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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2003
Liquid crystal display, backlight of such display, and a method of lighting a liquid crystal display
Wanda Susanne Kruijt, Eindhoven, NL;
Boudewijn Michael Esser, Eindhoven, NL;
Jan Marinus Van Oostveen, Eindhoven, NL;
Adrianus Christianus Wilhelmus Custers, Eindhoven, NL;
Wanda Susanne Kruijt, Eindhoven, NL;
Boudewijn Michael Esser, Eindhoven, NL;
Jan Marinus Van Oostveen, Eindhoven, NL;
Adrianus Christianus Wilhelmus Custers, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A liquid crystal display includes a backlight device which having a housing in which at least one tube-like fluorescent lamp is present. The housing forms a substantially dust-proof space. Part of the lamp extends outside the housing through a wall of the housing, which wall abuts against the lamp in a substantially dust-tight manner at the location where the lamp passes through the wall.