US Patent 7137824 Connecting unit for a backlight module

A connecting unit includes a support seat that has inner and outer surfaces, that is formed with an L-shaped channel, and that is provided with a slit. The L-shaped channel is defined by the inner surface, has first and second open ends, receives an end portion of an electrical wire therein through the first open end, and receives an end portion of a fluorescent tube therein through the second open end. The slit extends from the outer surface to the inner surface and from the first open end to the second open end to thereby permit access into the L-shaped channel.