Patent ID: 8277066

Claim:
A lighting device for a display device comprising: light sources provided in a parallel arrangement; covering members configured to cover respective ends of said light sources; a chassis to which said light sources and said covering members are mounted; and an inverter board disposed on said chassis on a side opposite from a side on which said light sources are arranged, wherein: said light sources include electrodes at ends thereof; said covering members include electrical terminals arranged to make electrical connection with said electrodes; each of said light sources includes ferrules fitted to the ends thereof; said ferrules are electrically connected to said electrodes; said electrodes are electrically connected to said electrical terminals via the ferrules; each of said covering members includes a plurality of integrally provided holding portions and each of the holding portions is configured to hold one of the respective ends of said light sources, the electrical terminals being integrally provided to each of the holding portions; each of said holding portions includes an opening that opens toward said chassis and said light sources are inserted from the openings; each of said electrical terminals includes a portion that is located opposite from a portion that is connected to said light sources, that penetrates through said chassis to the side of the chassis on which the inverter board is disposed, and that is electrically connected to the inverter board; and an end of each of the electrical terminals is directly connected to the inverter board without having any wires therebetween.