Patent ID: 8840261

Claim:
A backlight assembly comprising: a bottom chassis including a first hole and a second hole; a first lamp socket including a first socket housing and a first socket terminal received in the first socket housing, wherein the first socket terminal includes a first wire connection member, and the first lamp socket is fixed in the first hole; a ground socket including a plate, a first ground terminal and a second ground terminal; a first lamp including a U-shaped body, a first electrode, and a first ground electrode, wherein the first electrode is received in the first lamp socket and the first ground electrode is received in the first ground terminal; an inverter board disposed below the bottom chassis; a first wire including a first end connected to the first wire connection member, a body portion of the first wire passing through the second hole and a second end connected to the inverter board; a second lamp socket including a second socket housing and a second socket terminal received in the second socket housing, wherein the second socket terminal includes a second wire connection member, wherein the first and second ground terminals are disposed between the first and second lamp sockets; a second lamp including a U-shaped body, a second electrode and a second ground electrode, wherein the second electrode is received in the second lamp socket and the second ground electrode is received in the second ground terminal; and a second wire including a first end connected to the second wire connection member, a body portion of the second wire passing through the second hole and a second end connected to the inverter board.