Patent ID: 7413337

Claim:
A backlight unit of a liquid crystal display, which comprises: at least two lamp assemblies, each lamp assembly including a light source for generating light and a lamp housing with a shape to cover the light source for reflecting light, each of the at least two lamp assemblies having a single piece L-shaped element having an upper edge and a lower edge opposing to the upper edge, the single-piece L-shaped element of one lamp assembly being separated from the single-piece L-shaped element of another lamp assembly; a single light guide panel for making the light from the lamp assemblies incident to a display panel; and a bottom cover for supporting the lamp assemblies, the light guide panel and lower edges of the L-shaped elements, wherein the distance between the opposing upper edges of each single-piece L-shaped element of the at least two lamp assemblies is longer than the length of the light guide panel to permit the light guide panel to fit through the space between the opposing upper edges of the lamp assemblies to be assembled by being lowered to the bottom cover without obstruction by the opposing upper edges of the lamp assemblies when the backlight unit is assembled, and wherein the opposing lower edges of the single-piece L-shaped elements of the lamp assemblies extend beneath the light guide panel.