Patent ID: 6894738

Claim:
A liquid crystal display, comprising: a rear case; lamp unit holders and light guide plate retaining elements extending from an upper surface of the rear case; a lamp unit mounted on the upper surface of the rear case via the lamp unit holders; a light guide plate mounted over the upper surface of the rear case and retained by the retaining elements, the lamp unit operatively positioned adjacent the light guide plate and being independent from the light guide plate; a first rectangular notch section extending inwardly on the rear case along a length of the lamp unit; a second rectangular notch section extending inwardly on the rear case along a length of the rear case opposite the first rectangular notch section; a liquid crystal display panel mounted proximate the light guide plate; and a lid covering the second notch section from a bottom surface of the rear case, wherein: the liquid crystal display panel includes a substrate; the second rectangular notch section of the rear case is formed as a storage portion receiving the substrate from the upper surface of the rear case; and the substrate is located intermediate the lid and the liquid crystal display panel within the storage portion of the second rectangular notch section.