Patent ID: 7916239

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a liquid crystal display panel; and a backlight having a light source for illuminating the liquid crystal display panel, wherein said backlight comprises at least a number of fluorescent lamps in rod form aligned in a plane facing said liquid crystal display panel, supports for fluorescent lamps for supporting the fluorescent lamps in rod form, and a frame to which said supports for fluorescent lamps are secured, wherein said supports for fluorescent lamps have an engaging portion for insertion into a hole created in said frame and a surface of said supports for fluorescent lamps where said engaging portion is formed has protrusions, and wherein said supports for fluorescent lamps have bumps sticking out in a direction perpendicular to a long side of said supports for fluorescent lamps, the bumps has a plane of a same level same as said supports, and said protrusions are formed on said bumps.