Patent ID: 7126650

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a lighting unit including: a light source; a light guiding component for guiding light emitted from the light source and emanating the light from a light emanating surface to an object to be illuminated; a reflecting component covering at least a bottom surface of the light guiding component; a light correction component disposed on the light emanating surface of the light guiding component; and a casing for holding the light source, the light guiding component covered with the reflecting component, and the light correction component, wherein the casing has an opening portion in a region corresponding to a light emanating region of the light correction component, the object to be illuminated is disposed in direct contact with an upper surface of the light correction component within the opening portion, and a space is formed between the light guiding component and the light correction component, and a liquid crystal panel as an object to be illuminated disposed on a light emanating surface side of the lighting unit, the liquid crystal panel having a liquid crystal cell comprising a pair of transparent substrates with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween, wherein the liquid crystal panel is disposed in direct contact with a front surface of the light correction component within the opening portion of the casing of the lighting unit; the liquid crystal panel comprises a pair of polarizers with the liquid crystal cell interposed therebetween; a polarizer on the lighting unit side of the pair of polarizers has an outer diameter smaller than an outer diameter of the opening portion of the casing, and directly contacts a front surface of the light correction component within the opening portion; the casing has a frame-shaped edge portion protruding toward the opening portion so as to enclose the opening portion; and the liquid crystal cell is disposed on an upper surface of the edge portion.