Patent ID: 7600910

Claim:
An illumination device comprising: light sources; a light source substrate on which the light sources are mounted; a light guide panel having opposite major surfaces and a side face connecting said major surfaces, said side face defining a light entrance plane facing the light sources, one of said major surfaces defining a light exiting plane from which light emitted by the light sources and entering the light guide panel via the light entrance plane exits the light guide panel; and spacers interposed between the side face of the light guide panel and the light source substrate, wherein a gap is formed between the light sources and the side face of the light guide panel by the spacers; and a holding frame having a first side wall portion holding the light source substrate and a second side wall portion holding the light guide panel, wherein the light guide panel is positioned and held by being resiliently urged arranged by the spacers toward a third side wall portion of the holding frame that is opposite to the first side wall portion.