Patent ID: 7916238

Claim:
A liquid crystal display (LCD), comprising: a liquid crystal display panel; a light guide plate arranged on a rear surface of the liquid crystal display panel; a reflective plate that includes a bottom plate and a plurality of sidewalls attached to the bottom plate, the bottom plate of the reflective plate being arranged on a rear surface of the light guide plate to accommodate the light guide plate, the plurality of side walls of the reflective plate extending from the bottom plate to surround sides of the light guide plate; and a bottom chassis arranged on a rear side of the reflective plate to accommodate the liquid crystal display panel, the light guide plate, and the reflective plate, the bottom chassis being comprised of metal, the LCD being absent of a mold frame, the bottom chassis comprising: a bottom plate, the light guide plate and the reflective plate being arranged on the bottom plate; a plurality of first side walls extending from the bottom plate to surround the side walls of the reflective plate; a plurality of step differences, each extending from a corresponding one of the first side walls to an outside of the light guide plate and the reflective plate and extending away from said light guide plate and the reflective plate, each of the first sidewalls being attached to a first end of a corresponding one of the step differences; and a plurality of second side walls, each extending from a second and opposite end of a corresponding one of the plurality of step differences, the plurality of second sidewalls extending in an upper direction away from said bottom plate, each of the plurality of second side walls being on a plane that runs parallel to each of the plurality of first sidewalls, each of the plurality of second side walls being further from the bottom plate than the plurality of first side walls.