Patent ID: 7999882

Claim:
A liquid crystal module comprising: a rear frame having a bottom plate with an access opening; a light reflecting sheet disposed in an interior of the rear frame; a cold cathode tube disposed above the light reflecting sheet in the interior of the rear frame and having a pair of electric terminals at both end portions of the cold cathode tube; an optical sheet and a liquid crystal panel disposed above the cold cathode tube; a pair of lead wires connected to the electric terminals to form connected portions between the lead wires and the electric terminals, the lead wires extending through the access opening of the rear frame from the interior of the rear frame to a rear side of the rear frame relative to the bottom plate of the rear frame; and a pair of lamp sockets fixedly attached to the both end portions of the cold cathode tube, the lamp sockets being fitted into the access opening of the rear frame and latched to an edge portion of the access opening of the rear frame from the rear side of the rear frame such that the lamp sockets support the cold cathode tube with respect to the rear frame.