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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2007
Masahiro Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Konno, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Konno, Tokyo, JP;
Polymatech Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention Provides a discharge tube connector which suppresses the occurrence of a damage of a discharge tube at the time of installation and can be easily installed. An end electrode of the discharge tube and a board electrode on a circuit board can be electrically connected with each other through a conductive connection portion without using lead wires, so a damage such as a crack and the like, of a light-emitting portion of the discharge tube can be avoided. When a holding portion is made of a rubber-like elastic material, the conductive connection portion has rubber-like elasticity, so the conductive connection portion can be pressed between the end electrode and the board electrode on the circuit board to conductively connect the end electrode with the board electrode. Therefore, the soldering operation can be omitted. Thus, installation does not take time, so a manufacturing cost can be reduced.