Patent ID: 7679694

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a liquid crystal display panel having liquid crystal material sandwiched between a pair of substrates; optical components disposed behind said liquid crystal display panel; a frame-like mold which houses said liquid crystal display panel and said optical components; a light reflective sheet disposed behind said frame-like mold; and a frame which houses said frame like mold and said light reflective sheet, wherein said frame comprises a bottom portion and a sidewall formed along a periphery of said bottom portion, a plurality of engaging though holes are formed at said bottom portion along said side wall not to extend into said side wall, said side wall is continuous at positions adjacent to said engaging through holes, said light reflective sheet is disposed on an upper surface of said bottom portion of said frame, and is provided with a plurality of cutouts disposed correspondingly to said plurality of engaging though holes such that said light reflective sheet does not lie over said plurality of engaging through holes, said frame like mold is provided with a plurality of engaging protrusions which are disposed correspondingly to said plurality of engaging holes and protrude downward beyond a lower surface of said frame-like mold, said frame-like mold and said frame are fixed together by inserting each of said plurality of engaging protrusions into a corresponding one of said plurality of engaging through holes, and said plurality of engaging protrusions pass through said bottom portion from one side to the other side through said plurality of engaging through holes.