Lamp holder comprising lamp-clamping pins and being mounted at a variable rotation angle on the lamp housing surface
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMitsuhiro Takeba
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Abstract
A lamp holder 20 for use mounted on a lamp housing 4a surface having a flat shape to hold a plurality of tubular lamps 5 while arranging the lamps in parallel on the lamp housing surface providing a predetermined interval between the lamps includes a holder board 21, and three lamp-clamping pins 22a, 22b and 22c that are provided in a protruding manner at each end portion of the holder board, the lamp-clamping pins at each end portion of the holder board being disposed to have a positional relation such that they are capable of clamping the lamp that passes through them, and the lamp holder being arranged to provide, by being mounted at a variable rotation angle on the lamp housing surface, an interval of a desired size between the lamps.
Claims15
A lamp holder for use mounted on a lamp housing surface having a flat shape to hold a plurality of tubular lamps that are a light source while arranging the tubular lamps in parallel on the lamp housing surface providing a predetermined interval between the lamps, the lamp holder comprising:
- a holder board;
- and
- three or more lamp-clamping pins that are provided in a protruding manner at each end portion of the holder board,
- the three or more lamp-clamping pins at each end portion of the holder board being disposed to have a positional relation such that they are capable of clamping the lamp that passes through them, and
- the lamp holder being arranged to provide, by being mounted at a variable rotation angle on the lamp housing surface, an interval of a desired size between the lamps.
A backlight unit for use disposed behind a display panel having an image display region to illuminate the display panel with light, the backlight unit comprising:
- a lamp housing surface having a flat shape;
- a plurality of tubular lamps that are a light source arranged in parallel on the lamp housing surface;
- and
- a lamp holder that is mounted on the lamp housing surface and arranged to hold the plurality of tubular lamps while arranging the tubular lamps in parallel on the lamp housing surface providing a predetermined interval between the lamps, the lamp holder comprising:
- a holder board;
- and
- three or more lamp-clamping pins that are provided in a protruding manner at each end portion of the holder board,
- the three or more lamp-clamping pins at each end portion of the holder board being disposed to have a positional relation such that they are capable of clamping the lamp that passes through them, and
- the lamp holder being arranged to provide, by being mounted at a variable rotation angle on the lamp housing surface, an interval of a desired size between the lamps.
A display device comprising:
- a display panel having an image display region;
- and
- a backlight unit that is disposed behind the display panel and arranged to illuminate the display panel with light, the backlight unit comprising:
- a lamp housing surface having a flat shape;
- a plurality of tubular lamps that are a light source arranged in parallel on the lamp housing surface;
- and
- a lamp holder that is mounted on the lamp housing surface and arranged to hold the plurality of tubular lamps while arranging the tubular lamps in parallel on the lamp housing surface providing a predetermined interval between the lamps, the lamp holder comprising:
- a holder board;
- and
- three or more lamp-clamping pins that are provided in a protruding manner at each end portion of the holder board,
- the three or more lamp-clamping pins at each end portion of the holder board being disposed to have a positional relation such that they are capable of clamping the lamp that passes through them, and
- the lamp holder being arranged to provide, by being mounted at a variable rotation angle on the lamp housing surface, an interval of a desired size between the lamps.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.