Patent ID: 8289465

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device which displays an image, comprising: a liquid crystal module in which a liquid crystal cell is arranged in a rear frame that is made by metal and has a rectangular box shape; a front cabinet which has a rectangular frame shape and has in a central part thereof a window portion from which a display portion of the liquid crystal cell is exposed; a rear cabinet that fastens to the front cabinet to enclose the rear frame and liquid crystal module; and a plurality of protruding portions for fixing which have a rectangular shape, protruding outwardly from side surfaces that form shorter sides and longer sides of the rear frame, and fastened on to the front cabinet by screws, wherein the front cabinet includes at a back surface side thereof: a surrounding rib which has a predetermined height from the back surface perpendicularly thereto and which is formed so as to surround the window portion, a first positioning rib which contacts at least one of the protruding portions for fixing that protrudes from one of the longer sides of the rear frame, and has at least one side parallel to said one of the longer sides, and a second positioning rib which contacts at least one of the protruding portions for fixing that protrudes from one of the shorter sides of the rear frame, and has at least one side parallel to said one of the shorter sides, and the first and second positioning ribs are formed with a length greater than the length of the surrounding rib when measured from an opposing position on a longitudinal or a transverse axis of the window portion, and inner walls of both the first and second positioning ribs protrude longer than the surrounding rib so as to make contact with an edge portion of the protruding portions for fixing, wherein the first and second positioning ribs are contiguous with the surrounding rib.