Patent ID: 8714771
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: F21V,F21Y,G01N

Abstract:
1. An illumination apparatus comprising: an elongate casing; a plurality of light emitting devices serving as a light source; a plurality of lenses disposed to correspond to said plurality of light emitting devices; an elongate, populated board having a front surface and a back surface and populated at said front surface with said plurality of light emitting devices such that at least a portion of said plurality of light emitting devices are aligned in a longitudinal direction of said populated board; a holding member disposed opposite to said front surface of said populated board and holding said plurality of lenses; and a heat radiation member disposed along said populated board opposite to said back surface of said populated board, wherein: said casing includes said holding member includes said plurality of resilient biasing portions and said pair of supporting portions pinch and thus secure said populated board, and said populated board and said bottom wall sandwich and thus secure said heat radiation member in contact with said populated board and said bottom wall.