Patent ID: 7944520

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a liquid crystal display panel; a backlight; a driving circuit board arranged to drive the liquid crystal display panel and the backlight; a rigid plate made of rigid material, provided between the backlight and the driving circuit board, the rigid plate having a plane surface of a broader area than that of the backlight; and a housing arranged to house the liquid crystal display panel, the backlight, the driving circuit board, and the rigid plate; at least one of a falling portion and a rising portion being provided along at least a pair of opposed edges of the rigid plate, the falling portion projecting toward a driving circuit board side of the rigid plate, and the rising portion projecting toward an opposite side of the falling portion; said liquid crystal display device, further comprising: a frame member provided between the housing and at least one of the falling portion and the rising portion so as to integrally support the rigid plate and at least the liquid crystal display panel and the backlight.