Patent ID: 11874546
Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. A display device, comprising:
a display panel including a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal layer between a pair of substrates;
a transparent substrate disposed on at least one side of the display panel; and
a lighting unit configured to project light from the side of the transparent substrate,
wherein the lighting unit comprises:
at least one light source;
at least one light guide incident with the light emitted from the light source; and
a support member having an L-shaped cross section and extending along one side of the display panel to which the at least one light source and the at least one light guide are fixed,

wherein the at least one light source and the at least one light guide are disposed on different sides of the support member,
wherein the lighting unit is fixed to the transparent substrate or the display panel by the support member with the at least one light guide positioned on the side of the transparent substrate,
wherein the support member has a first flat portion extending in a first direction from a bend of the L-shaped cross section in a cross-sectional view and a second flat portion extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction,
wherein the at least one light source is disposed in the first flat portion, and the at least one light guide is disposed in the second flat portion, and
wherein the second flat portion of the support member has a first surface mounted with the light guide, and the lighting unit is bonded to the transparent substrate at the first surface.