North American Philips Corporation

North American Philips Lighting Corp.

Wallace T MacDonald

Frank M Latassa

Robert E Cassidy

Harish F Gandhi

Antonius J Van Hees

Frederik H Alkema

Compact fluorescent lamp

Compact fluorescent reflector lamp

A fluorescent lamp assembly having an electronic ballast circuit. A ballast circuit transformer is mounted on a metallic plate having a recess complementary to the transformer, and the metallic plate suppresses conducted RFI. A lamp cover is attached to the metallic plate and heat from the ballast circuit transformer is dissipated by the metallic plate and lamp cover.

Compact fluorescent lamp assembly having improved thermal dissipation

A compact energy-saving discharge lamp adapter with a take-apart feature for easy installation into incandescent lamp fixtures. The two-part adapter unit consists of a discharge lamp socket assembly and a ballast assembly. The discharge lamp socket assembly comprises three different electrical type connectors arranged in a special housing for lamp and ballast assembly attachment. The ballast assembly comprises a ballast, associated connectors, and special housing containing thermal conductive compound and mountable directly on the socket assembly.

Adapter for mounting a fluorescent lamp in an incandescent lamp type

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Tewksbury, MA, United States of America

Wallace T MacDonald