US 12,442,970 B2
Lighting cover and display device
Tatsuo Ito, Kyoto (JP); and Daichi Hama, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to NISSHA CO., LTD., Kyoto (JP)
Appl. No. 17/785,757
Filed by NISSHA CO., LTD., Kyoto (JP)
PCT Filed Oct. 28, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/040437
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/124692, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-226204 (JP), filed on Dec. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0071280 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. F21V 8/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/005 (2013.01) [G02B 6/0068 (2013.01); G02B 6/0073 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lighting cover disposed over a plurality of light-emitting portions, the lighting cover comprising:
a light guide member including light shielding walls that form a plurality of isolation spaces arranged to correspond to the plurality of light-emitting portions, the light shielding walls being configured to guide light from the plurality of light-emitting portions upward in a Z direction; and
a soft light-transmissive member having a soft tactile sensation, and transmitting light generated from the plurality of light-emitting portions by being disposed on an outer side of the light guide member, wherein
the light guide member further comprises a plurality of surface walls, each surface wall being formed on a respective light shielding wall on an opposite side of the respective light shielding wall from a corresponding one the plurality of light-emitting portions, the plurality of surface walls being configured to support the soft light-transmissive member from below in the Z direction,
in a cross-section along the Z-direction, the plurality of surface walls and the light shielding walls form a plurality of I shapes,
the light shielding walls have a rigidity lower than a rigidity of the surface walls against a downward pushing force in the Z direction, and
the rigidity of the light shielding walls against the pushing force in the Z direction is in the range of 1 N/mm to 30 N/mm.