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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2002
Shigetaka Douzono, Fukui, JP;
Takefumi Inoue, Fukui, JP;
Tetsuya Koma, Fukui, JP;
Yoshiharu Abe, Osaka, JP;
Shigetaka Douzono, Fukui, JP;
Takefumi Inoue, Fukui, JP;
Tetsuya Koma, Fukui, JP;
Yoshiharu Abe, Osaka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A lighting apparatus is configured by disposing an EL element inside a stationary housing including, about its top side, an operating part including a plurality of arranged push buttons as well as inside a movable housing openably mounted to the stationary housing and having a display part at its surface, and connecting a control circuit to the EL elements, the operating part and the display part. The control circuit controls light emission of the respective EL elements of the stationary housing and the movable housing to illuminate the operating part and the display part, so that the lighting apparatus simple in structure is capable of various illuminations.