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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tetsuo Matsuba, Neyagawa, JP;
Yoshinori Kakuno, Katano, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 9/03 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 9/03 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a tube lamp and its manufacturing method which allow a lighting circuit and a shell to be easily and reliably connected together, which enable automation of a step of connecting the lighting circuit and the shell together, and which require low costs while achieving a high production efficiency. The tube lamp includes a case having a shell at an end thereof, and a lighting circuit housed in the case and having a printed circuit board with a circuit part mounted thereon, wherein the shell and the lighting circuit are connected together without leads.