Patent ID: 8355096

Claim:
An illumination device comprising: a light guide plate including at least a light entrance surface that is a predetermined side end surface and a light emitting surface that is perpendicular to the light entrance surface and that is a surface facing a member to be illuminated; a light source module including at least a light emitting diode element arranged to face the light entrance surface of the light guide plate; and a chassis including an accommodation space arranged to accommodate the light guide plate and the light source module wherein a first placement portion on which the light guide plate is placed and a second placement portion on which the light source module is placed are provided in the accommodation space; the first and second placement portions are provided such that the second placement portion includes a placement surface perpendicular to the light entrance surface of the light guide plate and that the placement surface of the second placement portion is raised in a plate thickness direction of the light guide plate with respect to the first placement portion; the light source module is placed on the placement surface of the second placement portion; the chassis is provided by a metallic plate and a portion of the metallic plate defines the first placement portion; the metallic plate, which includes the first placement portion, is bent such that a predetermined portion of the metallic plate, other than the first placement portion, is raised in a plate thickness direction of the light guide plate with respect to the first placement portion; the predetermined portion of the metallic plate, which is raised, is directly opposite to the light entrance surface of the light guide plate; and the predetermined portion of the metallic plate defines the second placement portion.