Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha

Hiroshi Sawamura

Makoto Ota

Akira Naito

Osamu Myodo

Makoto Yamanoshita

Masao Karino

Toyohiro Fujiwara

A new type of display unit is provided. A light emitting body such as a fluorescent lamp is disposed behind an elongated display panel. The middle section of the fluorescent lamp extends parallel to the elongated display panel to face it from end to end. The opposite ends of the lamp are bent if necessary.

Display unit with bent fluorescent lamp

A display apparatus having a plurality of display units arranged contiguously so as to form mosaic patterns on the display apparatus by varying in the contents of display according to control signals given thereto. The display unit includes a fluorescent lamp, a display element, a fluorescent lamp stabilizer, a glow lamp for lighting the fluorescent lamp, and a case. All these components of the display unit are accommodated in the case, so that the display apparatus is formed in a compact construction and the electronic circuits of the display units are not disturbed by noises attributable to the current flowing through the cables connecting the fluorescent lamp stabilizers to the fluorescent lamps, respectively.

Liquid crystal display apparatus having stabilizer within light source

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Sagamihara, Japan

Hiroshi Sawamura