Patent ID: 7777829
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display device comprising: a liquid crystal display panel for displaying images, the liquid crystal display panel comprising a first pad; a light guide plate adjacent the liquid crystal display panel for providing light supplied to an edge of the light guide plate to the liquid crystal display panel; a bottom chassis having at least one slit thereon, the light guide plate being between the liquid crystal display panel and a first side of the bottom chassis; a flexible printed circuit board attached to the liquid crystal display panel and being on a second side of the bottom chassis and comprising a second pad coupled to the first pad; at least one housing directly attached to the flexible printed circuit board and extending through the at least one slit to be within the bottom chassis, the at least one housing supporting a light emitting diode for supplying the light to the light guide plate, wherein the light emitting diode is positioned at an edge of the light guide plate; wherein the housing comprises a first portion and a second portion on opposite sides of the light emitting diode, the first and second portions having different thicknesses from each other, and wherein the first portion is directly attached to the flexible printed circuit board.