Patent ID: 7420630

Claim:
A display device comprising: a planar-light-source device for transmitting light from a light source toward the display device's display screen; a display panel made up of a rectangular first substrate situated alongside the planar-light-source device and a second substrate opposing the first substrate and situated alongside the display screen; an adhesion portion for, along peripheral portions of the bottom side of the first substrate, adhering the display panel to the planar-light-source device; and a case, for holding the display panel, in which a hook portion for hooking the top side of the first substrate is provided, wherein the first substrate has on only one edge thereof an extension portion that protrudes beyond the lateral endface of the second substrate and provides an area on which terminals for inputting an external video signal are formed, the hook portion hooks the extension portion, and the adhesion portion is provided at the peripheral portion of at least one edge, excluding the edge hooked by the hook portion, among the peripheral portions of the bottom side of the first substrate.