Patent ID: 8104932

Claim:
A backlight structure comprising: a light source module having a plurality of light sources; a light guide plate receiving, through a side surface thereof, and emitting, through a front surface thereof, light from the light sources; a rear plate disposed at a rear side of the light source module and the light guide plate and having, at the rear side of the light source module, a protruding portion protruding rearward; a cooling fan disposed at the rear side of part, other than the protruding portion, of the rear plate; a fan-mount plate having the cooling fan mounted thereon, the fan-mount plate being so disposed as to form a gap between the rear plate and the fan-mount plate; and a first wind passage formed in the gap between the rear plate and the fan-mount plate and permitting wind from the cooling fan to pass along a surface of the protruding portion of the rear plate and then to be exhausted.