Patent ID: 8376605

Claim:
A lighting device for a display device, comprising: a plurality of lamps; and a backlight lamp holding apparatus arranged to mount said plurality of lamps to a base member, said backlight lamp holding apparatus including: a mounting plate that is mounted to said base member at a first surface of said mounting plate and that includes a plurality of abutting portions protruding from said first surface of said mounting plate; a plurality of locking portions that protrude from said first surface of said mounting plate; and a plurality of lamp holding portions that protrude from a second surface of said mounting plate and that are arranged to hold said plurality of lamps, respectively, wherein: said plurality of abutting portions are arranged to abut on a top surface of said base member; said plurality of abutting portions include a first abutting portion, a second abutting portion, and a third abutting portion; said plurality of locking portions include a first locking portion and a second locking portion; said plurality of lamp holding portions include a first lamp holding portion and a second lamp holding portion; said first locking portion is located between said first abutting portion and said second abutting portion; said second locking portion is located between said second abutting portion and said third abutting portion; said first lamp holding portion is located between said first abutting portion and said first locking portion; and said second lamp holding portion is located between said third abutting portion and said second locking portion.