Patent ID: 6600526
Filing Date: 2003-07-29
Classification: G02B,G02F

Abstract:
A liquid crystal display (LCD) device comprising a display panel having a display screen at a font side thereof, a backlight unit disposed at a rear side of said display panel for irradiating said display panel at said rear side thereof, and a housing for holding said display panel and said backlight unit in one body, said backlight unit including a light-conductive plate having a light-emission front surface and a light-reception side surface, an elongate lamp extending along said light-reception side surface for emitting light at said light-reception side surface, a reflection sheet disposed at a rear side of said light-conductive plate for reflecting the light toward said light-emission front surface and having an extension disposed at a rear side of said elongate lamp, and an elongate reflecting member extending substantially parallel to said elongate lamp and formed as an L-shaped member as viewed along an extending direction of said reflecting member, said L-shaped member including a front flange portion disposed in front of said elongate lamp and a side flange portion normal to said front flange portion, said reflecting member reflecting the light from said elongate lamp in association with said reflection sheet.