IP Library Granted Patent US 9,766,395
Granted Patent B2
US 9,766,395 · App. 14/918,821 · Granted Sep 19, 2017

Light source device with a first frame body, a second frame body, and a spacer disposed therebetween

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Patent No.
US 9,766,395
App. No.
14/918,821
Granted
Sep 19, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to an aspect, a light source device includes a light guide body, a first frame body on which a partial penetration part is formed, a second frame body, and a spacer held between the second frame body and the light guide body via the penetration part. The spacer includes a base part and a protrusion. The base part is formed to be larger than the penetration part, is held between the second frame body and the first frame body at an edge positioned around the penetration part, and causes the first frame body to be in intimate contact with an inner wall surface of the second frame body opposite to the base part. The protrusion is in contact with the light guide body to cause the light guide body to be in intimate contact with an inner wall surface of the first frame body opposite to the protrusion.

Claims (39)

1. A light source device comprising:

a light guide body;

a first frame member that has a first frame body surrounding an outer circumference of the light guide body and including a partial penetration part formed thereon, and houses the light guide body in a space surrounded by the first frame body;

a second frame member that has a second frame body surrounding an outer circumference of the first frame body and that houses the first frame body in a space surrounded by the second frame body; and

a spacer held between the second frame body and the light guide body via the penetration part,

wherein

the spacer includes

a base part, and

a protrusion,

the base part, which is formed to be larger than the penetration part, is held between the second frame body and the first frame body at an edge positioned around the penetration part, and

the protrusion is projected from the base part toward the light guide body via the penetration part to be in contact with the light guide body.

2. The light source device according to claim 1 , wherein the spacer is formed of an elastic member.

3. The light source device according to claim 2 , wherein the spacer is arranged between the second frame body and the light guide body in a state of being compressed and deformed.

4. The light source device according to any one of claim 1 , further comprising:

a light source that enters light into the light guide body, wherein

the light source is arranged to be opposite to the spacer across the light guide body.

5. The light source device according to claim 1 , wherein

the light guide body has two side surfaces adjacent to each other with a corner part therebetween,

the penetration part is arranged at positions opposed to the two side surfaces,

the protrusion is in contact with both of the two side surfaces, and

the base part is held between the first frame body and the second frame body at positions opposed to the two side surfaces.

6. The light source device according to claim 1 , wherein

the spacer includes a plurality of protrusions arranged along an outer circumference of the light guide body, and

the penetration part includes a plurality of through holes through which the protrusions pass toward the light guide body.

7. A light source device comprising:

a light guide body;

a first frame member that has a first frame body surrounding an outer circumference of the light guide body and that houses the light guide body in a space surrounded by the first frame body;

a second frame member that has a second frame body surrounding an outer circumference of the first frame body and that houses the first frame body in a space surrounded by the second frame body; and

a spacer held between the second frame body and the light guide body via a penetration part,

wherein

the first frame body includes:

a first inner wall that has the penetration part; and

a second inner wall that is disposed at an opposite side to the first inner wall in the first frame body, the light guide body being disposed between the first inner wall and the second inner wall,

the second frame body includes:

a first outer wall that is positioned at a same side of the first inner wall when viewed from a first direction vertical to the light guide body; and

a second outer wall that is positioned at a same side of the second inner wall when viewed from the first direction,

the spacer includes a base part and a protrusion,

the base part, which is formed to be larger than the penetration part, is held between the first inner wall and the first outer wall at an edge positioned around the penetration part to bias the first inner wall toward the second outer wall, and

the protrusion projects from the base part toward the light guide body via the penetration part and is in contact with the light guide body to bias the light guide body toward the second inner wall.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072130/0313 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2015
From: KUBO, JIHEI
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 036913/0135 →