Patent ID: 8342730

Claim:
An illumination device, comprising: a light guide plate having a light emission face and a light incident face; a printed substrate having a first plane and a second plane opposite to the first plane; a plurality of point light sources for supplying light to the light guide plate, the plurality of point light sources each having a mounting surface and a luminescence surface facing the light incident face of the light guide plate, the plurality of the point light sources being mounted at a predetermined interval on the first plane of the printed substrate with the mounting surfaces contacting the first plane; a housing disposed at an opposite side of the light emission face of the light guide plate; and a light source holding member having a light source supporting part contacting the second plane of the printed substrate for holding the printed substrate, the light source holding member having a bend portion bent from the light source supporting part in cross-section view, wherein an edge of the bend portion inserted in between the light guide plate and the housing serves as a spacer for assuring a clearance between the light sources and the light guide plate.