Patent ID: 6388722
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: G02B,G02F

Abstract:
A liquid crystal display device comprising:a liquid crystal display element; a backlight for supplying light to the liquid crystal display element and including a light guide plate, a fluorescent tube arranged at a side of the light guide plate, and a lamp reflector arranged along the fluorescent tube; a resin mold case accommodating the light guide plate, the fluorescent lamp, and the lamp reflector and having an opening; and a metal case having a upper frame member and a lower shielding member, and accommodating the backlight accommodated in the resin mold case and the liquid crystal display element arranged over the resin mold case to be opposite to an upper surface of the light guide plate through the opening therein; wherein said backlight further includes bushings formed of an insulating material, and a lamp cable extending along said fluorescent tube, said lamp reflector holding said fluorescent tube through said bushings, said lamp cable being connected to one end of said fluorescent tube and interposed between said lamp reflector and said resin mold case, and said lamp reflector being a bent metal plate having a slit in which said lamp cable is inserted.