Patent ID: 7050127

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a liquid crystal panel having a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal interposed therebetween; a flexible cable connected to one of the substrates; an illuminating device to illuminate said liquid crystal panel; and a unit cover accommodating said liquid crystal panel and said illuminating device; wherein said unit cover comprises a lower cover and an upper cover coupled to each other, said lower cover having a lower wall supporting said one of the substrates, a side wall provided on one side of said lower wall, and a wall part bent from said side wall, the upper cover having an upper wall, a side wall provided on one side of said upper wall, and a wall part bent from said side wall and opposed to the wall part of said lower cover, and wherein said flexible cable extends between said wall part of the lower cover and said wall part of the upper cover from the inside to the outside of said unit cover, said flexible cable extending substantially parallel to said one of the substrates where said flexible cable is bonded to said one of the substrates and between the wall part of the lower cover and said wall part of the upper cover, and is interposed between, and held by, said wall part of the lower cover and said wall part of the upper cover.