Patent ID: 8186841
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: G02F,H05B,Y02B

Abstract:
1. A backlight device having a plurality of fluorescent tubes, arranged side-by-side with electrodes at both ends, the backlight device comprising: a bundling member that bundles wirings pulled out from electrodes at one end of the plurality of the fluorescent tubes; a connecting member for detachably connecting the bundling member; and a conducting means that achieves conduction between the electrodes of two of the plurality of the fluorescent tubes when the bundling member and the connecting member are connected, wherein the conducting means are composed of a conductor provided on a pair of substrates for generating or transmitting alternating voltages for lighting the plurality of the fluorescent tubes to achieve conduction between two electrodes of the fluorescent tubes bundled by the one bundling member, and wherein the connecting member is composed of a first connecting member connected to a transformer on the substrate and a second connecting member connected to the conducting means, and the first connecting members and the second connecting members are alternately mounted on the pair of the substrates.