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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2005
Masanobu Murakami, Takatsuki, JP;
Taizou Ono, Hirakata, JP;
Toshihiro Terada, Amagasaki, JP;
Hideki Wada, Takatsuki, JP;
Hirofumi Yamashita, Morihuchi, JP;
Masanobu Murakami, Takatsuki, JP;
Taizou Ono, Hirakata, JP;
Toshihiro Terada, Amagasaki, JP;
Hideki Wada, Takatsuki, JP;
Hirofumi Yamashita, Morihuchi, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A fluorescent lamp including a glass bulb that is in a shape of a tube. External electrodes are formed as conductive layers each of which covers an outer surface of the glass bulb at an end thereof. Metal members in a shape of a cap are respectively connected to the external electrodes by covering at least part of the external electrodes. The metal members are formed such that rims of the metal members recede from a center of the glass bulb in the tube axis direction a distance L than rims of the external electrodes.