US 11,726,255 B2
Light emitting unit, liquid crystal module, display device, and lighting system
Takeshi Yamamoto, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SATURN LICENSING LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed by SATURN LICENSING LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/883,657.
Application 17/883,657 is a continuation of application No. 16/096,067, granted, now 11,460,630, previously published as PCT/JP2017/011629, filed on Mar. 23, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 2016-104062 (JP), filed on May 25, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0390667 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F21V 8/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); G02F 1/13357 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/0088 (2013.01) [G02F 1/133308 (2013.01); G02F 1/133608 (2013.01); G02F 1/133317 (2021.01); G02F 1/133615 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising
a liquid crystal module including a display panel and a light emitting unit that illuminates the display panel,
the light emitting unit including:
a support substrate that is disposed to face the display panel;
a light guide member that is provided between the display panel and the support substrate, and has a first end surface, a second end surface, a front surface, and a back surface;
a light source that is disposed to face the first end surface;
a buffer comprising a first buffer and a light shielding member serving as a second buffer; and
a holding member, provided between the display panel and the support substrate along an outer edge of the support substrate, holding the display panel through the first buffer against the light shielding member, and having a facing surface joined to the second end surface such that the holding member holds the light guide member along the second end surface.