US Patent 7724316 Backlight device and display apparatus

Patent 7724316 was granted and assigned to Sony on May, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Sony

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7724316

Date of Patent

May 25, 2010

Patent Application Number

11903124

Date Filed

September 20, 2007

Patent Primary Examiner

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Tina M Wong

Patent abstract

A backlight device includes a light source; supporting means having four edges arranged in a frame-like manner; at least one optical sheet supported by the supporting means and allowing light emitted from the light source to pass therethrough and be incident on a back surface of a liquid crystal panel, the optical sheet having an opening in a position substantially dividing a length of a bottom edge thereof into halves; and a vibration-proof member extending through the opening and fixed to the supporting means.