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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 1978
Filed:
Sep. 06, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Louis E Vrenken, Eindhoven, NL;
Franciscus M Oostvogels, Eindhoven, NL;
Rein W VAN DER Wolf, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ; H01J / ; H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
313492 ; 313198 ; 313489 ;
Abstract
A low-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp having an internal transmissive starting strip with two separate parts. The separation between the parts is bridged by a narrow straight or helix-shaped conductive connecting strip to bring the total resistance of the starting strip to a value between 50,000 and 150,000 ohms.