Patent ID: 9645308
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: G02B,G02F

Claim:
1. A backlight device, the backlight device comprising: a light source; a light guide plate with an end face where light enters from the light source and with a front face emitting light; a supporting member having (i) a portion along the back surface of the light guide plate to support the light guide plate and (ii) a plate-like part protruding forward from the portion and having the light source at a position opposed to the end face of the light guide plate; a pressing member having a part located on a front side of the light guide plate to press the light guide plate from the front side toward the supporting member; a bezel fixed to the pressing member and covering a peripheral part of a front side and a side part of the pressing member; and a suppressing member, protruding from the plate-like part in the side direction, located at a rear side of a peripheral part of the pressing member, having a side part which is covered by a part of the bezel and contacts, from inside, with the part of the bezel, to suppress a movement of the part of the bezel in an approaching direction to the plate-like part.