Patent ID: 8672530

Claim:
A display device comprising: a light guide plate that includes a plurality of corner portions; a light emitting element that is disposed at least at one corner portion of the plurality of the light guide plate; a display panel that is disposed on the light guide plate; a first case member that includes: a bottom portion on which the light guide plate is placed; and a first side portion that encloses at least part of a circumference of the light guide plate; and a second case member that includes: an upper surface portion that is disposed on the display panel; and a second side portion that encloses at least part of the circumference of the light guide plate; wherein the light emitting element is disposed at a first portion of the first side portion of the first case member; the first portion of the first side portion of the first case member is thermally connected to a second portion of the second side portion of the second case member; the light guide plate includes: a ceiling surface; a rear surface; and a side surface that connects to the ceiling surface and the rear surface; a side surface of the one corner portion of the plurality of corner portions, at which the light emitting element is disposed, is obliquely inclined with respect to another side surface; and the light emitting element is disposed at the first portion of the first side portion of the first case member so as to face the inclined side surface of the light guide plate.