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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7258464 | Integral ballast lamp thermal management method and apparatus A lamp having a lighting source, integral electronics, and a thermal distribution mechanism disposed in a housing. The thermal distribution mechanism may include a For example, the lamp may include a thermal shield between the lighting source and the integral electr... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7238326 | Germicidal treatment system with status indicator There is disclosed a germicidal treatment system having a status indicator. The germicidal treatment system comprises at least one mounting assembly attachable to an outside of a wall of an air handling apparatus. Each of the mounting assemblies includes a germicida... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7153178 | Method of manufacturing a lamp assembly A lamp assembly configured to inductively receive power from a primary coil. The lamp assembly includes a lamp circuit including a secondary and a lamp connected in series. In a first aspect, the lamp circuit includes a capacitor connected in series with the lamp an... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7102298 | Integral lamp An integrated lamp/lamp electronics unit includes a lamp having a first end with first end electrical terminals, and a second end with second end electrical terminals. An end cap having an interior section is placed into electrical connection with the first end elec... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6917163 | Inductively powered lamp assembly A lamp assembly configured to inductively receive power from a primary coil. The inductively powered lamp assembly includes a lamp circuit including a secondary and a lamp connected in series. In a first aspect, the lamp circuit includes a capacitor connected in ser... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6831417 | Method of manufacturing a lamp assembly A lamp assembly configured to inductively receive power from a primary coil. The lamp assembly includes a lamp circuit including a secondary and a lamp connected in series. In a first aspect, the lamp circuit includes a capacitor connected in series with the lamp an... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6731071 | Inductively powered lamp assembly A lamp assembly configured to inductively receive power from a primary coil. The lamp assembly includes a lamp circuit including a secondary and a lamp connected in series. In a first aspect, the lamp circuit includes a capacitor connected in series with the lamp an... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6710545 | Discharge lamp apparatus having directly coupled lamp and electronic controller In a discharge lamp apparatus, a casing of an electronic controller unit for a discharge lamp is comprised of a resin casing and a metal casing and accommodates therein circuit components for generating a voltage supplied to the discharge lamp. The resin casing coup... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6522085 | High light output electrodeless fluorescent closed-loop lamp An electrodeless fluorescent lamp comprises a closed-loop ("tokamak") envelope, two ferrite cores, and an induction coil that is disposed on the envelope walls inside the closed-loop formed by the envelope. The envelope comprises two straight tubes of the... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6501216 | Focusing electrode for field emission displays and method A display includes a substrate and an emitter formed on the substrate. A first dielectric layer is formed on the substrate to have a thickness slightly less than a height of the emitter above the planar surface and includes an opening formed about the emi... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6429593 | Lighting device A lighting device comprises a discharge lamp (7) which is connected to a ballast and starting device (1) either directly or via an electric cable (4). Alternatively said discharge lamp (7) can be mechanically and electrically coupled to an external starti... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6057649 | Illumination unit, electrodeless low-pressure discharge lamp, and coil suitable for use therein An illumination unit including an electrodeless low-pressure discharge lamp (20) and a supply device (50). The lamp has a discharge vessel (30) which encloses in a gastight manner a discharge space (31) which is provided with an ionizable filling. The lam... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5905343 | Inductively coupled incandescent light bulb An incandescent bulb having a looped filament within an evacuated bulb containing a gas mixture including a halogen employs magnetic means external to the bulb to provide inductive heating of the filament so that there are no connections passing through t... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5896009 | Extending the life of incandescent lamps by power factor modulation A non-saturating inductor is connected in series with the filament of an incandescent lamp and the increase in resistance of the filament with respect to the increase in temperature is utilized to dynamically modulate the power factor of the circuit durin... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5828174 | Ignition device for discharge lamp A discharge lamp assembly has a discharge lamp, and an ignition device for the discharge lamp, the ignition device including at least one inductive component and at least one capacitive component, at least a part of one of the components being surrounded ... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5359263 | Tuned LRC ballasting circuit for compact fluorescent lighting The present invention offers improvement of performance and efficiency of a compact fluorescent lamp by means of a series tuned LRC ballasting circuit. The resonant voltage rise in the circuit is utilized to increase the cyclic crest voltage necessary for... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5343123 | Series-resonant inverter ballast A half-bridge inverter is powered from an ordinary electric utility power line by way of a full wave rectifier-filter means. The high frequency voltage output of the inverter is loaded with a series-combination of a tank inductor and a tank capacitor, wit... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5262700 | Fluorescent lighting means A special fluorescent lamp is provided with its own built-in cathode heating means and is operable to be properly ballasted by way of a light-weight two-wire power cord coming from a special power plug that comprises a built-in high-frequency ballasting m... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5118990 | Discharge lamp system A discharge lamp system, particularly for vehicular headlamp applications, broadly comprises a discharge lamp assembly and a lighting circuit assembly. The discharge lamp assembly comprises a discharge lamp unit, and a lamp carrier subassembly mechanicall... | 06/02/1992 |
| 5066892 | Glow discharge lamp with incandescent filament A glow discharge lamp includes a sealed lamp envelope containing a noble gas and mercury, a cathode and an anode disposed in the lamp envelope and an incandescent filament for emitting visible light for illumination immediately upon application of power a... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5048068 | Magnetically operated pulser A diode pulser is described which comprises a diode and an inductor connected in series, the impedance of the diode being controllable to suddenly increase the impedance to produce a high voltage pulse across the diode. The diode can include a pair of spa... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4931696 | Fluorescent lamp starter assembly In a fluorescent lamp, a circuit board assembly is provided within the base of the lamp. The circuit board assembly includes a circuit board having a plurality of conductive runs thereon, a lamp starter circuit and device electrically coupling the pins of... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4912738 | Magnetically energized pulser A diode pulser is described which comprises a diode and an inductor connected in series, the impedance of the diode being controllable to suddenly increase the impedance to produce a high voltage pulse across the diode. The diode includes concentric elect... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4891558 | Adapter for gas discharge lamps and/or low voltage lamps An adapter for gas discharge lamps has a housing comprising a socket for connection to the mains and a holder for the gas discharge lamp or low voltage lamp, wherein the series reactor, choke, transformer and/or transmitter with coil and magnetic circuit ... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4751430 | Spark plug connector having transformer, capacitor, and spark gap In a spark plug connector for a high-voltage distributor-less high-voltage capacitor ignition system, comprising an ignition transformer and a storage capacitor connected on the secondary side to the ignition transformer, the spark plug connector is made ... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4695767 | Single-ended fluorescent lamp-base combination To reliably attach a connection lead (12) to a screw-in sleeve (9) fitted er a connection portion (3) of a base body (1) which retains parallel legs of a compact fluorescent lamp (5), the current supply lead is bent over in a groove (13) formed at an end ... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4656395 | Accessory circuit structure for a low-pressure discharge lamp, typically fluorescent lamp To facilitate assembly of tiny cores used in accessory circuitry for a flescent lamp, bases of two transistors (20, 20') are connected to inductive windings on a core (2) which is retained by a primary winding (3) on the printed circuit (PC) board (1). T... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4503358 | Fluorescent lamp having separate cooling means for ballast and fluorescent tube A fluorescent lamp device according to the present invention includes a ballast, a screw base electrically connected to the ballast, a fluorescent tube curved in an arc at three portions thereof, a bowl-shaped member for housing the ballast with the screw... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4456900 | High frequency coil A high frequency coil including an inductance device formed by fitting a pair of electrode caps at both ends of a ferrite magnetic core wound by a winding on a peripheral surface of the core; a heat resistant electric insulating coated layer formed on the... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4455508 | Low-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp Low-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp having an electrical stabilization ballast 10 which occupies a central position in the lamp. The discharge vessel surrounds the ballast. In order to dissipate the heat generated by the ballast during operation to ... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4449071 | Fluorescent lamp device A fluorescent lamp device including an outer tube containing a fluorescent lamp therein, a connection tube connected to one end of the outer tube, a cap containing a glow starter and a condenser connected to the other end of the outer tube, and a base mem... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4443740 | Dimmer switch for a fluorescent lamp A dimmer switch for a fluorescent lamp having a gaseous discharge light bulb, the switch being adapted to be connected in a ballast circuit including the light bulb and comprising a tapped inductor having a plurality of coil segments connected in series w... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4417176 | Compact fluorescent lamp A compact fluorescent lamp having a chassis member, a screw base screwed to the chassis member, a base member secured to the chassis member, a winding envelope having bent part and both ends oriented to the same direction, a ballast surrounded by the wind... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4410834 | Circular fluorescent lamp with improved housing containing ballast and starting device A circular fluorescent lamp unit comprises a circular tubular fluorescent mp; a housing secured inside the space formed by the circular fluorescent lamp, the housing containing the ballast and starting device; and a base for connection to a supply voltage... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4386296 | Fluorescent light unit with dual light levels A screw-in fluorescent light unit having two light levels, for use in a 3-way socket. A reactor ballasts the lamp for high light output, and a positive temperature coefficient resistor (thermistor) is added to ballast the lamp for low light output and to ... | 05/31/1983 |
| 4383200 | Low-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp Low-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp comprising a, preferably folded, discharge tube located within a lamp envelope and having electrodes and an electric stabilization ballast, which is partly surrounded by a thin-walled lamp base, which is connected... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4375607 | Compact lamp unit having plug-in fluorescent lamp and module components The convoluted fluorescent lamp component of a compact lamp unit is mechanically and electrically coupled to a base module by a plate-like mounting member which is secured to the module in suspended fashion and has socket means which permit the lamp compo... | 03/01/1983 |
| 4353007 | Discharge lamp unit including integral ballast The invention relates to a lamp unit provided with a mercury vapor discharge tube and a stabilization ballast which forms one mechanical whole therewith. This lamp unit is provided with a lamp base of a type which is customary for incandescent lamps. In a... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4349768 | Method for starting and operating a preheat type fluorescent lamp A method for starting and operating a preheat type fluorescent lamp includes a source of alternating current, a fluorescent lamp having a low impedance starting mode wherein current passes through one or more starting filaments and a high impedance operat... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4341979 | Fluorescent lamp with rotating magnetic field arc spreading device An arc discharge device such as a fluorescent lamp comprising an outer envelope having an inner phosphor coating. A rotating field magnetic arc spreading device is disposed in close proximity to the envelope at each end of the lamp envelope. The envelope ... | 07/27/1982 |
