Patent ID: 8373816

Claim:
A liquid crystal display (LCD) device comprising: an LCD panel configured for displaying an image; a light source configured for providing the LCD panel with light; a light source flexible printed circuit board (LS-FPCB) on which the light source is mounted, the LS-FPBC having a main body portion that extends laterally in a positive first direction and also in an opposed negative first direction, the LS-FPBC and having two flexible end portions respectively extending outwardly from the main body portion in the positive and negative first directions respectively; a non-flexible printed circuit board (PCB) also extending laterally in the positive and negative first directions, the PCB being electrically connected to the LCD panel and the PCB respectively making respective electrical contacts at laterally spaced apart contacting portions thereof respectively with the two flexible end portions of the LS-FPCB; and a receiving container configured to receive into a substantially interior receiving space thereof, an assembly that includes the LCD panel, the light source, and the main body portion of the LS-FPBC, said receiving container having at least a first through-hole communicating between the substantially interior receiving space and an outside of the receiving container and through which through-hole a corresponding first of the two flexible end portions of the LS-FPCB passes.