Patent 7434978 was granted and assigned to AU Optronics on October, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A backlight module comprises a bezel, an LED circuit board, an LED, and a driving circuit board. The bezel has a hole and the LED circuit board is disposed on the bezel and includes a first surface and a second surface. There is a first connector disposed on the second surface and passing through the hole of the bezel. The LED is welded on the second surface of the LED circuit board, an emitting end of the LED is protruded outside the first surface. The driving circuit board has a second connector, the second connector is connected to the fist connector so as to transmit signals to the LED circuit board.