| US 7,564,189 B2 | ||
| Fluorescent lamp, backlight unit, and liquid crystal television for suppressing corona discharge | ||
| Masanobu Murakami, Takatsuki (Japan); Taizou Ono, Hirakata (Japan); Toshihiro Terada, Amagasaki (Japan); Hideki Wada, Takatsuki (Japan); and Hirofumi Yamashita, Morihuchi (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Panasonic Corporation, Osaka (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 06, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/244,730. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-298724 (JP), filed on Oct. 13, 2004; application No. 2004-298725 (JP), filed on Oct. 13, 2004; application No. 2004-328775 (JP), filed on Nov. 12, 2004; and application No. 2004-328776 (JP), filed on Nov. 12, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0076893 A1, Apr. 13, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. H01J 11/00 (2006.01); H01J 61/06 (2006.01); H01J 65/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 313—607 [313/234; 313/567] | 20 Claims |
| 1. A fluorescent lamp, for removable mounting in electrode sockets of a fixture for providing power to the fluorescent lamp,
comprising:
a glass bulb that is in a shape of a tube and has a discharge space therein;
external electrodes that are conductive layers each of which covers an outer surface of the glass bulb at an end; and
cylindrical or cap-shaped metal members that are permanently mounted on and connected to the external electrodes to cover
at least part of the external electrodes and configured to permit removable electrical connections to the electrode sockets,
wherein the metal members are formed such that ends of each metal member recede from ends of each corresponding external electrode
toward a center of each corresponding external electrode.
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