| US 7,477,339 B2 | ||
| Backlight assembly having lamp guide plates with plural lamp holders thereon in which the holders are offset with respect to each other | ||
| Kyoung Sub Kim, Gyeongsangbuk-do (Korea, Republic of); and Seok Hwan Oh, Gyeongsangbuk-do (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to LG Display Co., Ltd., Seoul (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 30, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/239,366. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10-2004-0077771 (KR), filed on Sep. 30, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0066774 A1, Mar. 30, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G02F 1/1333 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 349—58 [349/61] | 20 Claims |

| 1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:
a liquid crystal panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed therebetween;
and
a backlight assembly including a plurality of lamps disposed in a first direction to provide light to the liquid crystal panel,
and a plurality of lamp guides to fix the plurality of lamps, at least one of the lamp guides having a guide plate and a plurality
of lamp fixing parts, wherein a first one of the lamp fixing parts is disposed on the guide plate at a lamp fixing part axis
in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and wherein a second one of the lamp fixing parts is disposed
on the guide plate space apart from the lamp fixing part axis.
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