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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. 06, 1980
Filed:
Oct. 02, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard J Shea, Danvers, MA (US);
Assignee:
GTE Sylvania Incorporated, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3391 / ; 313318 ;
Abstract
An arc tube has a metal end cap at its end, electrically connected to an electrode in the arc tube. The end cap has a bowed spring contact fastened thereto which is the support means and the electrical connection means for the arc tube when it is inserted into a socket.