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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2005
Hirofumi Yamashita, Moriguchi, JP;
Toshihiro Terada, Amagasaki, JP;
Yusuke Mori, Fukuchiyama, JP;
Haruo Yamazaki, Moriyama, JP;
Takashi Maniwa, Takatsuki, JP;
Koji Takasaki, Fukuchiyama, JP;
Hirofumi Yamashita, Moriguchi, JP;
Toshihiro Terada, Amagasaki, JP;
Yusuke Mori, Fukuchiyama, JP;
Haruo Yamazaki, Moriyama, JP;
Takashi Maniwa, Takatsuki, JP;
Koji Takasaki, Fukuchiyama, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A cold-cathode fluorescent lamp including a glass bulb and a pair of electrodes which are cylindrical and respectively inserted in two ends of the glass bulb. Two end portions of the glass bulb are substantially circular in transverse cross section, the two end portions respectively corresponding to the inserted pair of electrodes in length. At least part of a middle portion of the glass bulb is flat in transverse cross section, the middle portion corresponding to a space in the glass bulb between the pair of electrodes.