Patent ID: 6806921
Filing Date: 2004-10-19
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
A liquid crystal display device comprising a liquid crystal display panel, an illumination unit including a light-conducting plate having a protrusion protruded from a side surface of the light-conducting plate, and a housing having a bottom plate and a casing provided onto a bottom plate peripheral area for holding the light-conducting plate,wherein a depression portion into which the protrusion is fitted for locating the light-conducting plate in a direction along its side surfaces by both end surfaces is formed to the casing of the housing; an inside of the bottom plate peripheral area is processed from roots of the end surfaces along the end surfaces so that a first slit which continues to the end surfaces is formed; the casing in a position separated from the end surfaces with a predetermined interval and an inside of the bottom plate peripheral area in this position are processed so that a second slit is formed; and a portion of the housing which is composed of a part of the casing sandwiched between the first slit and the second slit and the bottom plate is supported to the housing in a manner of a fixed beam with respect to a load in the locating direction.