Display device
AssigneeHitachi Displays, Ltd.
InventorsTakayuki Ota, Kazuyoshi Tanaka
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Abstract
A plurality of fluorescent tubes are retained at their end portions by a connector. A concave section is formed between insertion holes of the connector so that a slit section can be widened with ease, and the fluorescent tubes, fluorescent tube terminals, or others can be protected from any possible damage.
Claims19
A liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal display panel, and a backlight provided with a plurality of fluorescent tubes and a connector that keeps hold of the fluorescent tubes at an end portion thereof, wherein
- the connector is formed with insertion holes for keeping hold of the fluorescent tubes, and the insertion holes are each formed with a slit at an upper portion, and
- a side wall is formed between any two of the insertion holes adjacent to each other, and the side wall is formed with a concave portion in an axial direction of the fluorescent tubes.
A liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal display panel, and a backlight provided with a plurality of fluorescent tubes and a connector that keeps hold of the fluorescent tubes at an end portion thereof, wherein
- the connector is formed with insertion holes for keeping hold of the fluorescent tubes, and the insertion holes are each formed with a slit at an upper portion, and
- a side wall is formed between any two of the insertion holes adjacent to each other, and the side wall is formed with a notch reaching an upper portion of the connector.
A liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal display panel, and a backlight provided with a plurality of fluorescent tubes and a connector that keeps hold of the fluorescent tubes at an end portion thereof, wherein
- the connector is formed with first and second insertion holes for keeping hold of the fluorescent tubes, and the first and second insertion holes are each formed with a slit at an upper portion, and
- between the first and second insertion holes, there are a first side wall corresponding to the first insertion hole and a second side wall corresponding to the second insertion hole, and the first and second side walls are formed separately from each other at an upper portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.