Lamp holder and LCD having the same
View Patent ↗A lamp holder capable of minimizing lamp wire breakage, an LCD containing the inventive lamp holder, and a method for using the lamp holder to minimize lamp wire breakage and to facilitate connection of a lamp wire to a lamp are provided. The lamp holder includes: a lamp holder body having a coupling hole into which a lamp is inserted, the coupling hole having a first opening on one surface side and a second opening on a second surface side; a cut-away portion having a predetermined depth in a third surface side; and a stopper adjacent to the cut-away portion in the third surface side. The cut-away portion and the stopper facilitate connection of a lamp wire to a lamp in the lamp holder so as to minimize lamp wire breakage.
1. A lamp holder comprising:
a lamp holder body;
a coupling hole in the lamp holder body for securing a lamp, the coupling hole having a first opening at a first side of the lamp holder body and a second opening at a second side of the lamp holder body;
a cut-away portion in the lamp holder body at a third side of the lamp holder body; and
a stopper positioned in a resting position in a portion of the third side of the lamp holder body.
2. The lamp holder of claim 1 , wherein the lamp holder comprises an elastic material.
3. The lamp holder of claim 1 , wherein the lamp holder comprises a rubber material.
4. The lamp holder of claim 1 , wherein the coupling hole comprises a lamp.
5. The lamp holder of claim 4 , wherein the lamp is connected to a lamp wire.
6. The lamp holder of claim 1 , wherein the cut-away portion forms a third opening.
7. The lamp holder of claim 6 , wherein the third opening is continuous with the second opening.
8. The lamp holder of claim 1 , wherein the cut-away portion is immediately adjacent to the stopper.
9. The lamp holder of claim 1 , wherein the stopper is capable of selectively blocking a lamp in a coupling hole from being translocated out of the lamp holder body when the stopper is in the resting position.
10. The lamp holder of claim 1 , wherein moving or bending the stopper from the resting position facilitates coupling between a lamp and a lamp wire.
11. The lamp holder of claim 1 , wherein moving or bending the stopper from the resting position can expose a lamp in the coupling hole to the outside of the lamp holder body.
12. The lamp holder of claim 6 , wherein moving or bending the stopper from the resting position increases the size of the third opening.
13. A liquid crystal display device comprising:
a lamp;
a lamp holder comprising:
a lamp holder body;
a coupling hole in the lamp holder body for securing a lamp, the coupling hole having a first opening at a first side of the lamp holder body and a second opening at a second side of the lamp holder body;
a cut-away portion in the lamp holder body at a third side of the lamp holder body; and
a stopper positioned in a resting position in a portion of the third side of the lamp holder body; and
a liquid crystal panel for receiving light emitted from the lamp to display an image.
14. The liquid crystal display device of claim 13 , wherein the lamp holder comprises an elastic material.
15. The liquid crystal display device of claim 13 , wherein the lamp holder comprises a rubber material.
16. The liquid crystal device of claim 13 , wherein the lamp is connected to a lamp wire.
17. The liquid crystal device of claim 13 , wherein the cut-away portion forms a third opening.
18. The liquid crystal device of claim 17 , wherein the third opening is continuous with the second opening.
19. The liquid crystal device of claim 13 , wherein the cut-away portion is immediately adjacent to the stopper.
20. The liquid crystal device of claim 13 , wherein the stopper is capable of selectively blocking a lamp in a coupling hole from being translocated out of the lamp holder body when the stopper is in a resting position.
21. The liquid crystal device of claim 13 , wherein moving or bending the stopper from the resting position facilitates coupling between a lamp and a lamp wire.
22. The liquid crystal device of claim 13 , wherein moving or bending the stopper from the resting position can expose a lamp in the coupling hole to the outside of the lamp holder body.
23. The liquid crystal device of claim 17 , wherein moving or bending the stopper from the resting position increases the size of the third opening.
24. A method for providing to a lamp holder a lamp connected to a lamp wire comprising:
a) providing a lamp holder, the lamp holder including a lamp holder body, a coupling hole in the lamp holder body, a cut-away portion and a stopper;
wherein the coupling hole has a first opening at a first side of the lamp holder body and a second opening at a second side of the lamp holder body;
wherein the cut-away portion has a predetermined depth in a surface of a third side of the lamp holder body; and
wherein the stopper is positioned in a resting position in a portion of the third side of the lamp holder body;
b) inserting a lamp through an opening into the coupling hole;
c) moving or bending the stopper from a resting position;
d) moving the lamp to the outside of the lamp holder through the cut-away portion;
e) connecting a portion of the lamp to a lamp wire; and
f) restoring the stopper to the resting position.
25. The method of claim 24 , wherein moving or bending the stopper from the resting position increases the size of an opening in a portion of the third side of the lamp holder body.
26. The method of claim 24 , wherein moving or bending the stopper from the resting position increases the size of an opening in a portion of the third side of the lamp holder body that is continuous with the second opening at the second side of the lamp holder body.
27. The method of claim 24 , wherein restoring the stopper to the resting position causes an end portion of lamp wire connected to the lamp to translocate through the second opening at the second side of the lamp holder body.