Patent ID: 7113237

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a liquid crystal panel; a light guiding plate for illuminating the liquid crystal panel; a frame on which the liquid crystal panel is mounted; a bezel including an upper wall which covers a periphery of the liquid crystal panel and has an opening through which a display portion of the liquid crystal panel is exposed to the outside, and a side wall bent from the upper wall and covering a side wall of the frame; a screw connecting the side wall of the bezel to the frame; and a rear cover for housing the light guiding plate from a bottom side of the light guiding plate, the rear cover having an extended portion which extends from a back side of the light guiding plate beyond a position of the screw, wherein the extended portion has a hole through which said screw passes, and wherein the extended portion is formed between the side wall of the frame and the side wall of the bezel, and wherein a control circuit board connected to the liquid crystal panel is arranged between the side wall of the bezel and the frame.