Patent ID: 8345188
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: G02B,G02F

Abstract:
1. An illumination device comprising: a plurality of light source units each including at least one respective light source and a respective light guide body; wherein each of the light guide bodies: the light-emitting surfaces of the respective light guide bodies are arranged on a common surface such that, when seen from a normal direction of the light-emitting surfaces, the light guide section of one of the light guide bodies overlaps with the light-emitting surface of another one of the light guide bodies which is adjacent to the one of the light guide bodies such that the respective light guide bodies together define a single light-emitting surface as a whole; the light-emitting section includes one end portion in which the light guide section is provided and another end portion which is a portion of the light-emitting section that is furthest away from the one end portion of the light-emitting section and which has a thickness from about 0.05 mm to about 0.15 mm.