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
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.