP Library Granted Patent US 7,819,573
Granted Patent B2
US 7,819,573 · App. 12/149,491 · Granted Oct 26, 2010

Spread illuminating apparatus

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Patent No.
US 7,819,573
App. No.
12/149,491
Granted
Oct 26, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A spread illuminating apparatus includes a light source, a light conductor plate having the light source at a side surface thereof, and a frame to house the light conductor plate, wherein the frame is basically composed of a metal core member and a resin body member which has an enclosed structure and which has recesses at outer surfaces of the enclosed structure.

Claims (7)

1. A spread illuminating apparatus comprising:

a light source;

a light conductor plate having the light source disposed at a side surface thereof; and

a frame to house the light conductor plate, wherein the frame comprises a flat metal core member and a resin body member which has an enclosed structure and which includes recesses disposed at outer faces of the enclosed structure, the flat metal core member being horizontally sandwiched through an interior of the resin body member.

2. A spread illuminating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the flat metal core member is partly exposed from the recesses disposed at the outer faces of the enclosed structure of the resin body member.

3. A spread illuminating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the enclosed structure of the resin body member has a substantially polygonal shape, and a ratio of an aggregate dimension of widths of all recesses provided at one side of the polygonal shape with respect to a longitudinal dimension of the one side ranges from 0.25 to 0.35.

4. A spread illuminating apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the recesses of the one side are each provided at every 10 to 20 mm distance.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 5, 2020
From: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
To: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
Reel/Frame 051803/0293 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 21, 2008
From: KAWASHIMA, SATOSHI; TAKESHITA, HIROSHI
To: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 020998/0829 →