Patent ID: 7944518

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising a liquid crystal display panel, a backlight provided on one surface side of said liquid crystal display panel and a power supply controlling circuit substrate for turning on and controlling said backlight which is mounted on the surface of said backlight on the side opposite to the surface which faces said liquid crystal display panel, characterized in that said backlight has a rectangular shaped frame member with long and short sides, a number of light sources in rod form aligned in parallel within said frame member with respect to an inside surface of said frame member, a first electrode supporting member electrically connected to one end of said number of light sources in rod form, and a second electrode supporting member electrically connected to the other end of said number of light sources in rod form, a wire guide member is arranged along one long side of said frame member, said wire guide member holding a wire for electrically connecting at least one of said first electrode supporting member and second electrode supporting member to said power supply controlling circuit substrate, and said wire guide member has a wire securing portion where said wire is secured and a temporary wire securing portion which at least temporarily secures said wire running between said wire securing portion and said power supply controlling circuit substrate.