Patent ID: 6568831
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: B29C,B29L,F21V,G02F,H01R

Abstract:
A method for attaching a cable to a fluorescent tube in which said cable for supplying power is to be attached to said fluorescent tube being used as an illuminant for a liquid crystal display device and which has a glass tube and a pair of electrodes each of which is mounted and sealed in each end of said glass tube, said method comprising:a step of electrically connecting a core wire of said cable to each of terminals being connected to said electrodes and being exposed outside said glass tube; and a step of housing a connected portion in which at least one of said terminals is connected to said core wire of said cable in a hollow inside a mold and then injecting a resin into said hollow and having said resin hardened in said hollow, thereby covering said connected portion with said molded resin.