Patent 7567315 was granted and assigned to LG on July, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel, a backlight unit under the liquid crystal display panel, a bottom frame under the backlight unit, a main frame surrounding portions of the liquid crystal display panel and the backlight unit, and a top frame covering top edge portions of the liquid crystal display panel. The top frame is connected to the main frame so that an inner side surface of the top frame is separated from an outer side surface of the main frame.