Patent ID: 7452102
Filing Date: 2008-11-18
Classification: F21V,G02F

Abstract:
1. A lamp holder for a backlight assembly, the lamp holder comprising: a supporting part including a guiding hole extending therethrough for guiding a wire of a lamp of the backlight assembly; and a holding part protruding from the supporting part in a longitudinal direction of the lamp, a holding groove being formed at the holding part to hold an end portion of the lamp, wherein the holding part comprises a first holding portion protruding from a first end portion of the supporting part in the longitudinal direction of the lamp and a second holding portion protruding from a second end portion of the supporting part in the longitudinal direction of the lamp, and, wherein the guiding hole extending through the supporting part extends therethrough in a direction substantially transverse to the longitudinal direction of the lamp and a longitudinal direction of the supporting part, and wherein the supporting part is integrally formed with the holding part as an undivisible unit.