Patent ID: 8259281

Claim:
A liquid crystal display (LCD) device comprising: a light source; an optical guide plate guiding, in an in-plane direction thereof, light emitted from said light source; a LCD panel disposed in front of said optical guide plate for receiving said light from said optical guide plate; a housing for supporting at least said optical guide plate and said LCD panel in block, said housing including a rear cover and a rest of said housing; and a heat sink opposing said rear cover and diffusing heat generated in said light source, wherein at least a portion of said rear cover includes a heat receiving member having a higher heat receiving capability than said rest of said housing, wherein said heat receiving member has a layered structure, and is laminated on a surface of said rear cover opposing said heat sink, and is spaced from said heat sink, and wherein said heat receiving member is configured to receive heat from said heat sink by thermal radiation and dissipate said heat to said rear cover.