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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2005
Hirofumi Yamashita, Moriguchi, JP;
Toshihiro Terada, Amagasaki, JP;
Takashi Maniwa, Takatsuki, JP;
Yusuke Mori, Fukuchiyama, JP;
Hirofumi Yamashita, Moriguchi, JP;
Toshihiro Terada, Amagasaki, JP;
Takashi Maniwa, Takatsuki, JP;
Yusuke Mori, Fukuchiyama, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A backlight unit that includes: an outer container; a curved fluorescent lamp that is contained in the outer container and includes two electrodes and a glass bulb that has (i) a folded portion and (ii) two straight portions that extend in parallel with each other from the folded portion, and the two electrodes being respectively attached to two ends of the glass bulb; and an inverter operable to supply power for lighting to the curved fluorescent lamp. The inverter is disposed outside the outer container, and the curved fluorescent lamp is arranged so that the electrodes are at low positions and the folded portion is at a high position in the outer container when the backlight unit is erected vertically in use.