Bulb-shaped fluorescent lamp and illumination device
US7053554B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 16, 2003 |
| Grant date | May 30, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 8, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02B20/00
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A bulb-shaped fluorescent lamp with an emission bulb having a bent tube and a lighting device having a circuit board and electronic parts mounted on the circuit board. The lighting device has a cover member with a cap and a holder for holding the emission bulb and the circuit board has a great part of its electronic parts disposed on the cap side. The lighting device has a fine tube that extends from the end of a portion of the bent tube toward the cap side within the cover member, and protrudes so that the surface temperature of a portion of said fine tube is kept in the range between 40–70°C. at the time of normal lighting and/or the fine tube extending from the end of the bent tube toward the cap side within the cover member protrudes from the end of said bent tube by 25–70 mm.
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