Patent ID: 8269911

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a display panel; a backlight which radiates light to the display panel; a plurality of light emitting elements mounted on the backlight; a printed circuit board on which the light emitting elements and wiring are arranged, the wiring being electrically connected with the light emitting elements; a light guide plate on which light emitted from the light emitting elements is incident; and a housing casing which houses the light guide plate therein, the housing casing having a side wall, wherein a surface of the printed circuit board on which the light emitting elements are mounted is arranged to face a light incident surface of the light guide plate in an opposed manner, a width of the printed circuit board is set larger than a thickness of the light incident surface of the light guide plate, slits are formed in the printed circuit board to make the printed circuit board foldable; the housing casing has a side wall which is formed along the light incident surface of the light guide plate; and the printed circuit board is folded so as to face the light incident surface of the light guide plate and to contact with a front surface and a back surface of the side wall.