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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tetsuo Matsuba, Neyagawa, JP;
Makoto Inoue, Nishinomiya, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 2/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 2/900 ;
Abstract
A tubular light bulb device includes an arc tube, a lighting circuit for lighting the arc tube, a case housing the lighting circuit and having a base at one end, and a heat-transferring member disposed in the case for conducting heat from a space formed in the case to the base. This allows the tubular light bulb device to discharge heat in the space formed in the case to the outside to reduce temperature of a phosphor film and electronic parts of the lighting circuit, whereby increased life can be obtained.