General Electric Company

Steven John Everest

Joseph Darryl Michael

Joseph C Borowiec

Zoltan Toth

Vito J Arsena

Frederick Hetzel

Joseph C Oberle

David O Wharmby

Basil Antonis

Robert S McFeely

Mahomed Hanif Girach

Graham M Forsdyke

A coil assembly for an electrodeless fluorescent lamp comprises a hollow ferrite core 30, and a coil 31. The core is retained on a base 32 by a coil former 34 surrounding the core. The core 30 is retained in the former 34 by a circlip 33 or projections. The coil 31 is wound on the former. Pins 36 to which the coil is soldered connect the coil to an energizing circuit.

Coil assembly for an electrodeless fluorescent lamp

An electrodeless fluorescent reflector lamp has a discharge vessel containing a fill, a solenoid in a reentrant and indium on the inner wall of the vessel acting as a primary amalgam. A secondary amalgam of indium may be provided on the reentrant. The primary amalgam is preferably under an insulative skirt. The vessel has a light reflective coating on the inner wall under the skirt. The exhaust tube is tipped off at the proximal end of the reentrant or is omitted, the vessel being tipped off at the distal end of the reentrant.

Amalgam Positioning in an electrodeless fluorescent lamp

An electrodeless fluorescent lamp comprises a sealed lamp vessel containing a fill capable of sustaining a discharge when suitably excited. The fill is excited by an RF electromagnetic field produced by a winding energized by an RF oscillator powered via a rectifier from the mains. To confine the RF field within the vessel a conductive coating FTO is provided inside the vessel. To at least reduce conducted interference a conductive coating A1 is provided on the outside of the vessel G. The coating A1 is electrically coupled (e.g., via 7) to RF ground which may be one side of the mains. An electrically insulative housing covers the coating A1. The housing which extends to a zone of maximum diameter of the vessel may grip the vessel.

Electrodeless fluorescent lamp having an insulative housing arrangement

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