Patent ID: 7911553

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a backlight; and a liquid crystal display panel which is arranged above the backlight and which includes a display surface, wherein: the backlight includes a frame-like holder, a light emitting element which is housed in the inside of the frame-like holder, and a light guide plate located so that light emitted from the light emitting element in a first direction is incident on the light guide plate, the frame-like holder includes an opening portion and support portions which support the liquid crystal display panel, the liquid crystal display panel is disposed on upper surfaces of the support portions, the light guide plate is arranged under the support portions on lower surfaces of the support portions, the light emitting element is mounted directly on a flexible printed wiring board, and is arranged under one of the support portions of the frame-like holder adjacent the lower surface of the one of the support portions and adjacent the light guide plate, and the one of the support portions includes a recessed portion which is formed entirely on a first external side of the one of the support portions, where the lower surface of the support portion is located, opposite to a second side of the one of the support portions, where the upper surface of the support portion is located, which supports the liquid crystal display panel and at a position which faces the light emitting element in an opposed manner in a second direction which is different than the first direction, and the recessed portion extends depthwise in a direction perpendicular to the display surface of the liquid crystal display panel.