Patent ID: 8130336

Claim:
A backlight apparatus comprising: a light source including a terminal; a connector member including a recessed shape contact portion electrically connected to the terminal of the light source; and a contact correcting member arranged to contact with the contact portion of the connector member; wherein the light source is arranged inside a recessed portion, having the recessed shape, of the contact member; the contact correcting member is arranged to press the contact portion of the contact member toward the terminal of the light source so as to close the recessed portion on a side of open ends of the contact portion; the contact portion includes a pair of side surface portions thereof arranged to pinch the terminal of the light source and a coupling portion arranged to couple the pair of side surface portions, and the contact correcting member includes a pair of pressing portions arranged to pinch the pair of side surface portions of the contact portion; and the contact correcting member is arranged such that a position at which the pair of pressing portions make contact with the pair of side surface portions is moved from a side of the coupling portion of the contact portion to a side of the open ends of the contact portion, and such that the contact portion of the contact member is pressed toward the terminal of the light source.