Patent ID: 7817224

Claim:
A liquid crystal module comprising: a liquid crystal panel; a backlight unit disposed on a rear side of the liquid crystal panel and having a light source that is configured to emit light; a light reflecting plate disposed on a rear side of the back light unit and configured to reflect the light; and a light source holder having a band-shaped base attached to the light reflecting plate, a plurality of light source supports disposed on the band-shaped base at spaced apart locations and having an open ring portion that is open to a front side, and a plurality of reinforcing ribs formed on both side of each of the light source supports, thickness of the reinforcing ribs being less than thickness of the light source supports as measured in a direction parallel to a central axis of the light source, and end faces of the reinforcing ribs being aligned with end faces of the light source supports in the direction parallel to the central axis of the light source.