Patent ID: 7027111

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a liquid crystal display element; a frame member having a frame-shaped part which is arranged at a displaying surface side of the liquid crystal display element and having a display window exposing a displaying surface of the liquid crystal display element, the frame member having a side wall which extends from the frame-shaped part along a thickness direction of the liquid crystal display element; a light source which is arranged opposite to another surface of the liquid crystal display element opposite to the displaying surface thereof, the light source irradiating the another surface of the liquid crystal display element with illumination light; and a housing member having a main surface opposite to the frame-shaped part of the frame member and a side wall formed at a periphery of the main surface thereof, the housing member housing the light source therein; wherein the frame member is fixed to the housing member so as to cover the main surface of the housing member with the frame-shaped part of the frame member while an outer surface of the side wall of the housing member is covered with an inner surface of the side wall of the frame member; wherein a nut member having a tapped hole is fixed to the housing member by a first screw which is screwed to the housing member, the tapped hole is positioned in the outer surface of the side wall of the housing member, and wherein a second screw is screwed into the tapped hole in a direction transverse to the thickness direction of the liquid crystal display element and fixes the liquid crystal display device to an exterior case, the first screw being covered with the frame member.