Patent ID: 8220942
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A lighting device for a display device comprising: a chassis housing a light source that applies a light to a display panel that displays an image; a planar optical member provided on a light emission side from the light source; and a support component that is mounted to said chassis and can support said optical member from the side of said light source, wherein said support component includes a lower support portion corresponding to a middle side of said optical member and a higher support portion corresponding to an end side of said optical member, and supports said optical member perpendicularly to a plane direction of said optical member in a fixed position at least in said lower support portion, and wherein said support component includes a linear support portion linearly extending in parallel with the plane direction of said optical member, and curved so that said optical member becomes progressively lower from the end side toward the middle side, and the linear support portion includes said lower support portion and said higher support portion.