Liquid crystal display and backlight system with partially detachable light-source cover

Abstract

An exemplary liquid crystal display includes an LCD panel (22); a light guide plate (234), a light source (231) disposed at a side of the light guide plate; a light-source cover (232) surrounding part of and holding the light source, the light-source cover defining a groove at one end thereof; and a frame (237) receiving the light guide plate, the light source and the light-source cover, the frame including an opening (2377), a side wall (2374) and an elastic protrusion (2371) formed on the sidewall (2374) near the opening. A main portion of the light-source cover is received in the frame through the opening of the frame and the light-source cover is attached to the frame by engagement of the elastic protrusion.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.