Patent ID: 8998476
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: G02B,G02F

Abstract:
1. An illumination device, comprising: light source substrates; light sources arranged on surfaces of said light source substrates; a light guide plate that has a light entrance face on a side face, the light guide plate being arranged so that the light sources and the light entrance face oppose each other; an accommodating member that has a bottom plate and side plates that rise on one surface side of said bottom plate, the accommodating member opening to the one surface side and having at least the light sources and the light guide plate placed therein; and spacer members arranged on surfaces of the side plates on each side facing the light guide plate, the spacer members being provided to regulate a distance between each of said side plates and the light guide plate, wherein the side plates include three first side plates having the light source substrates arranged on respective surface thereof, and one second side plate not having the light source substrate arranged on a surface thereof, wherein the spacer members include first spacer members made of an elastic material, and a second spacer member made of a non-elastic material; and wherein a space between the light guide plate and one of the first side plates that is opposite the second side plate across the light guide plate is regulated by the second spacer member, and spaces between the other side plates and the light guide plate are regulated by the first spacer members.