Liquid crystal display apparatus

Claim 1

A liquid crystal display apparatus, which comprises: a liquid crystal display panel; a fluorescent lamp for illuminating said liquid crystal display panel, said fluorescent lamp being provided with a glass bulb in which at least a pair of electrodes are disposed and filled with mercury and gas, said glass bulb having an inner surface on which a fluorescent material is applied and said fluorescent lamp being further provided with a pair of receiving terminals; a lighting unit for lighting said fluorescent lamp, said lighting unit being electrically connected to a pair of supply terminals; and a holding unit for holding said liquid crystal display panel, detachably holding said fluorescent lamp and holding said lighting unit in an assembled state in which said paired receiving terminals are supported by said paired supply terminals; wherein said lighting unit comprises a substrate of thin rectangular plate-like structure, a lighting circuit element is mounted on one surface of said substrate and a pair of recesses are formed on bilateral edge portions of one surface of the substrate and wherein said holding unit comprises a holding plate of a rectangular plate-like structure having a window disposed at substantially a central portion thereof and a bilateral pair of pawl members which engage with said recesses when said lighting unit is assembled with said holding unit, said pawl members being disposed on one surface of said holding plate at bilateral edge portions of the window, each of said engaging pawl members having an L-shaped structure having a vertical portion projecting from the one surface of the holding plate and a horizontal portion inwardly horizontally extending from a front end of the vertical portion, and said horizontal portion having a front end projecting inwardly towards said window.