Patent ID: 8279368

Claim:
A lighting device for a display device, comprising: linear light sources arranged in parallel; connectors for feeding power to said linear light sources; and a chassis for housing said linear light sources, wherein: said chassis includes at least one fixing hole and a plurality of cutouts arranged to fix said connectors; said fixing hole has a longitudinal shape extending along a side of said chassis for a length of an arrangement area of a plurality of said linear light sources such that a longitudinal direction thereof is along a parallel direction of said linear light sources; said cutouts are arranged along a long side edge of the fixing hole continuously from said fixing hole; each of said connectors includes a stopper to be engaged in said chassis; each of said connectors is positioned and engaged in a respective one of said cutouts due to said stopper being fitted in said respective one of said cutouts; and said connectors are fixable in a plurality of locations along a longitudinal direction of said fixing hole.