Fluorescent lamp for lighting applications
AssigneeTBT Asset Management International Limited
InventorsShichao Ge, Victor Lam
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Abstract
A lighting device comprises a serpentine shaped CCFL, a driver driving the CCFL, a connector that allows the device to connect to and receive power from conventional power sockets, and a fixture that connects them into a single device. Such device can be used for general lighting purposes and replaces incandescent and other fluorescent lamps in current use without having to change electrical sockets. The fixture mechanically connects the CCFL, the driver and the connector to form an unitary mechanical structure. Preferably an air gap is maintained between the CCFL and the driver.
Claims14
A CCFL device, comprising:
- at least two adjacent and overlapping layers of CCFLs each layer comprising at least one CCFL for a total of at least two CCFLs, each of said at least two CCFLs comprising elongated segments connected at their ends at a plurality of locations on each of two opposite sides to form a serpentine shape and a substantially planar flat structure, said segments in each one of said at least two CCFLs being substantially parallel to one another and to the segments in the other one of said at least two CCFLs;
- at least one fixture supporting the at least two layers of CCFLs;
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- a connector, said at least one fixture mechanically connecting said at least two layers of CCFLs and the connector to form a unitary mechanical structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.