Patent ID: 7549881

Claim:
A backlight assembly comprising: a receiving container including a bottom plate having an opening and a sidewall protruded from a side of the bottom plate; a plurality of lamps disposed on the bottom plate, each of the lamps including a lamp body and an electrode portion disposed on an end portion of the lamp body; a lamp socket inserted into the opening the lamp socket including: a socket housing having a plurality of connecting holes extended in a first direction with respect to the receiving container; and a plurality of power supply members in the connecting holes, respectively, the power supply members including: a plurality of lamp connecting parts protruded toward the bottom plate of the receiving container to make contact with the end portions, respectively; and an inverter connecting part integrally formed with a lamp connecting part; and a power supply substrate including a plurality of output terminals disposed on a side of the power supply substrate, the output terminals making contact with the inverter connecting parts.