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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2010
Kenzi Takahasi, Osaka, JP;
Yasushige Tomiyoshi, Osaka, JP;
Satoshi Shida, Osaka, JP;
Tatsumi Setomoto, Osaka, JP;
Akira Taniuchi, Osaka, JP;
Takaari Uemoto, Osaka, JP;
Hideo Nagai, Osaka, JP;
Kenzi Takahasi, Osaka, JP;
Yasushige Tomiyoshi, Osaka, JP;
Satoshi Shida, Osaka, JP;
Tatsumi Setomoto, Osaka, JP;
Akira Taniuchi, Osaka, JP;
Takaari Uemoto, Osaka, JP;
Hideo Nagai, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a bulb-type lamp including a lightweight housing with great handleability. An LED light bulb () comprises: an LED module () on which LEDs are mounted; a cylindrically-shaped case () having openings at both ends, which are first and second ends; a mount member () on a front surface of which the LED module () is mounted, the mount member () closing a corresponding one of the openings of the case () by being in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the first end of the case (); a base member () attached to the second end of the case (); and a lighting circuit () that is disposed inside the case (). A wall thickness of the case () is in a range of 200 μm to 500 μm inclusive, and the wall thickness of at least one portion of the case () decreases from the first end toward the second end of the case ().