Patent ID: 8783897

Claim:
An illumination device comprising: a lamp module comprising: an external elongated housing made of at least one of a transparent and a translucent material; two lamp terminals located at opposite ends of the elongated housing, each lamp terminal having a plurality of lamp pins; at least one cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL) disposed in the external elongated housing; and a lamp cartridge adapter comprising: an electronic adapter housing having two terminals, one terminal including an AC power input terminal, and another terminal including a pair of jacks electrically connected to the lamp pins, the two terminals located at opposite ends of the electronic adapter housing; a pair of contact pins having first ends connected to the AC power input terminals of the electronic adapter housing, and second ends projecting from the electronic adapter housing; and wherein a combined length of the lamp module and the lamp cartridge adapter is the same as a standard fluorescent lamp tube.