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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2000
Shiro Iida, Osaka, JP;
Takeshi Matsumura, Osaka, JP;
Kenji Itaya, Osaka, JP;
Tetsuya Tahara, Shiga, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A fluorescent lamp in which a connecting terminals of a lighting circuit board and lead wires of a fluorescent tube easily can be connected. The lamp includes a fluorescent tube, a holder holding the fluorescent tube, a lighting circuit board provided with a lighting circuit for lighting the fluorescent tube, and a case connected to the holder and housing the lighting circuit board. At the end portion of the lighting circuit board, V-shaped or Y-shaped cut-outs, which widen toward an outer side, are formed. In the vicinity of the inner narrow portion of the cut-outs, the connecting terminals connected to the lighting circuit are provided. On a side wall formed on the holder opposite to the fluorescent tube, V-shaped or Y-shaped cut-outs, which widen as the distance from said fluorescent tube increases, are provided, and the broad portion of the cut-outs of the holder and the broad portion of the cut-outs of the lighting circuit board are arranged facing each other. The lead wires of the fluorescent tube are connected to the connection terminals by welding.