Patent ID: 8879127

Claim:
An illumination apparatus that illuminates an illuminated body, the illumination apparatus comprising: a first light source comprising: a first light emitting portion that emits light; a first supporting body that supports the first light emitting portion at a position displaced closer to one side of the first supporting body; and a first terminal protruding from the first supporting body; a second light source comprising: a second light emitting portion that emits light; a second supporting body that supports the second light emitting portion at a position displaced closer to the one side that is the same as the first light emitting portion included in the first light source; and a second terminal protruding from the second supporting body in a same direction as a direction of the protrusion of the first terminal from the first supporting body; and a light guide that guides the light from the first light source and the second light source to the illuminated body, wherein the first light source is arranged closer to one end of the light guide in a longitudinal direction so that the first light emitting portion of the first light source is arranged in one end face of the light guide when viewed in the longitudinal direction of the light guide, the second light source is arranged closer to another end of the light guide in the longitudinal direction so that the second light emitting portion of the second light source is arranged in another end face of the light guide when viewed in the longitudinal direction of the light guide, the first light source and the second light source are arranged so that the protrusion direction of the first terminal from the first supporting body and the protrusion direction of the second terminal from the second supporting body are different when viewed in the longitudinal direction of the light guide, and the first light source and the second light source are arranged so that a protrusion length of the first supporting body and the second supporting body in a predetermined direction from an area where the first light source and the second light source overlap when viewed in the longitudinal direction of the light guide is smaller than when the protrusion direction of the first terminal from the first supporting body and the protrusion direction of the second terminal from the second supporting body are the same.