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A display device includes a backlight assembly and a panel assembly. The backlight assembly includes lamps which emit light when properly powered. Each of the lamps includes a lead terminal, and receives electric power through a lamp socket that is electrically connected to an external power supply.

A display device includes a backlight assembly and a panel assembly. The backlight assembly includes lamps which emit light when properly powered. Each of the lamps includes a lead terminal, and receives electric power through a lamp socket that is electrically connected to an external power supply. The lamp socket includes a socket cover inserted in the lamp socket. The socket cover supportively embraces a resilient contact terminal within the socket body and thus helps the contact terminal to maintain grip with the lead terminal. The socket cover includes a metal material that is able to absorb and safely dissipate heat impulses from nearby intermittent sparks, so that the socket cover is not substantially deformed by the heat impulses of multiple sparks that occur nearby at contact points between the lamp lead terminal and the socket contact terminal.

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What is claimed is: 1. A display device comprising: lamps emitting a light and each comprising a lead terminal formed at two end portions thereof; a lamp socket electrically connected to the lead terminal; an inverter providing an electric power to the lamp socket; and a display panel displaying an

What is claimed is: 1. A display device comprising: lamps emitting a light and each comprising a lead terminal formed at two end portions thereof; a lamp socket electrically connected to the lead terminal; an inverter providing an electric power to the lamp socket; and a display panel displaying an image using the light, wherein the lamp socket comprises: a body; a first socket terminal placed in the body and electrically connected to the lead terminal to provide the electric power from the inverter to the lamps; a second socket terminal placed in the body and electrically connected to the first socket terminal to provide the electric power from the inverter to the first socket terminal; and a socket cover comprising a metal material, the socket cover being located between the body and the first socket terminal and coupled with the first socket terminal so as to fix the lead terminal to the first socket terminal. 2. The display device of claim 1, wherein the first socket terminal comprises: a first auxiliary terminal; a second auxiliary terminal facing the first auxiliary terminal; and a first connecting portion extended from the first and second auxiliary terminals to electrically connect the first and second auxiliary terminals to the second socket terminal, and wherein the lead terminal is located between the first and second auxiliary terminals and gripped by the first and second auxiliary terminals. 3. The display device of claim 2, wherein the socket cover comprises: a first supporting portion coupled with the first auxiliary terminal; a second supporting portion combined with the second auxiliary terminal while facing the first supporting portion; a second connecting portion electrically connected between the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion; a first coupling portion extended from the first supporting portion toward the second socket terminal, and combined with the body by a first convex portion that is formed at the extending portion thereof; and a second coupling portion extended from the second supporting portion toward the second socket terminal while facing the first coupling portion, and combined with the body by a second convex portion that is formed at the extending portion thereof. 4. The display device of claim 3, wherein the body comprises: a first body coupling portion partially removed to receive the first coupling portion and provided with a coupling hole formed through the removed portion of the first body coupling portion, the coupling hole being coupled with the first convex portion; and a second body coupling portion facing the first body coupling portion, partially removed to receive the second coupling portion and provided with a coupling hole formed through the removed portion of the second body coupling portion, the coupling hole being coupled with the second convex portion, wherein sidewalls of the body are partially recessed at top portions thereof to receive the external light-emitting device. 5. The display device of claim 4, wherein the socket cover further comprises a hooking portion formed of a bending portion of the second connecting portion, where the hooking portion extends in a direction different from a direction in which the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion extend such that the hooking portion makes contact with a top surface of the body. 6. The display device of claim 4, wherein the lamp socket further comprises a terminal cover that is connected between upper portions of the first and second supporting portions, and prevents the lead terminal gripped by the first and second auxiliary terminals from being disconnected from the first and second auxiliary terminals. 7. The display device of claim 6, wherein the terminal cover comprises a metal material. 8. The display device of claim 1, wherein a surface of the socket cover is coated with a metal material. 9. A display device comprising: lamps emitting a light and each comprising a lead terminal formed at two end portions thereof; a lamp socket electrically connected to the lead terminal; an inverter providing an electric power to the lamp socket; and a display panel displaying an image using the light, wherein the lamp socket comprises: a body; a first socket terminal placed in the body and electrically connected to the lead terminal to provide the electric power from the inverter to the lamps; a second socket terminal placed in the body and electrically connected to the first socket terminal to provide the electric power from the inverter to the first socket terminal; a socket cover comprising a metal material, the socket cover being located between the body and the first socket terminal and coupled with the first socket terminal so as to fix the lead terminal to the first socket terminal; and a terminal cover comprising a metal material and coupled with the socket cover to cover the lead terminal that is electrically connected to the first socket terminal, and the terminal cover making contact with the first socket terminal. 10. The display device of claim 9, wherein the first socket terminal comprises: a first auxiliary terminal; a second auxiliary terminal facing the first auxiliary terminal; and a first connecting portion extended from the first and second auxiliary terminals to electrically connect the first and second auxiliary terminals to the second socket terminal, and wherein the lead terminal is located between the first and second auxiliary terminals and gripped by the first and second auxiliary terminals. 11. The display device of claim 10, wherein the terminal cover makes contact with the first auxiliary terminal and the second auxiliary terminal. 12. The display device of claim 10, wherein the socket cover comprises: a first supporting portion coupled with the first auxiliary terminal; a second supporting portion combined with the second auxiliary terminal while facing the first supporting portion; a second connecting portion connects the first supporting portion to the second supporting portion; a first coupling portion extended from the first supporting portion toward the second socket terminal, and combined with the body by a first convex portion that is formed at the extending portion thereof; and a second coupling portion extended from the second supporting portion toward the second socket terminal while facing the first coupling portion, and combined with the body by a second convex portion that is formed at the extending portion thereof. 13. The display device of claim 12, wherein the terminal cover extends from the first supporting portion to the second supporting portion to prevent the lead terminal gripped by the first and second auxiliary terminals from being disconnected from the first and second auxiliary terminals. 14. The display device of claim 12, wherein the socket cover further comprises a hooking portion formed of a bending portion of the second connecting portion, the hooking portion extends in a direction being different from a direction in which the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion extend such that the hooking portion makes contact with a top surface of the body. 15. A display device comprising: a plurality of lamps each structured to emit light and each comprising first and second lead terminals formed at respective first and second end portions of the lamp; a lamp socket electrically connected to the first lead terminal of a first of the lamps; an inverter structured to provide electric power to the lamp socket; and a display panel structured to display images with use of light emitted at least from the first of the lamps, wherein the lamp socket comprises: a body; a resilient first socket terminal placed in the body and making electrical contact with the first lead terminal to thereby couple electric power provided from the inverter to the first lead terminal; a second socket terminal placed in the body and electrically connected to the first socket terminal to thereby couple electric power provided from the inverter to the first socket terminal; a socket cover comprising an electrically conductive metal and being more stiff than the resilient first socket terminal, the socket cover being located between the body and the first socket terminal and the socket cover being coupled with the first socket terminal so as to thereby position the first socket terminal and assist the resilient first socket terminal with said making of electrical contact with the first lead terminal; and a terminal cover comprising a metal material and coupled with the socket cover so as to cover the lead terminal, the terminal cover also making contact with the resilient first socket terminal.