US Patent 7223003 Backlight assembly and liquid crystal display apparatus having the same

A backlight assembly includes a lamp assembly, a bottom chassis and a heat transferring member. The lamp assembly includes the lamps and a lamp holding part holding electrodes of the lamps. The bottom chassis combined with the lamp holding part to receive the lamp assembly has a bottom plate and at least one sidewall extended from edge portion of the bottom plate. The heat transferring member is combined with the lamp holding part to fix the lamp assembly, and also combined with the bottom chassis so that heat generated from the lamp is transferred to the bottom chassis through the heat transferring member. Therefore, lamp setting process may be simplified and heat generated from the lamp may be discharged to enhance a display quality.