Patent ID: 6692134
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: G02B,G02F

Abstract:
A surface-emitting device comprising:a bar-shaped light source; and a light guide panel in which light from said light source is introduced from an end face and is emitted from an emergent surface, wherein said light source is supported at an end of said light guide panel by a cover member disposed so as to cover said light source and said end of said light guide panel, projecting pieces are formed at both ends of said cover member so as to clamp said end of said light guide panel from both sides in a widthwise direction, and said light guide panel is positioned in the widthwise direction by said projecting pieces, and wherein the projecting pieces contain first portions that project in the widthwise direction of said light guide panel and second portions that extend from said first portions along a lengthwise direction of said light guide panel, and a distance between said projecting pieces is substantially equal to a width of said light guide panel.