Patent ID: 8537300

Claim:
A display device comprising: a display panel unit; and a backlight unit which radiates light to the display panel unit from a back surface of the display panel unit, the backlight unit being arranged to face the display panel unit in an opposed manner, wherein the display panel unit includes a display panel and a first housing, the first housing has a first-housing first surface on which the display panel is arranged, a first-housing second surface which faces the first-housing first surface in an opposed manner and has an opening portion, and a first-housing side wall which connects the first-housing first surface and the first-housing second surface to each other, the backlight unit includes a light source and a second housing, the second housing has a second-housing first surface, a second-housing second surface which faces the second-housing first surface in an opposed manner and has an opening portion, and a second-housing side wall which connects the second-housing first surface and the second-housing second surface to each other, the first-housing side wall has first projecting portions which are formed on a portion of the first-housing side wall and includes a first part which projects in the extending direction of a side wall surface thereof and in an opening direction of the first housing which extends in parallel to the first housing side wall surface and a second part which projects outwardly away from the first-housing side wall, the second-housing side wall has second projecting portions which are formed on a side wall portion of the second housing and have a part which projects outwardly away from the side wall and which enables contact with at least one of the first part and the second part of the first projecting portions of the first-housing side wall, and the first-housing side wall has third projecting portions which are formed on another portion of the first-housing side wall and includes a third part which projects in the opening direction of the first housing which extends in parallel to the first-housing side wall surface further than the first part of the first projecting portions and a fourth part which projects outwardly away from the first-housing side wall.