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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:
May. 22, 1979
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Haskell Shapiro, Corona Del Mar, CA (US);
Robert C Kilpatrick, El Toro, CA (US);
Assignee:
Royal Industries, Inc., , US;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ; H05B / ; H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3152 / ; 3152 / ; 315306 ; 315307 ; 315308 ; 315291 ; 315311 ; 315224 ; 3152 / ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for regulating the output flux generated by a lamp with the degeneration of the voltage from a power source such as a battery. The regulating circuit maintains a constant luminous flux output from a lamp over a substantial range of voltages by switching the voltage to the lamp on and off at a preselected and controlled duty cycle. The duty cycle varies with the variations in the lamp electrical operating parameter provided to the regulating circuit. The regulating circuit permits the useful life of a power source to be substantially increased before requiring replacement.