| US 7,473,117 B2 | ||
| Composite electric connector, holder for composite electric connector, connection structure for fluorescent tube, and connection method for fluorescent tube | ||
| Katsunori Miyazono, Osaka (Japan); and Shinsuke Handa, Osaka (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to J.S.T. Mfg. Co., Ltd., Osaka (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 19, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/723,238. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2006-077396 (JP), filed on Mar. 20, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0218735 A1, Sep. 20, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. H01R 33/08 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 439—239 | 16 Claims |
| 1. A composite electric connector, comprising:
a plurality of electric connectors; and
a holder configured as an elongated plate and having a plurality of attaching holes extending therethrough in a connector
insertion direction and aligned side by side along an aligning direction, the holder operative to hold the electric connectors,
respective ones of the plurality of electric connectors being received in respective ones of the plurality of attaching holes
in the connector insertion direction in such a manner that the electric connectors are lined up side by side along the aligning
direction,
wherein each electric connector includes a housing and a fluorescent tube connecting contact which is held by the housing
and connects a terminal disposed on an end part of a corresponding fluorescent tube and
wherein the connector insertion direction and the aligning direction are oriented perpendicularly relative to one another.
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