IP Library Granted Patent US 9,158,056
Granted Patent B2
US 9,158,056 · App. 13/945,488 · Granted Oct 13, 2015

Light spreading illumination apparatus having a light guide with inclined portion having at least one pedestal and a light blocking member disposed thereon

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Patent No.
US 9,158,056
App. No.
13/945,488
Granted
Oct 13, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A spread illuminating apparatus includes a plurality of point light sources; a printed circuit board on which the plurality of point light sources is each mounted; and a light guide plate with a light input surface facing the point light source and a light output portion that exits plane light emitted from the point light source and introduced through the light input surface, wherein the light guide plate includes an inclination portion between the light input surface and the light output portion, the inclination portion having a thickness gradually decreasing toward the light output portion side, an inclined surface of the inclination portion includes a pedestal for disposing the printed circuit board in an area except the front of the point light source, and a light-blocking member is disposed between the neighboring pedestals.

Claims (28)

1. A spread illuminating apparatus comprising:

a plurality of point light sources;

a printed circuit board on which the plurality of point light sources is each mounted; and

a light guide plate with a light input surface facing the point light sources and a light output portion that exits plane light emitted from the point light sources and introduced through the light input surface,

wherein the light guide plate includes an inclination portion between the light input surface and the light output portion, the inclination portion comprising an inclined surface a thickness of which gradually decreases toward the light output portion side,

the inclined surface includes at least one pedestal for disposing the printed circuit board, the at least one pedestal being positioned in an area except the front of the point light source, and

a light-blocking member is disposable on the inclined surface of the inclined portion at the light guide plate, the blocking member being placed in front of each of the plurality of point light sources which is sandwiched between pedestals adjacent to each other.

2. The spread illuminating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the printed circuit board is fixed to the light guide plate with a bonding member,

the bonding member includes a branch portion including a portion corresponding to each pedestal and a connecting portion that connects a front end of each branch portion to a front end of the neighboring branch portion, and

the light-blocking member is fixed to the connecting portion.

3. The spread illuminating apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein a top surface of the pedestal has an inclined surface substantially parallel to the inclined surface of the inclination portion.

4. The spread illuminating apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the bonding member is a double-sided tape.

5. The spread illuminating apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein a top surface of the pedestal has an inclined surface substantially parallel to the inclined surface of the inclination portion.

6. The spread illuminating apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the bonding member has a trunk portion that connects a rear end of each branch portion.

7. The spread illuminating apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the light-blocking member has a trapezoidal shape whose width increases as moving in a front direction.

8. The spread illuminating apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein a top surface of a pedestal of the at least one pedestal has an inclined surface substantially parallel to the inclined surface of the inclination portion.

9. The spread illuminating apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein a top surface of a pedestal of the at least one pedestal has an inclined surface substantially parallel to the inclined surface of the inclination portion.

10. The spread illuminating apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the light-blocking member has a trapezoidal shape whose width increases as moving in a front direction.

11. The spread illuminating apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein a top surface of a pedestal of the at least one pedestal has an inclined surface substantially parallel to the inclined surface of the inclination portion.

12. The spread illuminating apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the bonding member has a trunk portion that connects a rear end of each branch portion.

13. The spread illuminating apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the light-blocking member has a trapezoidal shape whose width increases as moving in a front direction.

14. The spread illuminating apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein a top surface of a pedestal of the at least one pedestal has an inclined surface substantially parallel to the inclined surface of the inclination portion.

15. The spread illuminating apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein a top surface of the pedestal has an inclined surface substantially parallel to the inclined surface of the inclination portion.

16. The spread illuminating apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the light-blocking member has a trapezoidal shape whose width increases as moving in a front direction.

17. The spread illuminating apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein a top surface of a pedestal of the at least one pedestal has an inclined surface substantially parallel to the inclined surface of the inclination portion.

18. The spread illuminating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the light-blocking member has a trapezoidal shape whose width increases as moving in a front direction.

19. The spread illuminating apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein a top surface of a pedestal of the at least one pedestal has an inclined surface substantially parallel to the inclined surface of the inclination portion.

20. The spread illuminating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a top surface of a pedestal of the at least one pedestal has an inclined surface substantially parallel to the inclined surface of the inclination portion.

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 Jul 18, 2013
From: TAKADA, SHOHEI; HORIKAWA, TOMOTAKA
To: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 030899/0914 →