Rockwell International Corporation

William S Ebeltoft

James D Sampica

Martin J Steffensmeier

Brian P Dehmlow

Scott A Bottorf

Gary D Bishop

Thomas A Seder

Mark C Skarohlid

W David Meyer

A multi-contact LCD heater system which include several contacts disposed around the periphery of a resistive film deposited on a substrate in which each contact is dynamically controlled in response to input from various temperature sensors. The control allows for each contact to be connected to a high potential or a low potential source or remain isolated. Spatial, temporal and amplitude modulation of the heat applied to the LCD is achieved.

Dynamic multi-contact display heater system

A automated miniature fluorescent lamp processing station is disclosed which is used to fabricate miniature fluorescent lamps. The system includes: flow-through gas processing to enhance buffer gas purity, monitoring of the temperature of every lamp in a batch during processing to permit accurate determination of required bus buffer gas fill pressures, real-time determination of target filled pressure at the lamp temperature processing by use of a gas law algorithm and use of microprocessor interfaced sensors and transducers to effect the high level of automation typically required to fabricate avionics grade lamps.

Miniature fluorescent lamp processing apparatus

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Marion, IA, United States of America

William S Ebeltoft